Get permit history

Permit history brings together official D.C. permit families while keeping agency, record type, dates, status, and exact-versus-contextual property association explicit.

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When to use it

Use for official building permit history, certificate of occupancy records, and DDOT public-space permit records associated with a resolved property. Record types and property-link scope stay explicit.

Use cursor pagination until has_more is false when a property has more records than one page. Interpret each permit in its issuing-agency context.

Input contract

These inputs and limits are pinned to the production v0.4.6 server contract. Omitted optional values use the documented defaults.

Input contract table
Input	Contract
ssl	optional; string; min length 1; max length 32
address	optional; string; min length 2; max length 160
cursor	optional; string; min length 1; max length 512
limit	optional; integer; minimum 1; maximum 50; default 20

{
  "ssl": "5140--0088",
  "limit": 20
}

Response and verification

Successful sourced responses preserve effective dates, typed null meaning, source references, quality flags, and exact-versus-contextual property-link scope.

Use the display-ready sources for a visible Source or Verify action. Responses return each field with a source reference that can be checked against the official portal. See Source citations and verification for the evidence format.

Limits

Permit issuance is not proof that work was completed or code compliant.
Public-space permits are not building permits.
Contextual links must not be restated as exact parcel facts.