Locus Property Tax Estimate

{
  "address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601",
  "assessedValueAvailable": true,
  "caveats": [
    "Rate context only: the published county/municipal rate, NOT a dollar estimate or the actual tax bill. For the verified actual annual tax + assessed value, use the paid locus-property-tax.",
    "The general published rate excludes special service districts (fire, MSD), homestead/elderly/disabled exemptions, deferrals, and any assessment appeal.",
    "Rates are dollars per $100 of assessed value, as published by the NC Department of Revenue for the fiscal year shown.",
    "General county and municipal rates only - special service districts (fire districts, municipal service districts) are assessed in addition and are NOT included here.",
    "This is cited rate context, not a tax bill, estimate, or advice. A parcel's actual levy depends on its assessed value, districts, and exemptions - verify with the county tax office.",
    "Municipalities spanning multiple counties have one row per county; which row applies depends on where the parcel sits."
  ],
  "fiscalYear": "2025-2026",
  "jurisdiction": {
    "appraisalCounty": "Wake",
    "county": "Wake",
    "municipality": "Raleigh"
  },
  "matched": 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,
  "provenance": {
    "fileUrl": "https://www.ncdor.gov/2025-2026taxratesxlsx/open",
    "fiscalYear": "2025-2026",
    "retrievedAt": "2026-06-12",
    "source": "North Carolina Department of Revenue",
    "sourcePage": "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/property-tax/property-tax-rates/county-and-municipal-property-tax-rates-and-year-most-recent-reappraisal/fiscal-year-2025-2026-county-and-municipal-property-tax-rates-and-year-most-recent-reappraisal",
    "table": "County and Municipal Tax Rates and Effective Tax Rates",
    "unit": "dollars per $100 of assessed value"
  },
  "rateComponents": {
    "combinedRatePer100": 0.8721,
    "countyRatePer100": 0.5171,
    "municipalRatePer100": 0.355
  },
  "ratePer100": 0.8721,
  "reappraisalYear": 2024,
  "staleness": {
    "current": false,
    "expectedFiscalYear": "2026-2027",
    "latestPublished": true,
    "note": "NCDOR has not yet published FY 2026-2027; FY 2025-2026 is the latest published table. Verify current rates with the county tax office."
  },
  "verifyNext": [
    {
      "source": "ncdor-rates-table",
      "step": "Confirm the published rates in the official NCDOR table (fiscal year 2025-2026).",
      "url": "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/property-tax/property-tax-rates/county-and-municipal-property-tax-rates-and-year-most-recent-reappraisal/fiscal-year-2025-2026-county-and-municipal-property-tax-rates-and-year-most-recent-reappraisal"
    },
    {
      "step": "For the parcel-specific levy, districts, and exemptions, contact the Durham County tax office."
    }
  ]
}

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