Pull a property's code violations and building-permit history by street or address: what was reported, what was permitted, the work, the dates, and where each case stands. Read live from each city's open-data portal. This is the record paid lookup sites charge for. Pick a city to begin.
Code violations & building permits, searchable by address. City of Dallas Open Data (Socrata).
Open DallasCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. Chicago Data Portal (Socrata).
Open ChicagoCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. Metro Nashville Open Data (ArcGIS).
Open NashvilleCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. City of Austin Open Data (Socrata).
Open AustinCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. City of Seattle Open Data (Socrata).
Open SeattleCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. NYC Open Data (Socrata).
Open New York CityCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. DataSF (Socrata).
Open San FranciscoCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. City of Detroit Open Data (ArcGIS).
Open DetroitCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. City of Las Vegas Open Data (ArcGIS).
Open Las VegasCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. OpenDataKC (Socrata).
Open Kansas CityCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. City of Columbus (ArcGIS).
Open ColumbusCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. Analyze Boston (CKAN).
Open BostonCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. City of San Antonio Open Data (CKAN + ArcGIS 311).
Open San AntonioBuilding permits, searchable by address. Milwaukee Open Data (CKAN).
Open MilwaukeeCode violations, searchable by address. City of Charlotte GIS (ArcGIS).
Open CharlotteBuilding permits, searchable by address. Denver Open Data (ArcGIS).
Open DenverBuilding permits, searchable by address. Open Data DC (ArcGIS).
Open Washington, DCCode violations & building permits, searchable by address. OpenDataPhilly / City of Philadelphia L&I (CARTO).
Open PhiladelphiaBuilding permits, searchable by address. City of Atlanta GIS (ArcGIS).
Open AtlantaBuilding permits, searchable by address. City of Phoenix GIS (ArcGIS).
Open PhoenixA property report is the public history a city keeps on a parcel: the code-enforcement violations reported against it, and the building permits pulled for work on it. Together they tell you whether a property has open code cases, what was built or repaired and when, and who did the work. The cities here publish that record as open data; this tool reads it directly so you can find it for a given street or address.
It is the kind of property history that paid lookup sites put behind a paywall. The city's data is public, so this tool is free. Use it before you buy, rent, or renovate, or to check what a contractor pulled a permit for. Each city page searches both records from one address box.
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