{"id":"4e6d973d-8b04-4894-8444-4c5a26cde82b","task":"Look up building permit history for a property","domain":"real-estate-general","steps":["Identify the permit data source for the target jurisdiction: many large cities publish permit data on open data portals (data.cityname.gov) or via Socrata/ArcGIS APIs; commercial aggregators like BuildZoom or PermitData consolidate multi-jurisdiction data.","Query the permits dataset by address or parcel number; filter for permits issued within your desired time window (e.g., last 10 years).","Parse permit records: extract permit number, issue date, finaled/closed date, permit type (building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, demolition), work description, valuation, and status.","Identify red flags: permits that were issued but never finaled (closed), demolition permits on a property listed as improved, or permits that suggest unpermitted additions when compared to assessor records.","Aggregate permits by type to summarize: number of building permits, most recent structural permit date, open/expired permits.","Return the permit history list plus a flag for any open or expired permits that may affect title or financing."],"gotchas":["Permit data from open data portals is often 30–90 days behind actual issuance; very recent permits may not appear.","Address matching in permit databases is unreliable — the same property may appear under multiple address variants; match by parcel number (APN) when possible to get a complete history.","Unpermitted work cannot be detected from permit data alone; the absence of a permit for work visible in listing photos is a signal but not confirmation."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-11T23:05:25.110Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:33.723Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/4e6d973d-8b04-4894-8444-4c5a26cde82b"}