Public ArcGIS MapServer endpoint for Davidson County parcel data. URL, supported fields, and a working sample query, copy it, or open it directly in the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool.
Beyond the parcel record, Davidson County has a free Nashville property report: code violations and building permits for an address, read straight from the city's open data.
Free Nashville property report: code violations + building permits →https://maps.nashville.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Cadastral/Parcels/MapServer/0ParIDParcel IDOwnerOwner NameOwnAddr1Owner Address 1PropAddrProperty AddressPropStreetProperty StreetSTANPARState Parcel NumberAPNAssessor Parcel Numbercurl -s 'https://maps.nashville.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Cadastral/Parcels/MapServer/0/query?where=UPPER(Owner)+LIKE+UPPER('%25SMITH%25')&outFields=ParID,Owner,PropAddr,PropCity,SalePrice,TotlAppr&returnGeometry=false&f=json&resultRecordCount=10'https://maps.nashville.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Cadastral/Parcels/MapServer/0/query?where=UPPER(Owner)+LIKE+UPPER('%SMITH%')&outFields=ParID,Owner,PropAddr,PropCity,SalePrice,TotlAppr&returnGeometry=false&f=json&resultRecordCount=10Open this URL in a browser tab to see the raw ArcGIS JSON response.
| Field name | Label | Searchable |
|---|---|---|
| ParID | Parcel ID | YES |
| Owner | Owner Name | YES |
| OwnDate | Ownership Date | NO |
| OwnInstr | Ownership Instrument | NO |
| OwnAddr1 | Owner Address 1 | YES |
| OwnAddr2 | Owner Address 2 | NO |
| OwnCity | Owner City | NO |
| OwnState | Owner State | NO |
| OwnZip | Owner ZIP | NO |
| PropAddr | Property Address | YES |
| PropHouse | Property House Number | NO |
| PropStreet | Property Street | YES |
| PropCity | Property City | NO |
| PropZip | Property ZIP | NO |
| SalePrice | Sale Price | NO |
| LandAppr | Land Appraisal Value | NO |
| TotlAppr | Total Appraisal Value | NO |
| Acres | Acreage | NO |
| LUCode | Land Use Code | NO |
| STANPAR | State Parcel Number | YES |
| APN | Assessor Parcel Number | YES |
57 fields confirmed including ParID, DateEst, IsActive, FeatureType, Tract, Council, TaxDist, ParType, Owner, OwnDate, SaleCode, SaleSrc, ValidSale, OwnInstr, OwnAddr1/2/3, OwnCity, OwnState, OwnCountry, OwnZip, PropAddr, PropHouse, PropStreet, PropSuite, PropCity, PropState, PropZip, LegalDesc, PropInstr, PropDate, Front, Side, IsRegular, LUCode, LUDesc, AssessDate, PropFraction, StatedArea, SalePrice, Acres, LandAppr, ImprAppr, TotlAppr, LandAssd, ImprAssd, TotlAssd, STANPAR, DeededAcreage, APN. Owner query tested and confirmed: returns real Nashville addresses (e.g., 'SMITH, BRADLEY N JR' at '8300 SAWYER BROWN RD A-304 NASHVILLE'). Davidson County is a consolidated city-county with Nashville as the metro seat (pop. 715,000). APN is the assessor parcel number; STANPAR is the state parcel number. A separate Parcels_SP (State Plane) service exists at the same path with different spatial reference.
Metro Nashville GIS, Planning Department, https://maps.nashville.gov/
Davidson County's Ownership Parcels layer exposes parcel identifiers (Parcel ID, State Parcel Number, Assessor Parcel Number), owner names (Owner Name, Owner Address 1), and address fields (Property Address, Property Street). Use it for owner-name lookups and address-based parcel searches. 7 of 21 listed fields accept queries; the rest are returned on read but not indexed for search. Served as an ArcGIS MapServer layer, which supports query operations but not write operations; last verified 2026-05-15.
/query?where=…&outFields=*&f=jsonto the URL. The sample query above is a working example you can paste into a browser tab to see the raw JSON response.Counties publish parcel data through their own ArcGIS Server installations, each with its own schema. One county uses APN, another uses PIN, a third uses PARCEL_ID. Some expose owner names; others keep them on a separate assessor's portal. The searchable fields list above reflects what Davidson County actually publishes, not what you might expect from a national standard (there isn't one).
For background, see What is an APN?
maps.nashville.gov serves Davidson County, Tennessee parcels over public ArcGIS REST, but, like most county servers, it may not send the CORS headers a browser needs for a cross-origin fetch. If a direct browser call fails, the layer still works from curl, Postman, or a server-side script; the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool proxies the request, so a search that succeeds there confirms the layer is genuinely public.
We last verified Davidson County's MapServer layer on 2026-05-15. County GIS teams move services without notice, so if you hit a fresh 404, tell us and we'll re-check. Atlas entries are re-verified on a rolling basis.
Davidson County's layer is hosted by the county on maps.nashville.gov. Public ArcGIS endpoints rarely rate-limit individual reads, but maps.nashville.gov can throttle heavy automated traffic at the host level. Page through results with resultOffset / resultRecordCount and request only the fields you need. There's no API key and no charge from the county.