1
Resolve the address
find matches an address street line (exact after normalizing case and spaces) or an official number: D.C. SSL, Maryland account, Virginia PIN, PARID or RPC. If several entities match, ask the user to choose.2
Walk to the parcel or account
Most data is attached to parcels (D.C., Virginia) or tax accounts (Maryland).
connected returns them from the address. See Entities by state.3
Read the data
Call
summary for headline facts, then records when you need the underlying rows, such as every sale or permit.Tips
- Do the free steps first. Confirm you have the right entity before making billable calls.
- Use
summarybeforerecords. One call covers the headline facts across every source. - Filter
recordsbykind.kind=saleorkind=permitkeeps pages small and relevant. - Reuse responses. Store what you read; reading the same data again is billed again. Retrying with the same Idempotency-Key is not.
- Check
alternatives. When sources disagree,summaryshows the other values with their citations.