Ascension Works U.S. County Research Scraper

Classify a bounded set of U.S. counties or county equivalents and, when verified for link-only delivery, return the selected official government page for each requested jurisdiction without returning a bulk URL directory.

Independent research utility. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any government agency, county, auction platform, or data provider.

About Ascension Works

Learn more about the research suite at Ascension Works.

Ascension Works is a venture operated by Arete Praxis LLC. The original software, documentation, configuration, and product presentation for this Actor are proprietary intellectual property of Arete Praxis LLC under the Ascension Works brand. Public records, official government materials, and third-party materials remain subject to their respective rights and terms.

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What it does

• accepts 1 to 100 requested jurisdictions across multiple U.S. states or territories, plus one or two years;
• recognizes county-equivalent labels such as parish, borough, census area, independent city, and municipio;
• returns one classification per requested jurisdiction;
• provides correction suggestions for an unrecognized or ambiguous name;
• returns only the selected official government handoff page for a requested jurisdiction after service-side authorization checks approve link-only delivery;
• reports the data date, sale-type context, availability, authorization, and limitations.

The product does not provide a bulk URL directory, raw pages, parser details, or internal implementation data. A selected official page is visible only in the result for the customer who requested that jurisdiction.

Important limits

Each run is limited to 100 requested jurisdictions, but those jurisdictions may cross state or territory lines. Coverage is not a guarantee of nationwide automated collection or current listings. A jurisdiction may return manual_review_required, ambiguous, or not_recognized. A page being publicly viewable does not by itself authorize automated collection, storage, redistribution, or commercial reuse.

Only jurisdictions with a current, separately recorded link-delivery approval receive a selected official government handoff. Other recognized jurisdictions return an availability or manual-review classification without a page address and without a paid result event. Availability may contract or expand after route-specific review.

No result guarantees a current sale or purchasable parcel. Independently verify current local rules before acting.

Data handling

Your input and final output are stored in this Actor run's Apify default storages and follow your Apify account's access and retention settings.

When an eligible service-side route is used, the bounded request is sent to a restricted Ascension Works-owned Apify run. After its result is copied and validated, this Actor deletes that temporary run's default input, output, and queue storages. If it cannot confirm all three deletions, no research result is delivered. Minimal service logs record only product type, output count, and status; Apify may retain generic run metadata and logs under its platform policies.

Do not submit owner or taxpayer names, mailing or contact details, credentials, raw pages, or other unnecessary personal data. If you enable Apify developer run sharing or attach a run to an Actor Issue, Apify may provide the creator access to the shared run's input, output, and logs.

Support and corrections

Use the Actor's Apify Issue or support control for a reproducible problem or jurisdiction correction. Include only the run ID, requested jurisdiction, and generic status; never post credentials, private records, or personal data. Route availability and permissions are periodically rechecked, and an affected route may be held unavailable while a correction or authorization change is reviewed.

Early-release status

This is a coverage-limited research product. It does not promise nationwide automated collection. The approved all-in price for each eligible verified jurisdiction_result that is actually stored is $0.033000 FREE, $0.031350 BRONZE, $0.029700 SILVER, or $0.028050 GOLD, plus the $0.00005 Actor-start event. Platform usage is included. Set at least $0.03305 as the run charge authorization when one paid result is requested. Manual-review, unsupported, unavailable, ambiguous, and correction results do not receive the custom paid-result event.