# Locus Property Zoning & Risk Scan

> Locus Property Zoning & Risk Scan is a paid API for AI agents from api.locus.report, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Scans US property records, parcel zoning rules, and risk signals to surface factors that may affect a property's use, cost, plans, or future value.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.locus.report/api/locus-zoning
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-property-zoning-risk-scan-ee404a2c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_FlYPhKZDeKdHo87N5IyFR

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-property-zoning-risk-scan-ee404a2c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you run a Locus property scan on 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, IL 62701 and tell me about any zoning rules, local record flags, 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 US property zoning rules, local records, and risk signals before deeper due diligence. Ideal for early-stage property research, pre-purchase checks, or flagging issues that might affect development plans or property value.

## Known failure modes

- Address not found or unresolvable — empty records array returned
- Invalid ZIP code format — validation error
- Neither address nor ZIP provided — request rejected
- Address outside the US — not supported
- Live data unavailable — example/stub artifact returned with caveats

## How this service works

Zoning district + overlays for an address. For 'what is the zoning', 'is this parcel being rezoned', 'zoning changes near an address'. Returns the official district/overlays from wired municipal/county layers. Zoning matters most as a CHANGE (rezonings, zoning bills) and vs NEIGHBORS; pair with development cases, legislation, capital projects, transfers. Not a buildability, variance, entitlement, or value ruling. Charge-free when out of coverage.

## Output

A JSON report with a unique scan ID, generation timestamp, zoning and parcel records found for the property, caveats, and risk signals that may affect the property's use, cost, permitting, or future value.

## 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
  }
 }
}
```

## 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-property-zoning-risk-scan-ee404a2c/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)