Public ArcGIS MapServer endpoint for Stafford County parcel data. URL, supported fields, and a working sample query, copy it, or open it directly in the UrbanKit parcel lookup tool.
This page is the endpoint reference. If you came here to find a specific property, the Stafford County parcel search runs this same layer in your browser, no account and no API key.
Search Stafford County parcelsHave a street address but not the parcel number? Find the parcel number by address.
https://portal-gis.stafford.va.us/arcgis/rest/services/WebApp/WebApp_Parcels/MapServer/0Field by field, whether any endpoint we index for Stafford County answers it, and the evidence for each. We only call a field restricted when there is a stated reason we can cite. Everything else here is a fact about the services we index, not a claim about the law.
| Field | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| APN | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Owner name | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Owner mailing address | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Site address | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Geometry | Answered | Documented in a field list on an endpoint we index. Not every row is populated. |
| Land use | Not published | No endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it. |
| Zoning | Not published | No endpoint we index for this county documents this field, so a query cannot ask for it. That is a fact about the services we index, not a legal restriction, and not a statement that the county holds no such record. Where to request it. |
Owner1Owner NamePARCEL_ID_NSPParcel ID (no spaces)FULLADDSitus AddressOwn_StreetOwner Mailing Addresscurl -s 'https://portal-gis.stafford.va.us/arcgis/rest/services/WebApp/WebApp_Parcels/MapServer/0/query?where=UPPER(Owner1)+LIKE+UPPER('%25SMITH%25')&outFields=PARCEL_ID_NSP,Owner1,FULLADD,Own_Street,Own_City&returnGeometry=false&resultRecordCount=10&f=json'https://portal-gis.stafford.va.us/arcgis/rest/services/WebApp/WebApp_Parcels/MapServer/0/query?where=UPPER(Owner1)+LIKE+UPPER('%SMITH%')&outFields=PARCEL_ID_NSP,Owner1,FULLADD,Own_Street,Own_City&returnGeometry=false&resultRecordCount=10&f=jsonOpen this URL in a browser tab to see the raw ArcGIS JSON response.
| Field name | Label | Searchable |
|---|---|---|
| Owner1 | Owner Name | YES |
| PARCEL_ID_NSP | Parcel ID (no spaces) | YES |
| FULLADD | Situs Address | YES |
| Own_Street | Owner Mailing Address | YES |
| Own_City | Owner Mailing City | NO |
| Own_State | Owner Mailing State | NO |
| Own_Zip | Owner Mailing ZIP | NO |
| PRCLID | Parcel ID (space-padded) | NO |
| Acres | Acres | NO |
| TotVal1 | Total Assessed Value | NO |
| Sale1D | Last Sale Date | NO |
Stafford County, Virginia (FIPS 51179; county seat Stafford) publishes the parcel layer its public County Map Viewer searches on the County GIS Office's own ArcGIS Server: WebApp/WebApp_Parcels MapServer layer 0, "Parcels" (ArcGIS 10.91, Map,Query,Data), 61,280 rows on 2026-10-25, 61,096 of them with an owner. The owner is Owner1; the owner mailing address is Own_Street, Own_City, Own_State and Own_Zip; the situs is FULLADD; the parcel number is PARCEL_ID_NSP, the id without spaces (for example 29D826), which is what the viewer's own parcel search uses. PRCLID is the same id space-padded and is listed only as a reference. TotVal1 is the populated assessed total; TotVal2 and TotVal3 are empty. The layer answers any Origin with an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header that reflects it, has maxRecordCount 1000 with pagination, and uses a Virginia North feet coordinate system, so a point query must set inSR=4326 (a point near the courthouse returned one parcel). No placeholder for a withheld owner appears in the layer. Currency: the newest Sale1D is 08/27/2026 (text, MM/DD/YYYY), but the geometry stamps stop at 2024-10-17 and Assmnt1D is empty on every row, so treat sale and assessment columns as the county's and verify with the Stafford County Commissioner of the Revenue. The sampleQuery returns 10 rows and the layer reports more (exceededTransferLimit). TRAP: the county's open-data Hub also lists a Parcels FeatureServer (services1.arcgis.com/qKiA6JuCrE2l72iL), current and open to any origin, but it has no owner or mailing columns; it is only an owner-less fallback. The same MapServer is also served on the viewer's front host, gismapping.stafford.va.us, if portal-gis moves. The statewide VGIN layer has no owner or address columns. No licence, copyright text or use condition is published on the layer, the service, the viewer's web map or the county GIS page; the page carries only a no-warranty, not-a-legal-description disclaimer, and the county's GIS FAQ says its GIS information is available to the public, so the licence is recorded as unknown, as for Chesterfield and Salem. Informational only and not a legal description.
Stafford County GIS Office, (540) 658-4033, https://staffordcountyva.gov/government/gis_(maps)/index.php
Stafford County's Parcels layer exposes a parcel identifier (Parcel ID (no spaces)), owner names (Owner Name, Owner Mailing Address), and address fields (Situs Address). Use it for owner-name lookups and address-based parcel searches. 4 of 11 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 2026-10-25.
/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 Stafford County actually publishes, not what you might expect from a national standard (there isn't one).
For background, see What is an APN?
portal-gis.stafford.va.us serves Stafford County, Virginia 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 Stafford County's MapServer layer on 2026-10-25. 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.
Stafford County's layer is hosted by the county on portal-gis.stafford.va.us. Public ArcGIS endpoints rarely rate-limit individual reads, but portal-gis.stafford.va.us 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.