City
San Antonio, TX
Search San Antonio building permits by street or address. See the permit, its status, the work, and the dates, straight from City of San Antonio Open Data. This is the property history paid lookup sites charge for, free and in your browser.
San Antonio permits issued January 2025 to present.
Covers building permits issued within the City of San Antonio. Bexar County and surrounding municipalities keep their own records.
Source: City of San Antonio Open Data. Public domain (City of San Antonio). Permits are published by the City of San Antonio Development Services Department. Open the city portal.
Buyers and renters check a property for open code cases and unpermitted work before they commit. Homeowners confirm a contractor pulled the permit they paid for, and that it closed. Neighbors look up a problem property near them. Investors, agents, and inspectors fold the violation and permit history into due diligence. Paid services charge per report for these public records; the city's data is open, so this tool is free.
The building permits pulled for work on a San Antonio property: what was built or repaired and when, and, where the city records it, who did the work.
It is pulled live from City of San Antonio Open Data each time you search; nothing is cached on our end. The coverage line under each tab states the exact span that dataset covers, so you always know how fresh the records are.
Only properties with a record on file appear. Many properties have no recent permit, which is normal, not an error. Try the street name on its own, or a nearby address.
It is what City of San Antonio Open Data publishes openly, which is the city's own record. For the certified file, or for very recent activity that has not synced yet, use the official city portal linked under the results.
Parcel lookup answers who owns a property and its assessed value, from the county. A property report answers what has happened to the building, from the city: building permits. They complement each other.
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