Evictions API — public examples

Name: Evictions API
Author: evictionsapi

Hand your eviction paperwork to your AI agent. A licensed attorney reviews it before anything is served or filed.

Evictions API (operated by Future Cities LLC) is a REST API and MCP server for starting and tracking a residential eviction case in any US state or DC. Evictions API is not a law firm and does not give legal advice.

Site: https://evictionsapi.com
API: https://api.evictionsapi.com/v1
Docs: https://evictionsapi.com/docs
Agents / MCP: https://evictionsapi.com/docs/agents
OpenAPI (live): https://api.evictionsapi.com/v1/openapi.json
llms.txt: https://evictionsapi.com/llms.txt

This repository holds the OpenAPI document, copy-and-paste examples, and MCP client configs. The product source code is private.

Fees (real cases)

Platform fee: $29 when a case starts at the notice stage; $99 in total through filing (the $29 is credited). A case that starts at filing pays $99 once. The attorney’s legal fee and court and service costs are separate: they are quoted before any work begins and you approve them first. The legal fee is paid to the attorney. The API and test mode are free.

If no attorney is engaged within 5 business days of submission, the platform fee is refunded in full. We do not promise outcomes or how long a case takes.

Quickstart (test mode, fictional state ZZ)

Sign up and copy a free test key (eak_test_…): https://evictionsapi.com/signup?next=/app/get-started
Set environment variables:

bash

export EVICTIONS_API_URL=https://api.evictionsapi.com
export EVICTIONS_API_KEY=eak_test_...

Run one of the examples:

Language	Path	Needs key?	Tested here
curl	`examples/curl/quickstart.sh`	Yes	Untested (needs your key)
Node	`examples/node/quickstart.mjs`	Yes	Untested (needs your key)
Python	`examples/python/quickstart.py`	Yes	Untested (needs your key)
Public smoke	`examples/curl/public-smoke.sh`	No	Tested 2026-10-06 against the live API

Test mode uses the fictional state ZZ. Nothing is served or filed, and nothing reaches a real tenant, attorney, or court. In test mode a built-in sandbox reviewer and adapters move the case; call POST /v1/cases/{id}/advance until the state is closed.

Live mode uses a real property state. After you submit, we engage a licensed attorney in that state for the case. Nothing is served or filed until that attorney has reviewed it. Live keys are created only by an organization owner, signed in on the site.

MCP setup

MCP server (Streamable HTTP): https://evictionsapi.com/mcp
Discovery: https://evictionsapi.com/.well-known/mcp.json
Full guide: https://evictionsapi.com/docs/agents

Tools that describe the service, pricing, and each state need no key. Tools that work with cases need Authorization: Bearer eak_….

Claude Desktop / Claude web

Customize → Connectors → Add custom connector → URL https://evictionsapi.com/mcp. For case tools, add header Authorization = Bearer eak_test_....

Claude Code

bash

claude mcp add --transport http evictions-api https://evictionsapi.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer eak_test_..."

Cursor

Put this in .cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (all projects). Do not commit a real key.

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "evictions-api": {
      "url": "https://evictionsapi.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer eak_test_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code / other Streamable HTTP clients

See https://evictionsapi.com/docs/agents for VS Code mcp.json, ChatGPT (no-key tools only), and the tool list.

OpenAPI

openapi.json was fetched from https://api.evictionsapi.com/v1/openapi.json on 2026-10-06 (OpenAPI 3.1, no key required). Prefer the live URL so you stay current.