# Locus: U.S. Address Public Records & Policy Brief

> Locus: U.S. Address Public Records & Policy Brief is a paid API for AI agents from api.locus.report, paid per call via x402, $0.07/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-09).

Returns tax, zoning, flood, permits, recorded sales, development, and legislative signals for any U.S. address, each cited to its government source.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.locus.report/api/locus-local-policy-brief?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.07/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-09
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-u-s-address-public-records-policy-brief-8b6ea5c4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7DjIy4ZN0eJrF8WyY4iLS

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-u-s-address-public-records-policy-brief-8b6ea5c4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull the public records brief for 412 Maple Street, Austin TX — I'm doing homebuyer due diligence and want up to 10 signals on zoning, taxes, flood risk, permits, and any recent sales or development filings, all cited to their government sources.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need government-sourced property intelligence (zoning, tax, flood, permits, sales, development, legislation) for a specific U.S. address in a single call, with every data point cited to its official source. Prefer this over generic real estate APIs when citation provenance and public-record specificity matter, or when the use case maps to renter/homebuyer due diligence, small business siting, or community research.

## Known failure modes

- Unrecognized or ambiguous place string returns an error or empty signals array
- Invalid intent enum value causes a validation error
- maxSignals out of range (below 1 or above 12) causes a validation error
- Address in a jurisdiction with limited government data coverage returns few or no signals
- Payment failure (402) if x402 USDC payment is not properly included

## How this service works

Property bill and ordinance analysis for agents. Accepts address, ZIP, city, or county, then resolves governing jurisdictions for bills, agendas, ordinances, zoning, tax, fee, bond, housing, and permit-change artifacts. Never legal advice, political advice, or forecasts. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

## Output

A structured JSON 'local_policy_brief' object containing up to 12 government-sourced signals covering tax assessments, zoning classification, flood zone status, building permits, recorded sales history, nearby development activity, and relevant local legislation — each signal attributed to its official government source, for the specified U.S. address.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "place": {
   "type": "string",
   "minLength": 1
  },
  "intent": {
   "enum": [
    "renter_due_diligence",
    "homebuyer_due_diligence",
    "small_business_siting",
    "community_organizer_journalist"
   ],
   "type": "string"
  },
  "context": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 600,
   "minLength": 1
  },
  "followUp": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 300,
   "minLength": 1
  },
  "maxSignals": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 7,
   "maximum": 12,
   "minimum": 1
  },
  "lookbackMonths": {
   "type": "integer",
   "maximum": 60,
   "minimum": 1
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "kind": "local_policy_brief",
  "place": "Raleigh, NC",
  "caveats": [
   "Example artifact; not live data."
  ],
  "signals": []
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-u-s-address-public-records-policy-brief-8b6ea5c4/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)