# Locus Environmental Context – U.S. County Public Records

> Locus Environmental Context – U.S. County Public Records is a paid API for AI agents from api.locus.report, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-09).

Returns tax, zoning, flood, permits, recorded sales, development activity, and legislation data for a U.S. county, with every data point cited to its government source.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.locus.report/api/locus-environmental-context?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-09
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-environmental-context-u-s-county-public-records-3c873b14
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ha81ZtX9oct6xkyrnEGm5

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability locus-environmental-context-u-s-county-public-records-3c873b14 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the full public records report for Wake County, NC — I want to see tax info, zoning, flood status, permits, recorded sales, and any recent development or legislation, all cited to government sources.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need comprehensive, government-cited public records for a U.S. county including tax, zoning, flood, permits, recorded sales, development, and legislation — all in a single call. Prefer this over general web search or real estate APIs when source citation and data provenance from official government records is required, or when you need to monitor a location for new filings.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or missing state code (not exactly 2 letters) returns a validation error
- County name not found or misspelled returns empty or error response
- Data unavailable for a specific county component reflected in componentStatus array
- Payment not completed (x402 protocol) results in 402 Payment Required before data is returned
- Rate limiting or service downtime may cause timeout or 5xx errors

## How this service works

EPA TRI and RCRA proximity plus SDWIS water systems from an address, point, or state and county. For agents checking nearby environmental public records. Heavier call: allow 60-90 seconds. Returns provenance and verification links; facility context is not incident confirmation. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

## Output

A structured JSON document containing public records data for the specified US county — covering tax, zoning, flood, permits, recorded sales, development activity, and legislation — with each data point traced to its government source, a generation timestamp, and a component status array indicating which data sources were successfully retrieved.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "state": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 2,
   "minLength": 2
  },
  "county": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 60,
   "minLength": 3
  },
  "address": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 200,
   "minLength": 5
  },
  "latitude": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 90,
   "minimum": -90
  },
  "longitude": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 180,
   "minimum": -180
  },
  "radiusMeters": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 25000,
   "minimum": 1
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "kind": "environmental_context",
  "state": "NC",
  "county": "Wake",
  "caveats": [
   "Example artifact; not live data."
  ],
  "generatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "componentStatus": []
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-environmental-context-u-s-county-public-records-3c873b14/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.locus.report](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.locus.report/llms.txt)