API Name: property-search

Introduction

The Property Search API serves enriched property ownership and deeds data via several endpoints. The endpoints allow users to search with different input and retrieve the property associated with the query. Results, when input is property related, are the same.

Users can also search using details for a person, company or trust and all properties associated with that entity will be returned.

Overview

Property search

Requests

Retrieve the property of the specified title deed

This search enables users to input the title deed of a property, with the option to include the deeds office at which the property was registered. The results return the properties associated with that title deed.

Retrieve a registered sectional scheme property with the specified details

Input of the name of the sectional scheme, number of the sectional scheme, unit number of the sectional scheme and year in which the sectional scheme was established, with the option to add the deeds office at which the property was registered, returns the property associated with these details.

Retrieve properties registered at a location across multiple deeds offices

Users input the latitude and longitude of a property to retrieve the property at those coordinates.

Retrieve the property of the specified land parcel

Input parameters are the cadastral reference or lpicode of the property to be returned.

Retrieve a registered farm property with the specified name and number

Users define the name of the farm and farm number to be returned. Optionally the portion number, registration division and deeds office can also be entered into the search parameters.

Retrieve a registered erf property with the specified erf number

Erf number is included in the search, with the option to include portion number, township and deeds office. This returns the property associated with the erf number.

Retrieve the registered property of the specified address

The address related to a place_id or seoid is returned via this search. Place_id or seoid can be obtained via AfriGIS places-autocomplete-api or geocode-api.

Results

The result of the above searches include the type, township, registration division, erf number, portion, scheme details, extent, lpicode, cadastral reference, latest transfer details and address details for the property.

Person search

Requests

This search retrieves the properties registered to a person, company or trust based on an identification number used for the person.

Results

The result includes the name, ID number, marital status, buyer type and various details regarding the property.

Authentication

This API makes use of OAuth2 authentication. To integrate, sign up for a free trial account by contacting [email protected]

For detailed integration instructions using OAuth2, please click on the following link: https://developers.afrigis.co.za/oauth2-authentication/

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