King County Permit Status

Name: King County Permit Status
Author: chaoz23

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Live permit history + status for any King County, WA address, parcel or permit number. Read-only.

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https://permits-api.secondlandings.ai/mcp

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claude mcp add --transport http king-county-permit-status https://permits-api.secondlandings.ai/mcp

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  "mcpServers": {
    "king-county-permit-status": {
      "url": "https://permits-api.secondlandings.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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  "servers": {
    "king-county-permit-status": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://permits-api.secondlandings.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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king_county_permit_status
Look up building permit history and status for any King County, WA property. Accepts a street address, 10-digit parcel number, or permit number. Live sources: MyBuildingPermit (14 cities + unincorporated King County), Seattle and Bellevue open data, Renton EnerGov, Redmond Civic

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King County Permit Status

Look up building permit history and status across King County, WA jurisdictions — county-level permits (septic, critical areas, grading) and city-level permits (building, mechanical, electrical) can all apply to the same address. Coverage is live where a jurisdiction offers an open permit feed, and falls back to the correct municipal portal link everywhere else.

Coverage today: 🟢 20/39 cities live (status + history) · 🟠 19/39 indexed (issued-permit history from the King County Assessor; current status needs the city portal, which next_step names) · plus unincorporated King County. See the coverage scorecard below for the per-city breakdown.

python3 lookup.py "27927 E Main St"           # by address

python3 lookup.py "7222000353" # by parcel number python3 lookup.py "B25000947" # by permit number python3 lookup.py "23-127651-LP" # Bellevue permit number python3 lookup.py "6145915-CN" # Seattle SDCI permit number python3 lookup.py --pipe "27927 E Main St" # agent pipeline mode python3 lookup.py --limit 10 --since 2020-01-01 --type electrical "27927 E Main St" # shape: newest 10 electrical since 2020 python3 lookup.py --all "27927 E Main St" # every permit (default is the 50 newest + a summary of all) python3 lookup.py --schema # print tool definition

Hosted API + MCP (no install)

The same lookup is served read-only, no auth, from permits-api.secondlandings.ai (server.py, zero dependencies; see deploy/README.md):


MCP (Streamable HTTP)	`POST https://permits-api.secondlandings.ai/mcp` — tool `king_county_permit_status`, arg `query`
REST	`GET https://permits-api.secondlandings.ai/api/lookup?q=1817+Morris+Ave+S,+Renton+WA` — optional `limit`, `since=YYYY-MM-DD`, `types=electrical,mechanical`
Vendor map	`/vendor-map` (and `/vendor-map.json`) — which permitting system each of the 39 cities runs, how it is queried or why it can't be, electrical authority, per-type routing; generated from the adapter config (`scripts/gen_vendor_map.py`, also in docs/vendor-map.md)
OpenAPI 3.1 (typed)	`/openapi.json` · agent orientation `/llms.txt` · CLI definition `/tool.json` · `/healthz`

Results are live; the server caches each query for 15 minutes and rate-limits per client (30/min) to protect the municipal portals. Known hosted-only gap: Tyler's hosted Civic Access (Redmond) returns 403 to datacenter IPs, so from the hosted endpoint a Redmond lookup carries the Assessor index plus a next_step with reason: source_blocked instead of live Redmond records; run lookup.py locally for those. Every other source answers from the droplet. Run it yourself with python3 server.py or docker compose up — server.json is the MCP Registry manifest.

Parcel-number searches query every supported MyBuildingPermit and live city portal because a bare parcel number does not identify its city jurisdiction.

Address searches are routed by geometry, not the mailing city: the address is geocoded with King County's four-county locator and the point is tested against the city-limits polygons. A "Kent, WA" address that sits in unincorporated King County is searched as county, not Kent; an address with no city in it is routed correctly instead of fanning out to every jurisdiction; and Pierce-side addresses of Milton/Pacific/Auburn get a pierce: parcel id. The mailing city is only used when geocoding fails (jurisdiction.basis says which).

What you get

"action": "found", "permit_count": 2, "searched": ["Renton (EnerGov)"], "permits": [ { "permit_number": "E26000458", "type": "Residential Electrical Permit", "status": "Issued", "description": "Electrical Work (Garage & Garage Exterior): ...", "address": "1817 Morris Ave S Renton WA 98055", "jurisdiction": "Renton", "applied_date": "2026-01-28", "issued_date": "2026-01-28", "finaled_date": null, "expires_date": "2027-07-27", "portal": "https://permitting.rentonwa.gov", "record_url": null, "is_open": true } ], "trust_level": "live", "fetched_at": "2026-10-08T19:02:11+00:00", "parcel_id": "king:7222000353", "cite_as": "King County Permit Status (github.com/chaoz23/king-county-permit-status), queried 2026-10-08 via Renton (EnerGov)" }

Field	Description
`action`	`found` (permits returned), `none` (no matches), `refine` (connection issue)
`permit_count`	Unique permits found before any filter (= `summary.total`)
`summary`	Answer from this first. Computed over every permit matching `since`/`types`, not just the returned rows: `total`, `matched`, `returned`, `truncated`, `open`, `closed`, `status_unknown`, `by_type`, `by_status`, `by_year`, `years` `[oldest, newest]`, `latest`
`permits`	Up to `limit` records (default 50), newest first — a 356-permit commercial parcel is ~56k tokens unshaped; the summary carries the whole picture
`filters`	The `limit` / `since` / `types` that produced this response
`searched`	Which jurisdictions were searched
`separate_portal`	If the city has an unsupported portal: city name + URL + prose note
`next_step`	Structured twin of `separate_portal` for agents: `kind: manual_portal_search`, `reason` (`no_feed` / `electrical_only` / `parcel_resolution_failed` / `source_incomplete` / `source_blocked` — the city's live system refused this client with 403), `portal_url` (the portal's actual search page when known — PermitTrax, LAMA, OpenGov, Kent), `vendor`, `search_by` (inputs that page accepts; empty when login-gated), `query`, `query_type`, `covers_electrical`, `hint`
`errors`	Source errors when a search is incomplete; may accompany permits from successful sources
`trust_level`	`live` (every applicable source answered), `partial` (a source errored or hit its result cap — see `errors`), `fallback` (nothing searchable). A city that needs a manual portal visit (`next_step`) is a scope fact, not distrust, and no longer lowers this
`fetched_at`	UTC timestamp of the query — records are live, never cached
`parcel_id`	County-namespaced parcel, e.g. `king:7222000353` or `pierce:5985002900`, when the query was or resolved to a parcel
`jurisdiction`	Where the query was routed and why: `city`, `basis` (`city-limits` = the geocoded point falls inside that city's polygon — authoritative; `geocoder-city`; `address-text` = the mailing city in the query, used only when geocoding fails), `county`, `unincorporated` (true → county permits only, even if the mailing city says "Kent")
`routing_by_type`	Where each kind of permit lives for the resolved place — `building`, `mechanical_plumbing`, `electrical`, `land_use`, `engineering_row`, `fire`, `grading`, `septic` → `{system, portal, live, note}`. `live: true` means this tool searched that system; otherwise `portal` is where to look (e.g. septic is always King County Public Health; electrical is L&I unless the city self-runs it)
`address_resolution`	How well the geocoder matched an address: `matched_address`, `score`, `match_type` (`point` = exact address point; `interpolated` = number placed along the street; `street`), `partial_match`, `street_number_snapped`, `parcel_basis` (`address-point`, `parcel-polygon`, or `nearby-parcel` when the PIN came from the parcel layer under/near an interpolated point — then `candidate_parcels` lists the alternatives)
`cite_as`	One-line attribution string for generated text

Per permit: permit_number, type, status, is_open (heuristic, census-tested weekly; null when the source exposes no status) with is_open_basis (finaled_date = certain, status-vocabulary = regex over the vendor's status word, null = unknown), description, address, jurisdiction, applied_date, issued_date, finaled_date, expires_date, portal, record_url (the specific record's URL when the source exposes one).

Multi-jurisdiction coverage

Source	Cities / scope
MyBuildingPermit.com	Auburn, Bellevue, Bothell, Burien, Edmonds, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kenmore, King County (unincorporated), Kirkland, Mercer Island, Mill Creek, Newcastle, Sammamish, Snoqualmie
Bellevue Open Data (live ArcGIS API)	Daily Bellevue permit snapshot (1998+) for address, parcel, and permit-number searches
Seattle Open Data (live Socrata APIs)	Building, electrical, trade, and land-use permits for Seattle address and permit-number searches; parcel-number queries reach it through the Assessor's site address (the datasets have no parcel column)
Renton EnerGov (live API)	All Renton permit types including electrical
Redmond EnerGov Civic Access (live API)	All Redmond permit types including electrical, for address, parcel, and permit-number searches
Accela Citizen Access (live)	Woodinville, and King County's own agency for unincorporated addresses (older history, enforcement and electrical records that MyBuildingPermit lacks), for address, parcel, and permit-number searches
SmartGov (live)	Normandy Park and Carnation, for address, parcel, and permit-number searches
King County Assessor parcel index	Issued-permit history (number, type, description, issue date, value, issuing city) for every King County parcel — the only source for the 19 cities without a public portal. It is what cities report for valuation: building/remodel/addition permits (some electrical), dense since ~2023 and thin before, back to the late 1990s; never trade sub-permits or inspections, and no status. Address queries use the geocoded parcel, parcel queries use it directly
LAMA (live)	SeaTac, for address and permit-number searches (incl. SeaTac's self-run electrical; parcel search not offered by the portal; capped at 200 newest per query)
Shoreline eTRAKiT (live)	Building, mechanical/plumbing, and land-use permits for Shoreline address, parcel, and permit-number searches (status/description not exposed by the portal's search)
WA State L&I	Electrical permits for cities not handling their own (2020+)

Coverage scorecard

Auto-generated from routing_data.json (python3 scripts/gen_scorecard.py --write). One row per King County city.

Legend — ✅ live (status + history) · 🗂️ index (valuation-reported building history · the number after ✅/🗂️ in Building is the record count at the city's QC address (see qc_addresses.json) — how much is really behind the row from the King County Assessor's parcel index — no status, no sub-permits, dense since ~2023) · ➖ L&I electrical only (2020+) · ⚠️ gap (city self-runs electrical, not yet integrated)

Health = last weekly live probe of the city's source (scripts/source_health.py, 2026-11-02): ✅ answered with records · ⚪ answered, zero rows for a known-good query · ⛔ blocked (403) · ❌ down · ❔ unchecked · — no live source

City	Status	Source	Health	Building	Electrical	Mech/Plumb	Land Use
Algona	🟠 Indexed	KC Assessor index	✅	🗂️ index 2	➖ L&I	🗂️ index	🗂️ index
Auburn	🟢 Live	MyBuildingPermit	✅	✅ 133	➖ L&I	✅	✅
Beaux Arts Village	🟠 Indexed	KC Assessor index	✅	🗂️ index 5	➖ L&I	🗂️ index	🗂️ index
Bellevue	🟢 Live	Bellevue (Open Data)	✅	✅ 361	✅	✅	✅
Black Diamond	🟠 Indexed	KC Assessor index	✅	🗂️ index 2	➖ L&I	🗂️ index	🗂️ index
Bothell	🟢 Live	MyBuildingPermit	✅	✅ 117	➖ L&I	✅	✅
Burien	🟢 Live	MyBuildingPermit	✅	✅ 27	✅	✅	✅
Carnation	🟢 Live

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King County Permit Status

Overview

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Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

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King County Permit Status

Hosted API + MCP (no install)

What you get

Multi-jurisdiction coverage

Coverage scorecard