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 SeattleA 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 actually pulled a permit for. Each city page searches both records from one address box.
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