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Locus Special Valuation Screen

by api.locus.report in Other

x402 APIPassing, checked 4 h ago

Returns safe parcel fields plus state rows for special valuation, historic incentives, and solar exemptions, for agents checking cited programs. Returns the same records as locus_special_valuation_screen. Use this when your client can only call paid x402 routes. Use locus_special_valuation_screen instead when you can call Locus free tools (REST tools/call or MCP).

POST
https://api.locus.report/api/locus-special-valuation-screen
Price
$0.01
per call in USDC
Uptime
8.7%
last 30 days
Response time
3.1 s
4.7 s slowest 5%
Last check
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How to call it

POST https://api.locus.report/api/locus-special-valuation-screen

Each call costs $0.01 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.

Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.

Example request

From the listing.

POST https://api.locus.report/api/locus-special-valuation-screen
content-type: application/json

{
  "address": "1 E Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27601"
}

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
addressstringYes

Example response

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Example response, 65 lines
{
  "caveats": [
    "These are cited program and rule facts, not an individualized determination or recommendation.",
    "Verify current terms, funding, forms, and windows against the linked source before relying on a row."
  ],
  "jurisdictionIds": [
    "ocd-jurisdiction/country:us/state:nc/government",
    "us-nc",
    "us-nc-wake",
    "us-nc-raleigh"
  ],
  "kind": "special_valuation_screen",
  "liveLookup": {
    "mode": "web_search_prompt",
    "queryPack": [
      "\"Raleigh, Wake County, NC\" (homestead OR \"present use\" OR \"conservation use\" OR historic OR solar) valuation application deadline"
    ],
    "webSearchSystemPrompt": "You are the Locus owner-program search agent. Use web search to find current program details for one resolved US jurisdiction. Return cited public-record context only, never a recommendation or an individualized determination.--Authority order:-1. The resolved city, county, state, federal agency, utility, recorder, assessor, or program administrator's official page.-2. The controlling statute, regulation, ordinance, or official program document.-3. Other pages are leads to locate an official source, not authority.--Discipline:-- Stay inside the resolved jurisdiction in the query pack. Discard same-named places in other states.-- Report only what the cited page states. If no authoritative page supports a claim, abstain from that claim.-- Never say an owner qualifies, should apply, will save money, or will receive a grant, credit, discount, exemption, or other outcome.-- State dollar figures only when the cited page prints them. Do not calculate savings or infer an amount.-- Keep deadli…"
  },
  "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.",
  "parcel": {
    "acreage": 6.19,
    "county": "Wake",
    "landUse": "MUNC BLD",
    "state": "NC"
  },
  "place": "Raleigh, Wake County, NC",
  "programs": [
    {
      "authority": "N.C.G.S. - 105-277.2 et seq.",
      "class": "special_valuation",
      "fact": "Agricultural, horticultural and forest land taxed on present-use value instead of market value.",
      "id": "nc-present-use-value",
      "jurisdictionIds": [
        "us-nc"
      ],
      "name": "Present-Use Value program",
      "placeLabel": "North Carolina",
      "source": "registry",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ncdor.gov/documents/files/present-use-valuation-program-guide",
      "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02",
      "window": "Application to the county assessor by January 31."
    },
    {
      "authority": "N.C.G.S. - 105-278",
      "class": "historic_incentive",
      "fact": "Owners of designated local landmarks may apply annually for a 50 percent property tax deferral while the historic features are maintained.",
      "id": "nc-landmark-deferral",
      "jurisdictionIds": [
        "us-nc"
      ],
      "name": "Local historic landmark 50 percent deferral",
      "placeLabel": "North Carolina",
      "source": "registry",
      "sourceUrl": "https://hpo.nc.gov/local-preservation/about-historic-preservation-commissions/local-historic-property-designations-north-carolina",
      "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02",
      "window": "Annual application."
    }
  ],
  "resolved": true,
  "screen": {
    "acreageKnown": true,
    "note": "This parcel's public acreage is 6.19 acres; the programs listed exist in this state. Program terms depend on use, history and application, which Locus does not determine."
  }
}

Call it from code

The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.01.

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

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