Official coverage
The source covers issued construction permits. It is not treated as a directory of people or a contact list.
Official source desk
Austin building permit search and data guide
Austin Open Data — Issued Construction Permits is published by City of Austin. Permit Archive pairs the publisher's public permit-search service with a reviewed open-data source, scope, update pattern, reuse terms, and privacy boundary.
This public guide describes the source. It does not expose permit records, addresses, captured evidence, or contractor profiles.
- Publisher
- City of Austin
- Official scope
- Issued construction permits
- Update pattern
- Source managed
- Access route
- Documented Socrata API
- Delivery
- JSON and official exports
- Reuse record
- Public domain unless noted
Registry contract reviewed July 30, 2026. “Source managed” means the publisher controls the refresh pattern; it is not a freshness guarantee from Permit Archive.
01 / Official search
Search Austin permit records at the official publisher.
Austin Build + Connect Public Search
Use the official service to search permit and case history without registering. Registration is reserved for applying, paying, and managing work in the same service.
Permit Archive links to this service for verification. It does not copy or publish the portal's search results.
02 / Scope
What this source covers—and what it does not.
Known limit
No contact, lead-generation, or identity-joining use.
Coverage must be read from the source scope—not inferred from the city name.
03 / Handling01 02 03
How the private pilot handles this source.
Use the documented route
The pilot uses the documented socrata api and the source-specific request interval. It does not scrape an interactive portal or bypass access controls.
Filter before storage
Contact, lead-generation, reidentification, and identity-joining uses are outside the pilot. Personal and contact fields are denied before storage.
Keep the source trail
Every accepted item must retain source ID austin_issued_construction_permits, its official URL, capture time, content hash, and raw-object location.
04 / Verify
Verify the source, scope, and reuse terms.
Austin Open Data — Issued Construction Permits
Permit Archive is independent and does not replace the source. Current fields, availability, and terms must be checked with the official publisher.