# Locus Place Facts – Early Property Scan

> Locus Place Facts – Early Property Scan is a paid API for AI agents from api.locus.report, paid per call via x402, $0.05/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 that may affect its use, cost, plans, or future value.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.locus.report/api/locus-place-facts
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-place-facts-early-property-scan-9e731d94
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_w4LoVTsJre5pU14PTBbyJ

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-place-facts-early-property-scan-9e731d94 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you run a Locus early property scan on 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, IL 62704 — I want to see any local records, parcel rules, or risk signals that might affect how the property can be used or what it's worth?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, low-cost preliminary property intelligence scan on a US address or ZIP code — particularly useful early in real estate due diligence, investment screening, or property research workflows before committing to deeper paid reports.

## Known failure modes

- Missing both address and zip fields — API requires at least one input
- Invalid or non-US address/ZIP returns empty records array or error
- Address too ambiguous for parcel-level matching — falls back to ZIP-level data
- Rate limit or payment failure returns 402 or 429 status
- Server error or data source unavailability returns 500 with no records

## How this service works

One-call free/paid dual address snapshot (prefer free /tools/call first): parcel, flood, districts, transportation, tax rates where wired. Perfect for 'basic facts about this property'. For pre-sign trend+policy use locus-before-you-sign; for neighbor topology and multi-lane surrounding evidence use locus-surrounding-area-analysis. Facts only, not a verdict. Charge-free when no component returns data.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a scan ID, a list of property-level records (local records, parcel rules, risk signals), caveats about data completeness, and a timestamp of when the report was generated.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "address": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 200,
   "minLength": 5
  }
 }
}
```

## 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-place-facts-early-property-scan-9e731d94/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)