🚀 Municode Records Scraper

Collect city council minutes, agendas, resolutions, and ordinances from municipalities across the United States in one place using Municode records.
This actor helps research teams, legal teams, compliance teams, journalists, and analysts monitor local government activity at scale.

Get structured records with titles, dates, document links, municipality details, and classification fields ready for reporting or data analysis.

✨ What Does It Do

This actor collects municipal document records and returns clean structured output:

• Minutes: Track approved meeting records and decisions
• Agendas: Capture upcoming discussion topics and planned votes
• Resolutions: Monitor formal council actions and policy decisions
• Ordinances: Follow local law updates and regulatory changes
• Document Links: Get direct links to each official document
• Municipality Context: Include city and state fields for location based analysis
• Export Ready Data: Download results in JSON, CSV, or Excel

How to use the City Council Records Scraper Full Demo

Demo video coming soon.

🔧 Input

Configure collection with these fields:

• maxItems: Maximum number of records to return
• stateAbbr: Two letter state code such as tx, ca, in
• municipalityName: Municipality name, partial match supported
• municipalityId: Exact municipality identifier
• city: Municipality city filter, partial match supported
• documentType: minutes, agendas, resolutions, ordinances, or all
• startYear: Include records from this year forward
• endYear: Include records up to this year
• productId: Exact product identifier filter

Example Input

{
  "maxItems": 10,
  "stateAbbr": "tx",
  "municipalityName": "Abilene",
  "documentType": "minutes"
}

📊 Output

Each item includes:

{
  "documentId": "8d7bcf9a2cce7",
  "title": "Minutes 02/02/26",
  "documentType": "minutes",
  "documentTypeName": "minutes",
  "munidocTypeId": 0,
  "meetingDate": "2026-02-02",
  "sortDateRaw": "2026-02-02T00:00:00",
  "year": 2026,
  "municipalityName": "Muncie",
  "municipalityId": 3446,
  "municipalityCity": "Muncie",
  "stateAbbr": "in",
  "stateName": "Indiana",
  "stateId": 15,
  "productId": 31152,
  "productName": "MuniDocs",
  "contentTypeId": "munidocs",
  "originalFileName": "Minutes_02_02_2026.pdf",
  "pdfUrl": "https://library.municode.com/in/muncie/munidocs/munidocs/8d7bcf9a2cce7",
  "url": "https://library.municode.com/in/muncie/munidocs/munidocs/8d7bcf9a2cce7",
  "ancestors": ["Minutes", "2026"],
  "ancestorIds": ["minutes", "8d7bcf9a2cce7"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z"
}

💎 Why Choose This Actor

• Built for government research: Focused on municipal records and policy tracking
• Practical filters: State, municipality, city, document type, year range, and product
• Consistent schema: Stable field names for automation and dashboards
• Fast collection: Optimized for quick runs with useful defaults
• Production friendly: Designed for recurring monitoring workflows

📋 How to Use

1. Sign Up: Create a free account with credit
2. Open the Actor: Search for this actor on Apify
3. Set filters: Add state, municipality, and document preferences
4. Start run: Launch the actor
5. Download data: Export JSON, CSV, or Excel

🎯 Business Use Cases

• Policy monitoring: Track ordinance and resolution changes by city
• Legal research: Build municipal document datasets for case work
• Compliance operations: Monitor local updates that affect business activity
• Journalism: Follow public meetings and council decisions
• Market intelligence: Detect development and planning trends in target regions

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I target one city only?
Yes. Use stateAbbr with municipalityName or municipalityId.

Can I collect only one document type?
Yes. Set documentType to one type, or use all.

Can I limit to recent years?
Yes. Use startYear and endYear.

Can I control result volume?
Yes. Use maxItems.

Can I run this on schedule?
Yes. You can schedule recurring runs from Apify.

🔗 Integrations

Connect this actor with:

• Make
• Zapier
• Slack
• Google Drive
• Airbyte
• GitHub

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🆘 Need Help

If you need a custom data workflow or a new scraper request, contact us: https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA

⚠️ Disclaimer

This actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Municode.
All trademarks are property of their respective owners.