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Locus: Property Scan – Local Fiscal Context
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Locus: Property Scan – Local Fiscal Context is a paid API for AI agents from api.locus.report, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Scans public municipal and parcel records to surface local government fiscal health indicators, budget trends, and zoning/parcel rules for a given place.
Price / call$0.05
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
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Output
Returns a structured brief containing: resolved jurisdiction info, fiscal year operating margin and other indicators sourced from official audit records, audit coverage status, budget change events, lookback trends, policy actions, peer comparisons, and parcel-linked context. Also includes source artifact metadata with SHA256 hashes, source URLs, authority verification status, and caveats about data completeness.
Example use cases
Pre-purchase city fiscal health check
“I'm thinking about buying a house in Austin, TX — can you scan the local public records and fiscal data going back 4 years, including parcel context, so I can see if the city's finances are in good shape?”
Investment property red flag review
“Before I close on this rental property in Fresno, CA, can you pull the local fiscal context for the past 2 years and flag any budget problems or open public-record questions I should know about?”
Municipal financial trend analysis
“Can you look up the fiscal health of Charlotte, NC over the last 5 years, including parcel consequences, and tell me what the operating margin trend looks like and whether there are any peer comparison data points?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://api.locus.report/api/locus-local-fiscal-contextWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need a free-tier scan of local government fiscal health and parcel rules for a named municipality, especially as part of real estate due diligence, investment research, or civic data analysis. Prefer this over the full address-level bundle when you only need jurisdiction-level fiscal context rather than parcel-specific environmental or flood data. It complements sibling endpoints (capital projects, EPA, flood zone) by providing the financial and governance layer.
Side effects
- Place name cannot be resolved to a known jurisdiction — returns unresolved or ambiguous jurisdiction
- No public audit records available for the requested lookback period — observations array may be empty
- lookbackYears outside allowed range (2–5) — validation error
- place string too short or too long — schema validation error
- Partial data: some fiscal indicators answered, others remain open (flagged in caveats)
- Timeout or upstream record source unavailable — may return partial snapshot
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| place | string | |
| lookbackYears | integer | |
| includeParcelContext | boolean | |
| includeParcelConsequences | boolean |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"ok": true,
"kind": "local_fiscal_context_brief",
"brief": {
"kind": "local_fiscal_context",
"caveats": [
"Example artifact; not live data."
],
"fiscalYears": [
"2024-06-30",
"2025-06-30"
],
"generatedAt": "2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z",
"jurisdiction": {
"displayName": "Raleigh, NC",
"jurisdictionId": "us-nc-raleigh"
},
"observations": [
{
"unit": "percent",
"label": "Operating margin",
"value": -1.5,
"sources": [
{
"recordId": "audit-2025",
"fetchedAt": "2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.nctreasurer.com/divisions/state-and-local-government-finance-division/local-government-commission/annual-audit-reports",
"artifactId": "primary",
"sourceName": "North Carolina Local Government Commission annual audit reports",
"sourceClass": "unit_acfr",
"snapshotSha256": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
}
],
"indicator": "operating_margin",
"definition": "(governmental revenue - governmental expenditures) / governmental revenue",
"fiscalYearEnd": "2025-06-30"
}
],
"auditCoverage": [],
"budgetChanges": [],
"lookbackTrend": [],
"policyActions": [],
"peerComparisons": [],
"parcelLinkedContext": []
},
"resolved": {
"resolution": "city",
"displayName": "Raleigh, NC",
"jurisdictionId": "us-nc-raleigh"
},
"snapshot": {
"artifacts": [
{
"rawSha256": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.nctreasurer.com/divisions/state-and-local-government-finance-division/local-government-commission/annual-audit-reports",
"artifactId": "primary",
"sourceName": "North Carolina Local Government Commission annual audit reports",
"sourceClass": "unit_acfr",
"sourceEntityId": "audit-2025",
"sourceRecordId": "audit-2025",
"sourceRegistryId": "nc-lgc-audit-reports",
"authorityVerification": "reviewer_exception",
"subjectJurisdictionId": "us-nc-raleigh"
}
],
"rawSha256": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.nctreasurer.com/divisions/state-and-local-government-finance-division/local-government-commission/annual-audit-reports",
"ingestedAt": "2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z",
"snapshotId": "fiscal_example",
"sourceName": "North Carolina Local Government Commission annual audit reports",
"fiscalYearEnd": "2025-06-30",
"jurisdictionId": "us-nc-raleigh",
"sourceRecordId": "audit-2025",
"projectionSha256": "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb"
},
"verifyNext": [],
"officialSources": [],
"parcelContextStatus": "caller_disabled"
}
}Tags
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