Austin Home Data Desk · Product 11 of 25

Verify the contractor using official records

A neutral verification guide that makes official contractor and permit records easier for consumers to find and understand.

Planned link and instruction checks, with updates when official systems change.

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Result

Ironclad Plumbing

Verify official

License status: Use TSBPE current-status record
License number: M-45179
Trade: Responsible master plumber
Permits / verification: Open Austin AB+C permit search

Always confirm the current agency record before signing.

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What it shows

Four signals, one usable local picture.

Official verification links

A clearly labeled view of official verification links, with its source and freshness visible.

Permit and case history

A clearly labeled view of permit and case history, with its source and freshness visible.

What each record does and does not prove

A clearly labeled view of what each record does and does not prove, with its source and freshness visible.

Practical context

A source-linked checklist for verifying a contractor and permitted work before signing.

How it works

Built to show its work.

A source-linked checklist for verifying a contractor and permitted work before signing. Every published value will carry a source, timestamp, release version and visible limitation.

Who cites or embeds it

Made for the people explaining Austin homes.

Homeowners and buyers

Homeowners and buyers can use Contractor and Permit Search as a source-linked starting point for a source-linked checklist for verifying a contractor and permitted work before signing.

Consumer journalists

Consumer journalists can use Contractor and Permit Search as a source-linked starting point for a source-linked checklist for verifying a contractor and permitted work before signing.

Agents, inspectors and neighborhood groups

Agents, inspectors and neighborhood groups can use Contractor and Permit Search as a source-linked starting point for a source-linked checklist for verifying a contractor and permitted work before signing.

Newsroom package

One documented release, four reusable formats.

Preview endpoints are intentionally inactive until validated live data launches.

Responsive embed

Drop the interactive card into a partner story or resident resource.

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Broadcast graphic

Use continuously refreshed 16:9 and social-ready visuals.

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Machine-readable

Analyze the same versioned release through documented JSON and CSV.

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Methodology & archive

Check sources, definitions, corrections and every prior public release.

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Methodology

Sources, cadence and limitations stay attached.

Sources

Austin AB+C public search
Texas license authorities
Jurisdiction-specific permit guidance

Update cadence

Planned link and instruction checks, with updates when official systems change.

Limitations

Unsupported systems will receive a guided official lookup, not scraping that bypasses agency restrictions.

Free to embed or reproduce with visible attribution to Ironclad Plumbing and a link to the canonical Data Desk release.