Locus: Property Tax Appeal Window Scan

{
  "type": "json",
  "example": {
    "ok": true,
    "kind": "appeal_window",
    "note": "Awareness/diagnostic only. Full briefs are x402-paid. Agents can discover live free tools at https://api.locus.report/tools/list and paid tools, prices, and manifests at https://api.locus.report/.well-known/ai-tool/index.json.",
    "rule": {
      "fact": "Later of the Board of Equalization and Review adjournment (set per county each year, not stored) or 30 days after a notice of value change. Without the adjournment date the tool returns only the notice-based lower bound and says so.",
      "kind": "later_of_board_or_notice_plus",
      "statute": "N.C.G.S. - 105-322(g)(2)",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/property-tax/property-tax-appeal-process"
    },
    "state": "NC",
    "county": "Wake",
    "caveats": [
      "Deadlines are set by statute and administered by the county; confirm the operative date with the county before relying on it.",
      "This is date arithmetic on a cited rule, not legal advice, and not a recommendation to appeal."
    ],
    "citation": {
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/property-tax/property-tax-appeal-process",
      "sourceName": "N.C.G.S. - 105-322(g)(2)",
      "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02"
    },
    "inputsUsed": {
      "year": 2026,
      "state": "NC"
    },
    "verifyNext": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/property-tax/property-tax-appeal-process",
        "step": "Confirm the operative filing rule and date at the cited official source."
      },
      {
        "url": "https://api.locus.report/tools/list",
        "step": "Call locus_tax_calendar to find the county's official tax office URL and current-year source pointers."
      }
    ],
    "notLegalAdvice": true,
    "resolvedAddress": {
      "displayName": "Raleigh, Wake County, NC",
      "jurisdictionId": "us-nc-raleigh"
    },
    "workflowHandoff": {
      "task": "file_assessment_appeal",
      "discovery": {
        "note": "Any x402-payable browser provider works; the list above is what Locus verified on 2026-09-02.",
        "query": "browser automation fill and submit web forms",
        "bazaar": "https://agentcash.ai"
      },
      "portalUrl": "https://www.ncdor.gov/taxes-forms/property-tax/property-tax-appeal-process",
      "providers": [
        {
          "kind": "session",
          "name": "Browserbase x402 gateway",
          "entry": "POST /browser/session/create",
          "origin": "https://x402.browserbase.com",
          "protocols": [
            "x402",
            "mpp"
          ],
          "pricingNote": "pay-per-use browser session; returns a WebSocket URL for Playwright/Puppeteer control"
        },
        {
          "kind": "task_agent",
          "name": "Browser Use Cloud (x402)",
          "entry": "POST /api/v3/sessions",
          "origin": "https://x402.api.browser-use.com",
          "protocols": [
            "x402"
          ],
          "pricingNote": "natural-language task; metered per request ($0.01 to $100)"
        }
      ],
      "disclaimer": "Locus does not file, does not see the portal session and has no affiliation with these providers. Confirm the portal's terms of use permit automated filing; many portals require the owner's own login or a CAPTCHA, in which case the owner files by hand.",
      "portalKind": "unknown",
      "verifiedAt": "2026-09-02",
      "attachments": [
        "evidence packet from locus-valuation-challenge (JSON or your own rendering)",
        "recorded-sales table"
      ],
      "requiredInputs": [
        "parcel or account number",
        "owner name as printed on the notice"
      ]
    }
  }
}