Locus Special Valuation Screen
by api.locus.report in Other
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).
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
- Passed
- 4 h ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
address | string | Yes |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying. Shortened for display.
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 --decodeJavaScript: 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)Security scan
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