City of Charlotte

Accela NC Live

Query real-time building permit status for City of Charlotte via the SignedOff API.

Quick Start

# Look up a City of Charlotte permit
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://signedoff.io/api/v1/permits/ZUP-2026-00621/status?jurisdiction=aca:charlotte"

This jurisdiction uses the Accela platform. Include ?jurisdiction=aca:charlotte to skip auto-detection and route directly.

Sample Response

{
"permit_number": "ZUP-2026-00621",
"status": "Issued",
"jurisdiction": "City of Charlotte",
"platform": "accela",
"data_freshness": {
"cached": true,
"last_refreshed": "2026-05-07T08:00:00Z",
"cache_ttl_seconds": 14400
}
}

Integration Notes

  • City of Charlotte uses the Accela Citizen Access portal. Multiple cities share this platform, so include the jurisdiction=aca:charlotte parameter to avoid HTTP 300 disambiguation responses.
  • Permit data is cached for 4 hours. The data_freshness object in every response shows when the data was last fetched from the portal.
  • Pro and Enterprise plans can use force_refresh=true to bypass the cache and fetch live data.

The SignedOff API provides programmatic access to City of Charlotte building permit status via the Accela portal. Developers can query permit status, inspection results, and processing milestones as structured JSON without manual portal lookups. Because City of Charlotte shares the Accela Citizen Access platform with other jurisdictions, API requests should include the jurisdiction parameter for direct routing.

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