Absentee Owner Finder

List parcels whose owners' mailing address is in another state (or another city), with the owner and mailing address, for outreach and acquisition lists.

A county or area · Tools: parcel_coverage, parcel_search, start_run, get_run · 25 lookups per page of up to 100 parcels; empty pages and parcel_coverage are free.

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/isopleth-absentee-owner-finder && curl -fsSL https://isopleth.dev/templates/absentee-owner-finder/SKILL.md -o ~/.claude/skills/isopleth-absentee-owner-finder/SKILL.md

Example prompt

Or pick the absentee_owner_finder prompt from the Isopleth MCP server in your client.

How it works

1. Call parcel_coverage for the state (free) and check that it publishes owner and mailing-address columns (mailadd, mail_state2). Some states publish no owner names; stop and say so.
2. Call parcel_search with the state and county, any acreage or land_use limits, and two filters: mail_state2 exists, and mail_state2 ne the parcel's state (two-letter, upper case). Use limit 100.
3. For in-state absentees (owner mails to another city), search without the state filter and keep rows whose mail_city differs from the situs city (scity), or where homestead_exemption is empty where published.
4. For more than a few pages, call start_run with kind "search" and the same body, with max_pages and max_lookups, then page through get_run.
5. Present owner, mailing address, the parcel's situs address, acreage, value and last sale date. Group parcels by owner when one owner holds several.

Fields used

Parcel record columns (published columns vary by state; see coverage): parcelnumb, address, scity, owner, mailadd, mail_city, mail_state2, mail_zip, usedesc, gisacre, parval, saledate, homestead_exemption.

Tool call

What the agent sends to parcel_search:

{
  "state": "TX",
  "county": "Travis",
  "acres_min": 5,
  "land_use": "vacant",
  "filters": [
    {
      "field": "mail_state2",
      "op": "exists"
    },
    {
      "field": "mail_state2",
      "op": "ne",
      "value": "TX"
    }
  ],
  "limit": 100
}

Output

A table of absentee-owned parcels with owner and full mailing address, grouped by owner, plus counts by mailing state. Public assessor records; check local rules before mail outreach.

SKILL.md

Save this as isopleth-absentee-owner-finder/SKILL.md in your agent's skills folder (for Claude Code, ~/.claude/skills/), or download it.

---
name: isopleth-absentee-owner-finder
description: List parcels whose owners' mailing address is in another state (or another city), with the owner and mailing address, for outreach and acquisition lists. Uses the Isopleth MCP server (https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp).
---

# Absentee Owner Finder

List parcels whose owners' mailing address is in another state (or another city), with the owner and mailing address, for outreach and acquisition lists.

## Requirements

- The Isopleth MCP server connected at `https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp` with an API key in the `Authorization: Bearer` header (see https://isopleth.dev/docs/mcp).
- Tools used: `parcel_coverage`, `parcel_search`, `start_run`, `get_run`.
- Cost: 25 lookups per page of up to 100 parcels; empty pages and parcel_coverage are free.

## Steps

1. Call parcel_coverage for the state (free) and check that it publishes owner and mailing-address columns (mailadd, mail_state2). Some states publish no owner names; stop and say so.
2. Call parcel_search with the state and county, any acreage or land_use limits, and two filters: mail_state2 exists, and mail_state2 ne the parcel's state (two-letter, upper case). Use limit 100.
3. For in-state absentees (owner mails to another city), search without the state filter and keep rows whose mail_city differs from the situs city (scity), or where homestead_exemption is empty where published.
4. For more than a few pages, call start_run with kind "search" and the same body, with max_pages and max_lookups, then page through get_run.
5. Present owner, mailing address, the parcel's situs address, acreage, value and last sale date. Group parcels by owner when one owner holds several.

## Arguments (example `parcel_search` call)

```json
{
  "state": "TX",
  "county": "Travis",
  "acres_min": 5,
  "land_use": "vacant",
  "filters": [
    {
      "field": "mail_state2",
      "op": "exists"
    },
    {
      "field": "mail_state2",
      "op": "ne",
      "value": "TX"
    }
  ],
  "limit": 100
}
```

## Output

A table of absentee-owned parcels with owner and full mailing address, grouped by owner, plus counts by mailing state. Public assessor records; check local rules before mail outreach.

Every value carries its source, license and attribution. Keep the source next to each value, and show the attributions if you share the results.

Connect your agent

https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp

https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http isopleth https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http isopleth https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer $ISOPLETH_KEY"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "isopleth": {
      "url": "https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

code --add-mcp '{"name":"isopleth","type":"http","url":"https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp"}'

{
  "servers": {
    "isopleth": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

codex mcp add isopleth --url https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp

codex mcp add isopleth --url https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp --bearer-token-env-var ISOPLETH_KEY

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "isopleth": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${ISOPLETH_AUTH}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ISOPLETH_AUTH": "Bearer YOUR_ISOPLETH_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "isopleth": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://api.isopleth.dev/mcp

Authorization: Bearer $ISOPLETH_KEY