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LADBS legacy permit datasets (e.g. LA BUILD PERMITS, LADBS-Permits)

Older permit extracts and filtered views from the previous permit system

LADBS legacy permit datasets (e.g. LA BUILD PERMITS, LADBS-Permits) is published by Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety for Los Angeles, California. It has an API (Socrata (SODA)); it has stopped updating, last updated 2023-05-22. Reuse: free to reuse. Check status: verified.

One building, every record. Permits, code cases, inspections and certificates of occupancy for one Los Angeles address, from five City datasets, on one page.Check an address free
UpdatesStopped updating
Last updated2023-05-22
ReuseFree to reuse
Get itSocrata (SODA)
This source has stopped updating. 2023-05-22 (data) We keep it listed so you know where the old data lives. Ask for current data.

About this source

PublisherLos Angeles Department of Building and Safety
Originalhttps://data.lacity.org/d/xnhu-aczu ↗
PlaceLos Angeles, California · city
ShelfHousing, buildings and business
FormatsCSV, JSON, XML, SODA API (Socrata)
Update rateNot stated (data appears frozen)
Located byAddress / parcel
LicenceCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
CheckedVerified: opened and matched by a person or our reviewer

Cite this source: Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, “LADBS legacy permit datasets (e.g. LA BUILD PERMITS, LADBS-Permits)”, https://data.lacity.org/d/xnhu-aczu, last updated 2023-05-22. Listed by SOS.city at https://sos.city/source/235 (verified).

Use it in your product

# Straight from the publisher's API (no key needed for light use)
curl "https://data.lacity.org/resource/xnhu-aczu.json?$limit=5"

# Every row that mentions an address
curl "https://data.lacity.org/resource/xnhu-aczu.json?$q=123+Main+St"
Endpoint as listed by the publisher.
# Through SOS.city: this source and its neighbours, with publisher, licence and check status
curl https://api.sos.city/v1/sources/235 -H "Authorization: Bearer sos_…"

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