# Locus Free Early Property Scan

> Locus Free Early Property Scan is a paid API for AI agents from api.locus.report, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Scans local records, parcel rules, and risk signals for a US property address or ZIP code to surface factors affecting its use, cost, plans, or future value.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.locus.report/api/locus-parcel-set
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-free-early-property-scan-59b23478
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_dBk2B8N-26TUiuKSStQvJ

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-free-early-property-scan-59b23478 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you run an early property scan on 47 Maple Street, Austin TX 78701 and tell me what local records, parcel rules, or risk signals might affect its use or future value?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an agent needs a quick, low-cost ($0.05) early-stage property intelligence scan for a US address or ZIP code — especially useful for pre-due-diligence, investment screening, or surfacing zoning and risk factors before deeper research. Prefer this over full appraisal or MLS services when the goal is a broad initial scan of local records and risk signals rather than a complete valuation.

## Known failure modes

- Missing both address and zip fields returns a validation error
- Unrecognized or malformed address may return empty records array
- Non-US addresses are not supported
- Payment failure (x402) results in 402 status before data is returned
- Response may include caveats indicating data limitations or non-live example data

## How this service works

Multi-parcel facts for caller-supplied addresses or jurisdiction-scoped parcel ids. Perfect for: 'look up a parcel set', 'total acreage of these parcels', 'land-use mix across a development'. Resolves up to 25 references to PII-safe parcel facts, summed acreage, land-use mix, and legal jurisdictions. It does not infer common ownership. Charge-free when no parcel resolves.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a scan ID, generatedAt timestamp, an array of records from local sources, and any caveats. Records may include parcel-level zoning rules, risk signals, and factors affecting property use, cost, or value.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "state": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 2,
   "minLength": 2
  },
  "county": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 80,
   "minLength": 2
  },
  "addresses": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "string",
    "minLength": 3
   },
   "maxItems": 25,
   "minItems": 1
  },
  "parcelIds": {
   "type": "array",
   "items": {
    "type": "string",
    "maxLength": 80,
    "minLength": 1
   },
   "maxItems": 25,
   "minItems": 1
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "id": "locus_example",
  "caveats": [
   "Example artifact; not live data."
  ],
  "records": [],
  "generatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-free-early-property-scan-59b23478/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)