Locus Parcel Lookup

{
  "address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601",
  "candidateCount": 1,
  "caveats": [
    "Parcel facts are public assessor/GIS records; verify details with the county or municipality.",
    "County and town come from the parcel record or the property's official location (geocoded point + government boundaries), never the typed city; verify town limits / ETJ with the county or municipality.",
    "Facts only - Locus does not judge the property and makes no suitability, value, or safety claim."
  ],
  "centroid": {
    "latitude": 35.78040969229891,
    "longitude": -78.63909413459318
  },
  "centroidCitation": {
    "fetchedAt": "2026-09-23T01:08:43.569Z",
    "recordId": "1703790137",
    "sourceName": "Wake County - Real Estate / Parcels",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.wakegov.com/departments-government/tax-administration/data-files-statistics-and-reports/real-estate-property-data"
  },
  "centroidPrecision": "parcel",
  "citations": [
    {
      "fetchedAt": "2026-09-23T01:08:43.569Z",
      "recordId": "1703790137",
      "sourceName": "Wake County - Real Estate / Parcels",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wakegov.com/departments-government/tax-administration/data-files-statistics-and-reports/real-estate-property-data"
    }
  ],
  "coverage": "covered",
  "jurisdiction": {
    "county": "Wake",
    "municipality": "Raleigh",
    "state": "NC"
  },
  "matchedSource": "us-nc-wake:parcels",
  "note": "Cited public parcel facts (free). 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.",
  "parcel": {
    "acreage": 6.19,
    "assessorAccountId": "0179249",
    "citation": {
      "fetchedAt": "2026-09-23T01:08:43.569Z",
      "recordId": "1703790137",
      "sourceName": "Wake County - Real Estate / Parcels",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.wakegov.com/departments-government/tax-administration/data-files-statistics-and-reports/real-estate-property-data"
    },
    "deedReference": {
      "recordedDate": "1990-01-01"
    },
    "heatedAreaSqft": 40024,
    "jurisdiction": {
      "county": "Wake",
      "municipality": "Raleigh",
      "state": "NC"
    },
    "landClass": "EXEMPT",
    "landUse": "MUNC BLD",
    "parcelId": "1703790137",
    "postalCity": "Raleigh",
    "siteAddress": "1 E EDENTON ST",
    "structureCount": 1,
    "township": "Raleigh",
    "unitCount": 0,
    "yearBuilt": 1840
  },
  "parsed": {
    "city": "RALEIGH",
    "county": "WAKE",
    "houseNumber": "1",
    "likePrefix": "1 E EDENTON",
    "raw": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601",
    "state": "NC",
    "streetName": "E EDENTON",
    "zip": "27601"
  },
  "resolved": true,
  "sourceStatus": "available",
  "summary": "MUNC BLD, built 1840, 6.19 ac."
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i -X POST 'https://api.locus.report/api/locus-parcel-lookup' \
  -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-parcel-lookup' \
  -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-parcel-lookup&method=POST
const res = await pay("https://api.locus.report/api/locus-parcel-lookup", {
  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-parcel-lookup",
        json={
            "address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601",
        },
    )
    print(res.status_code, res.text)