# 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-development-cases
- 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-5cda7293
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_nuPAB1-RlfKSzRHeRyHA5

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-5cda7293 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you run an early property scan on 4210 Oak Street, Austin TX 78701 — I want to see any local records, parcel rules, or risk signals that might affect how I can use or develop that property?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, low-cost preliminary scan of a US property's local records, zoning rules, and risk signals before committing to deeper due diligence — especially useful in early-stage real estate research, investment screening, or development planning where a full parcel report may be premature.

## Known failure modes

- Missing both address and zip fields returns a validation error
- Non-US addresses or locations not in database may return empty records array
- Malformed ZIP code or address string may fail to resolve to a parcel
- Payment not processed (x402 protocol failure) results in 402 response with no data
- Service may return example/stub data if live records are unavailable for the queried location

## How this service works

Development and zoning-board cases near an address. Use for nearby applications, rezonings, subdivisions, site plans, and variances. Returns status, dates, and links from covered planning/GIS sources. Coverage: Wake County, NC, Chatham County, NC, and Iredell County, NC; plus 92 verified registry jurisdictions across 25 states/districts. Charge-free when out of coverage.

## Output

Returns a JSON report with a unique scan ID, list of local records, parcel-level rules, risk signals, and development cases relevant to the queried property, along with a generation timestamp and any data caveats.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "address": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 200,
   "minLength": 5
  },
  "latitude": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 90,
   "minimum": -90
  },
  "longitude": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 180,
   "minimum": -180
  },
  "radiusMeters": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 5000,
   "minimum": 100
  }
 }
}
```

## 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-5cda7293/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)