API Search Resource

Runs a search for land records and returns the results. You can download up to 150 search results per day for free, and then pay $0.01 for each subsequent result. For information on making payments, see the billing page.

All dates should be provided in "yyyy-mm-dd" format.

Address

https://arcountyrecords.com/api/v1/search

Parameters

Name	Description
county	Required if not searching by text. A county name.
text	A piece of text appearing anywhere on an instrument, including its parties and legal descriptions. If this parameter is provided, all others except county will be ignored.
type	The name of one or more instrument types, separated with a vertical pipe ("\|"). e.g. "Mortgage", or "Mortgage\|MTG".
type-name-only	Provide "1" to indicate that type should not match on alternate_name (see instrument types).
record_type	"I" for instrument or "L" for lien. Used with series and number.
series	A series number. e.g. "2010".
number	An instrument number. e.g. "84238".
book	A book number. e.g. "794".
page	A page number. e.g. "608". Can be any of the pages of an instrument.
party_name	The name or part of the name of a party. e.g. "Smith".
party_type	The type of the party specified with the party_name parameter. Can be "Grantor", "Grantee", "Lienholder", or "Issued Against".
legal_description	A legal description or part of a legal description. e.g. "S11 T27 R12 SW".
section	The section of a legal description. e.g. "15".
township	The township of a legal description. e.g. "11E".
range	The range of a legal description. e.g. "6W".
addition	The addition of a legal description. e.g. "Allen Addition".
block	The block of a legal description. e.g. "4".
lot	The lot of a legal description. e.g. "10".
quarter	The quarter of a legal description. e.g. "NW NE".
indexed_date_start	Only instruments that were indexed on or after this date will be returned. The indexed date is the date the instrument was recorded by the circuit clerk's office.
indexed_date_end	Only instruments that were indexed on or before this date will be returned. The indexed date is the date the instrument was recorded by the circuit clerk's office.
instrument_date_start	Only instruments with an instrument date on or after this date will be returned.
instrument_date_end	Only instruments with an instrument date on or before this date will be returned.
modified_date_start	Only instruments that have been modified on or after this date will be returned.
modified_date_end	Only instruments that have been modified on or before this date will be returned.
indexed_or_modified_date_start	Only instruments that have been indexed or modified on or after this date will be returned. End date is required.
indexed_or_modified_date_end	Only instruments that have been indexed or modified on or before this date will be returned. Start date is required.
results_per_page	The maximum number of results to include on each page. Default and maximum of 15.
result_page	The page number of results to be returned. Default is 1. Can be used to iterate over multiple pages of results.
order_by	The field to order the results by. Can be "series", "book", or "indexed_date". Default is "indexed_date".
order_direction	The direction to order the results by. Can be "asc" or "desc". Default is "desc".

Paging Headers

These HTTP headers will be sent with each response to help your program iterate over multiple pages of results.

Header	Description
API-Total-Result-Count	The total number of results that your query returned.
API-Total-Image-Count	The total number of images that your query returned.
API-Result-Page-Count	The total number of pages of results that your query returned.
API-Results-Per-Page	The maximum number of results included on each page.
API-Result-Page	The page number of results for this request.
API-Next-Page-Address	The address for the next page when available.
API-Previous-Page-Address	The address for the previous page when available.

Response Field Notes

Name	Description
record_type	Will either be "I" for instrument or "L" for lien.
modified_date	The last time the instrument (including its parties, legal descriptions, and images) was modified. Available from June 3rd, 2015 forward.
free_to_view	Indicates whether you can view all the images in this instrument again for free. Will be true if you've previously paid to view the instrument.
cost_to_view	How much it will cost to view all the images in this instrument. Will be 0.4 for indexed instruments, 0.1 for non-indexed images, or 0 if you've previously paid to view the instrument.
free_to_print	Indicates whether you can print this image again for free. Will be true if you've previously paid to print the image.
comments	Comments from the circuit clerk's office about the instrument. Not available in every county. See "comments_enabled" from the counties resource.

Example Request

https://arcountyrecords.com/api/v1/search?county=Alfalfa&book=794&page=608

[
    {
        "county": "Alfalfa",
        "office_code": null,
        "type": "Mortgage",
        "record_type": "I",
        "series": "2016",
        "number": "084238",
        "book": "000794",
        "beginning_page": "0608",
        "total_pages": 7,
        "instrument_date": "2016-05-04 05:00:00",
        "returned_date": "2016-05-12 05:00:00",
        "released_date": "2016-10-11 05:00:00",
        "indexed_date": "2016-05-11 16:45:00",
        "modified_date": "2016-05-12 04:29:07",
        "fees_in_cents": 2500,
        "fee_adjustments_in_cents": 0,
        "document_stamp_fees_in_cents": 0,
        "mortgage_amount_in_cents": 0,
        "free_to_view": false,
        "cost_to_view": 0.4,
        "comments": "Some comment.",
        "parties": [
            {
                "name": "BANCCENTRAL NA",
                "type": "Grantee",
                "address1": "P O BOX 667",
                "address2": "",
                "city": "ALVA",
                "state": "OK",
                "postal": "73717"
            }
        ],
        "legal_descriptions": [
            {
                "section": 11,
                "township": "27",
                "range": "12",
                "block": "",
                "lot": 0,
                "acres": 0,
                "legal": "S11 T27 R12 SW",
                "location": "SW"
            }
        ],
        "images": [
            {
                "number": 1934149,
                "book": "000794",
                "page": "0608",
                "free_to_print": false,
                "print_address": "\/api\/v1\/images?county=Alfalfa&number=1934149&action=print",
                "view_address": "\/api\/v1\/images?county=Alfalfa&number=1934149&action=view"
            }
        ]
    }
]