Florida Property API — Model Context Protocol

Florida Property API ships a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server so AI coding agents and copilots can search Florida property records directly, without you scraping 67 county systems or writing custom integrations.

Florida Property API is an independent data platform and is not affiliated with the Florida Department of Revenue, any county property appraiser or tax collector, LienHub, RealAuction, or TaxCertSale.

What is MCP

MCP is an open transport for connecting LLM agents to live tools and data sources. Once installed, your agent gains 7 new tools that hit Florida Property API on your behalf — same data as /api/v1, same auth key, but invoked by the model.

Connection

Setting	Value
Endpoint	https://floridapropertyapi.com/api/mcp
Transport	HTTP streaming (MCP 2025-06-18+)
Auth header	Authorization: Bearer fpapi_live_...
Plan needed	Any plan with mcp in surfaces (all tiers)

Every paid plan from Developer ($19/mo) up includes MCP access. As of REQ-006 (2026-06-28), MCP calls draw from the same monthly credit bucket as REST — there is no separate "MCP calls" budget. One MCP tool call costs 1 credit; one REST request costs 1 credit; both decrement the same balance.

If you only need MCP and don't care about REST, the standalone $5 MCP Starter add-on gives you 1,000 MCP credits / month with no REST surface. REST requests on a Starter key return 403 rest_disabled.

Install

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "florida-property-api": {
      "transport": "http",
      "url": "https://floridapropertyapi.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer fpapi_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. The tools appear under the slider icon in the prompt bar.

Claude Code

claude mcp add florida-property-api \
  --transport http \
  --url https://floridapropertyapi.com/api/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer fpapi_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Run claude mcp list to confirm. New tools are namespaced mcp__florida-property-api__<tool>.

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "florida-property-api": {
      "url": "https://floridapropertyapi.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer fpapi_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tool	What it does	Example prompt
search_parcels	Fuzzy-search parcels by owner/address + county, use code, value, last-sale.	"Find single-family parcels in Hillsborough worth over $400k."
get_parcel	Full parcel detail by county slug + parcel id, including GeoJSON polygon.	"Pull the full record for parcel 192829-5040-001000-0010 in Hillsborough."
parcels_near	Find parcels within a radius of a lat/lng point (PostGIS proximity).	"What parcels are within 500 m of 27.9221,-82.4839?"
search_sales	Search recorded deed transfers by county, date, price, and use code.	"Show Hillsborough sales over $250k since January 2021."
search_tax_delinquencies	Search delinquent-tax / certificate records by county, year, status, amount.	"List Polk County parcels with sold tax certificates owing over $1,000."
delinquency_counts	Aggregate delinquency counts by status, scopable to county + tax year.	"How many delinquent parcels does Polk County have for tax year 2023?"
list_counties	Discover valid county slugs and per-county coverage metadata.	"Which Florida counties are covered, and what's their certificate vendor?"

Each tool returns the same JSON shape as the corresponding REST endpoint at /api/v1/*, so agent-built workflows can graduate to direct REST integration without changing data contracts.

Account & Credits

MCP calls draw from the same monthly credit bucket as REST API calls — one unified balance per customer. Every tool invocation costs 1 credit, just like a GET /api/v1/... request. Check your remaining budget any time:

GET /api/v1/account/usage

Top up or change plans at /account/billing. The standalone MCP Starter plan ($5/mo, 1,000 credits) is MCP-only and does not include REST access — every other plan (Developer and above) includes both MCP and REST under the same bucket.

Worked Examples

Try these in a chat after install:

1. Distressed-property prospecting. "Find Polk County parcels with a sold tax certificate for tax year 2023 owing more than $2,000, then group them by city."
2. Parcel lookup. "Look up parcel 192829-5040-001000-0010 in Hillsborough and tell me the owner, just value, year built, and last sale."
3. Comps. "Find recorded sales within 800 m of 27.9221,-82.4839 in the last 24 months and summarize the price range."
4. Owner sweep. "Which Hillsborough parcels list 'SMITH JOHN' as the owner?"
5. Market sizing. "How many delinquent vs. certificate-sold parcels does Polk County have for 2023?"

Errors

• 403 rest_disabled — your plan is MCP-only (likely MCP Starter); hit /api/mcp instead of /api/v1, or upgrade.
• 403 mcp_disabled — your plan has no MCP access; upgrade to any tier ≥ Free.
• 429 rate_limited — monthly credit bucket exhausted (unified across MCP + REST), or per-minute burst cap hit; top up or wait until reset.

See Errors for the full error envelope.