City of Los Angeles

LADBS CA Live

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

Quick Start

# Look up a City of Los Angeles permit
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://signedoff.io/api/v1/permits/24016-10000-26108/status"

Sample Response

{
"permit_number": "24016-10000-26108",
"status": "Issued",
"jurisdiction": "LADBS (City of Los Angeles)",
"platform": "ladbs",
"data_freshness": {
"cached": true,
"last_refreshed": "2026-05-07T08:00:00Z",
"cache_ttl_seconds": 14400
}
}

Integration Notes

  • City of Los Angeles uses a dedicated LADBS portal. The API auto-detects this jurisdiction from the permit number format.
  • 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 Los Angeles building permit status via the LADBS portal. Developers can query permit status, inspection results, and processing milestones as structured JSON without manual portal lookups.

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