# Minneapolis Property Rental License & Violation Checker

> Minneapolis Property Rental License & Violation Checker is a paid API for AI agents from x402-mcp.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Looks up rental license status, violation history, and condemnation flags for a Minneapolis property address using City of Minneapolis Open Data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402-mcp.onrender.com/mn/property-check
- 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/minneapolis-property-rental-license-violation-checker-77aaf909
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DTmr9cOh9k760n9NuyNWS

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 minneapolis-property-rental-license-violation-checker-77aaf909
```

Example prompt: Can you check whether 1700 Penn Ave N in Minneapolis has an active rental license and any recent violations on record?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative Minneapolis rental property compliance data, including license tier, ward, violation history, and condemnation status from city open records. Prefer this over general property lookup APIs when the specific need is rental licensure verification or code violation history for Minneapolis addresses. Costs only $0.01 USDC per call via x402 micropayment.

## Known failure modes

- Address not found in Minneapolis Open Data — returns empty rental_licenses array
- Address outside Minneapolis city limits — no data returned
- Property exists but has no rental license — licensed field returns false
- Open Data source temporarily unavailable — service may return error or stale data
- Ambiguous or malformed address input — may return no results or incorrect match

## How this service works

Minneapolis rental license check — is this property licensed? Property due diligence agent for Minneapolis Minnesota (Hennepin) housing compliance open data. GET ?address= (street 1-120 chars) → compliance_verdict (licensed_clean|licensed_with_violations|unlicensed|condemned_or_boarded), rental license status/tier/units/expiration, violation cases, condemned/boarded. Live City JSON. Tenant screening, landlord DD, lending. Sample: /mn/property-check/sample.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with: whether the property is licensed, the rental license details (license number, tier, ward, neighborhood, category, number of licensed units, expiration date, status), violation case history (total count and recent cases with type, date, case number, and inspection result), and a condemned/boarded flag with supporting records. Also includes the queried address, data source disclaimer, and generation timestamp.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "licensed": true,
  "disclaimer": "Public records from City of Minneapolis Open Data.",
  "generated_at": "2026-07-16T00:00:00+00:00",
  "address_queried": "1700 Penn Ave N",
  "rental_licenses": [
   {
    "apn": "1602924310042",
    "tier": "Tier 1",
    "ward": "5",
    "status": "Active",
    "address": "1700 PENN AVE N",
    "category": "CONV",
    "neighborhood": "Willard - Hay",
    "license_number": "LIC394217",
    "licensed_units": 1,
    "expiration_date": "2027-03-01"
   }
  ],
  "violation_cases": {
   "total": 1,
   "recent": [
    {
     "case_type": "Rental License",
     "start_date": "2025-01-01",
     "case_number": "RS-2025-01",
     "inspection_result": "Violations Found"
    }
   ]
  },
  "condemned_or_boarded": {
   "flagged": false,
   "records": []
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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