Locus Appeal Window

{
  "caveats": [
    "Deadlines are set by statute and administered by the county; confirm the operative date with the county before relying on it.",
    "This is date arithmetic on a cited rule, not legal advice, and not a recommendation to appeal."
  ],
  "citation": {
    "sourceName": "N.C.G.S. - 105-322(g)(2)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/property-tax/property-tax-appeal-process",
    "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02"
  },
  "county": "Wake",
  "inputsUsed": {
    "state": "NC",
    "year": 2026
  },
  "kind": "appeal_window",
  "notLegalAdvice": true,
  "note": "Awareness/diagnostic only. Full briefs are x402-paid. Agents can discover live free tools at https://api.locus.report/tools/list and paid tools, prices, and manifests at https://api.locus.report/.well-known/ai-tool/index.json.",
  "ok": true,
  "resolvedAddress": {
    "displayName": "Raleigh, Wake County, NC",
    "jurisdictionId": "us-nc-raleigh"
  },
  "rule": {
    "fact": "Later of the Board of Equalization and Review adjournment (set per county each year, not stored) or 30 days after a notice of value change. Without the adjournment date the tool returns only the notice-based lower bound and says so.",
    "kind": "later_of_board_or_notice_plus",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/property-tax/property-tax-appeal-process",
    "statute": "N.C.G.S. - 105-322(g)(2)"
  },
  "state": "NC",
  "verifyNext": [
    {
      "step": "Confirm the operative filing rule and date at the cited official source.",
      "url": "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/property-tax/property-tax-appeal-process"
    },
    {
      "step": "Call locus_tax_calendar to find the county's official tax office URL and current-year source pointers.",
      "url": "https://api.locus.report/tools/list"
    }
  ],
  "workflowHandoff": {
    "attachments": [
      "evidence packet from locus-valuation-challenge (JSON or your own rendering)",
      "recorded-sales table"
    ],
    "disclaimer": "Locus does not file, does not see the portal session and has no affiliation with these providers. Confirm the portal's terms of use permit automated filing; many portals require the owner's own login or a CAPTCHA, in which case the owner files by hand.",
    "discovery": {
      "bazaar": "https://agentcash.ai",
      "note": "Any x402-payable browser provider works; the list above is what Locus verified on 2026-09-02.",
      "query": "browser automation fill and submit web forms"
    },
    "portalKind": "unknown",
    "portalUrl": "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/property-tax/property-tax-appeal-process",
    "providers": [
      {
        "entry": "POST /browser/session/create",
        "kind": "session",
        "name": "Browserbase x402 gateway",
        "origin": "https://x402.browserbase.com",
        "pricingNote": "pay-per-use browser session; returns a WebSocket URL for Playwright/Puppeteer control",
        "protocols": [
          "x402",
          "mpp"
        ]
      },
      {
        "entry": "POST /api/v3/sessions",
        "kind": "task_agent",
        "name": "Browser Use Cloud (x402)",
        "origin": "https://x402.api.browser-use.com",
        "pricingNote": "natural-language task; metered per request ($0.01 to $100)",
        "protocols": [
          "x402"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "requiredInputs": [
      "parcel or account number",
      "owner name as printed on the notice"
    ],
    "task": "file_assessment_appeal",
    "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02"
  }
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://api.locus.report/api/locus-appeal-window' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"address":"1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"}'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - -X POST 'https://api.locus.report/api/locus-appeal-window' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{"address":"1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"}' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.01 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.01" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.01 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.locus.report%2Fapi%2Flocus-appeal-window&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.locus.report/api/locus-appeal-window", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"
  }),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.01 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.01"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.post(
        "https://api.locus.report/api/locus-appeal-window",
        json={
            "address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601",
        },
    )
    print(res.status_code, res.text)