A computer-implemented method to automatically identify any and all municipal jurisdictions containing real property and determine which of those previously identified jurisdictions has the authority to enforce adopted building codes and issue building permits comprising the steps of:
- (a) importing geographical information system spatial data into a Geospatial Database comprising municipal jurisdictional boundaries;
- (b) importing data related to building codes and the authority to issue building permits for jurisdictions from all municipal governments within the United States into a Master Database;
- (c) correlating said jurisdictions from the Geospatial Database with said building codes and said authorities to issue building permits from the Master Database;
- (d) retrieving data comprising building codes and authority to issue building permits for one or more jurisdictions from the Master Database;
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- (e) creating an output comprising a report and API.