# Skip Trace NC — Property Owner & Voter Mailing Addresses (`intelscrape/skip-trace-pro`) Actor

Skip trace NC property owners and voters by name or address: free public records with mailing address and a 0-100 match score, for real estate skip tracing. Outside NC? Use our truepeoplesearch-scraper for phone and email lookup. Pay per result; no match, no result charge. Not for FCRA use.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/intelscrape/skip-trace-pro.md
- **Developed by:** [IntelScrape](https://apify.com/intelscrape) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Real estate, Business
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 491 total users, 19 monthly users, 59.3% runs succeeded, 4 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 1.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $15.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

![Actor Banner](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/PyvJzfQg02FD3RYhd/records/skip-trace-pro-banner.png)

## Skip Trace PRO — People Lookup by Name, Address, Phone & Email

#### 🤖 NEW: Connect This To Your AI!

Want Skip Trace PRO inside Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT? Use the **[Skip Trace MCP Server](https://apify.com/intelscrape/skip--trace)** — Model Context Protocol access to multi-source people lookup (name / address / phone / email) hands-free. Ask your AI to enrich **[Building Permit](https://apify.com/intelscrape/building-permit-scraper)**, **[UCC Lien](https://apify.com/intelscrape/ucc-lien-scraper)**, or **[TruePeopleSearch](https://apify.com/intelscrape/truepeoplesearch-scraper)** lead lists, then draft outreach — all via MCP. Also SoftCTA: **[Google Maps Email Extractor](https://apify.com/intelscrape/google-maps-email-extractor)** for local B2B emails.

#### 🏆 Featured Bots by IntelScrape

**Skip trace anyone by name, address, or phone — and get contacts you can actually use.** Skip Trace PRO pulls contact data from a **licensed skip-trace provider** (not scraping, not breach data), then adds the things competitors don't: a **clean flat record** with the **best phone & email surfaced**, **phone validation + line-type + optional real-time liveness**, **MX-verified emails**, an optional **breach-exposure flag**, and a **match-confidence score**.

Built to fix the three things people hate about other skip-trace actors: empty results, messy nested JSON, and dead contact info.

***

### 🔗 Permit → Owner → Contact: a 3-step lead pipeline (for roofing, solar, HVAC & real-estate sales teams)

Three IntelScrape Actors chain into one workflow: find who just pulled a permit, then find a way to reach them. Each step is its own pay-per-event run, so you only pay for the steps you use.

| Step | Actor | What it gives you |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| [Building Permit Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/building-permit-scraper) | 1. New permits by city, trade and value: address, contractor, owner name where the city publishes it |
| **Skip Trace PRO** (you are here) | 2. Turn a name or address from step 1 into a person record (address history, relatives, phone/email where available) |
| [TruePeopleSearch Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/truepeoplesearch-scraper) | 3. Second-source phone/email check for the same person, so you can compare two sources before you call |

**How to run it (no code):**

1. Run Building Permit Scraper with e.g. `{"city":"Austin","permitType":"Roofing","timePeriod":"Last 30 days","maxResults":25,"enrichContractors":false}` and export the dataset.
2. Feed the owner names and addresses into Skip Trace PRO, one `First Last, City ST` query per line.
3. Send any person who still has no phone or email to TruePeopleSearch Scraper.
4. Keep the rows that two sources agree on; those are your call list.

Apify integrations (n8n, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets) can pass the dataset from one step to the next with no code. Results depend on what each public source returns for a given person; rows with no phone or email are not guaranteed.

### ✅ Why it's better

| | Typical skip-trace actor | **Skip Trace PRO** |
|---|---|---|
| Data source | Brittle scrape of Cloudflare-blocked sites → "no results" | **Licensed API** (reliable, accurate) |
| Output | Huge nested JSON, contradictory arrays | **Clean flat record, `bestPhone`/`bestEmail` surfaced** |
| Email quality | Raw, often dead | **MX-verified** |
| Phone data | Raw strings | **E.164 + line-type + optional live/carrier check** |
| Validity signal | None | **Breach-exposure flag** (real, used email) |
| Match quality | Unknown | **`matchConfidence` 0–100** fusing every signal |
| Input UX | Strict (`semicolon required`) | **Free-form** |
| Billing | Charged on junk | **Pay only per delivered record** |

***

### 🔑 Setup — you need one contact-data key for phones & emails

> **Read this first.** With **no key**, the actor runs on **free public records only** (NC property/voter + FEC + USAspending). Those are **address-level** — great for locating a person, but they carry **no phone numbers or emails**. Name-only hits with no phone/email/street address are **withheld and never charged**. To get the phones & emails this actor is built for, add **one** contact-data key below.

**Two ways to supply a key:**

1. **Input field (BYOK, easiest for one-off runs):** paste your key into the **"PDL API key"** or **"ScraperAPI key"** input field when you run the actor.
2. **Environment variable (best if you own the actor / run it repeatedly):** set it under **Actor → Settings → Environment variables** (kept secret, never in input).

| Env var | Purpose | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| `PDL_API_KEY` | **Source 1 — People Data Labs** (recommended; resale-OK outside FCRA; free 100/mo) | set ≥1 source |
| `SCRAPERAPI_KEY` | **Source 3 — FastPeopleSearch via ScraperAPI unblocker** (residential data; free 1k/mo) | set ≥1 source |
| `ENDATO_AP_NAME` / `ENDATO_AP_PASSWORD` | Source 2 — Endato/Enformion (**personal use only — ToS forbids resale**) | optional |
| `HIBP_API_KEY` | Breach-exposure flag (HaveIBeenPwned) | optional |
| `NUMVERIFY_API_KEY` | Real-time phone liveness + carrier | optional |

**Multi-source cascade:** the actor queries every configured source top-down, **merges** the results, and **isolates the most-likely match** — a phone/email confirmed by 2+ independent sources ranks highest (`bestPhoneCorroboration`, `sourceCount`, `mostLikely`). Configure one source or all three; it uses whatever's keyed.

> ⚖️ **Compliance — your responsibility.** The `scraperapi` source scrapes public people-search data; reselling personal data can trigger **FCRA** and **state data-broker registration** obligations. Confirm ScraperAPI's terms permit your use. `pdl` permits resale *only outside* FCRA-regulated uses (no employment/credit/insurance/housing). `endato` forbids resale entirely — personal use only.

Each enrichment **gracefully skips** if its key isn't set. **No key? Run with `demoMode: true`** to preview the exact phone/email output format before you commit a key. Demo mode writes one fictional sample record to the run's Key-value store (`OUTPUT`) and charges no result events (only the one-time Actor start event applies), so you never pay per result to discover the free tier is address-only.

> **Why a licensed API, not scraping?** Public people-search sites sit behind Cloudflare/DataDome and block scrapers (that's why other actors return "no results"). A licensed API is reliable, durable, and — for **People Data Labs** — resale-permitted *outside* FCRA-regulated uses. Start free: PDL gives **100 lookups/month free** + a 500-credit trial (peopledatalabs.com).
>
> **Endato/Enformion** has deeper US consumer data but its ToS **prohibits resale** — only select it for your own internal use, never for a public/paid actor.

***

### 🔧 Inputs

- **names** — `"John Smith, Austin, TX"`
- **addresses** — `"123 Main St, Austin, TX 78701"` (reverse → residents)
- **phones** — `"(512) 555-0142"` (reverse → owner)
- **verifyEmails** / **classifyPhones** — on by default
- **verifyPhoneLiveness** — real-time active-line check (needs NumVerify key)
- **checkBreachExposure** — breach metadata flag (needs HIBP key)

### 📤 Output (one clean row per person)

```json
{
  "query": "John Smith, Austin, TX",
  "fullName": "John Smith",
  "age": 47,
  "bestPhone": "(512) 555-0142",
  "bestPhoneType": "mobile",
  "bestPhoneE164": "+15125550142",
  "bestPhoneLive": true,
  "bestEmail": "jsmith@gmail.com",
  "bestEmailVerified": true,
  "breachExposed": true,
  "breachCount": 7,
  "dataClassesExposed": ["Email addresses", "Phone numbers"],
  "currentAddress": "123 Main St, Austin, TX 78701",
  "matchConfidence": 92,
  "source": "Endato",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-07T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### 💡 Use cases

Real-estate lead skip-tracing • debt collection • process serving • B2B enrichment • CRM contact append.

### ⏰ Schedule this Actor — weekly re-check of a short list of names

Run it once with your own settings, save that run as a **task**, then let Apify Schedules repeat it. About two minutes, no code.

1. In Apify Console open **Schedules** → **Create new**.
2. Click **Add** → pick your saved task (or this Actor), set the cron expression and time zone below, and click **Enable** (new schedules start disabled).
3. Optional: open the task's integrations and add a **webhook** on `ACTOR.RUN.SUCCEEDED` so every finished run is pushed to your CRM, Zapier, Make or n8n. Payload template: `{"runId": {{resource.id}}, "datasetId": {{resource.defaultDatasetId}}, "status": {{resource.status}}}`. Your tool then reads `https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<datasetId>/items?format=csv`, or use the Apify integrations for Google Sheets, Make and Zapier.

| Cadence | Cron expression |
| :--- | :--- |
| Every day, 8 AM | `0 8 * * *` |
| Weekdays, 8 AM | `0 8 * * 1-5` |
| Every Monday, 8 AM | `0 8 * * 1` |
| 1st of the month, 8 AM | `0 8 1 * *` |

**Starter task input for this Actor** (edit the values, then paste into the task):

```json
{
  "names": [
    "Jane Doe, Dallas, TX"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 3,
  "classifyPhones": true
}
```

- Run the task manually once first and confirm the rows look right (use `demoMode` to preview the format with no lookup and no result charge; the Actor start event still applies).
- There is no change-only mode yet: every scheduled run looks up the whole list again and each delivered row is billed again. Keep scheduled lists short and remove names once you have the contact you need.
- Set a maximum charge per run in the task's run options so a schedule can never spend more than you planned.

**Prefer the API?** `POST https://api.apify.com/v2/schedules` with a body like the one below (send your token in the `Authorization: Bearer` header):

```json
{
  "name": "skip-trace-pro-weekly",
  "userId": "YOUR_USER_ID",
  "actions": [
    {
      "type": "RUN_ACTOR_TASK",
      "actorTaskId": "YOUR_TASK_ID"
    }
  ],
  "cronExpression": "0 8 * * 1",
  "timezone": "America/New_York",
  "isEnabled": true
}
```

Docs: [Apify Schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) · [Webhook actions](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks/actions)

> **Did this run save you time?** A quick rating on the Store page helps other people find it. If something broke, open an Issue instead and I'll fix it fast; issues get answered within a day.

### ❓ FAQ

**What is skip tracing?**
Skip tracing means finding current contact details (phone numbers, emails, addresses) for a person you need to reach, such as a property owner, a debtor or someone you need to serve papers to. This Actor does skip tracing in bulk: give it names, addresses, phones or emails and get one clean row per person back.

**Can I search by address only (reverse address lookup)?**
Yes. Put full street addresses in **Search by Address** and the Actor returns the residents it can match, ranked by match confidence.

**Can I do a reverse phone or email lookup?**
Yes. Use **Search by Phone Number** or **Search by Email** to find the person behind a number or address.

**Do I need an API key?**
No key is needed to run it. Without a key the Actor uses free public-record sources, which are address-level and usually carry no phones or emails. Add your own People Data Labs or ScraperAPI key in the input to unlock phones and emails. Turn on **Demo mode** to preview the exact output format: it saves one fictional sample record to the Key-value store (`OUTPUT`) and charges no result events, only the one-time Actor start event.

**How is it billed?**
Pay per event: a small start fee plus a fee per delivered person record. Name-only hits with no phone, email or street address are withheld and not charged. See the **Pricing** tab on this page for the current per-event prices. You are only charged for the events listed there, and you can cap spend with the run's maximum charge setting.

**Can I use the results for tenant screening, hiring or credit decisions?**
No. This is not a consumer report under the FCRA. Use it for real estate outreach, collections, process serving, CRM enrichment and similar lawful purposes.

**How do I export the results?**
From the Output tab as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pull them through the Apify API, webhooks, Zapier, Make or the Skip Trace MCP Server for AI agents.

### ⚖️ Compliance

Returns data from licensed providers and public-metadata services only. **No breach contents, ever.** **Not** an FCRA consumer report — do not use for credit, employment, insurance, or tenant screening. You are responsible for lawful use.

***

### 🔗 Related actors from this developer

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [Email Finder — Verified](https://apify.com/intelscrape/email-finder-verified) | Find & verify business emails from name + domain |
| [LinkedIn Lead Scraper + Email Finder](https://apify.com/intelscrape/linkedin-lead-scraper-email-finder) | LinkedIn profile data + verified email in one pass |
| [B2B Lead Generator](https://apify.com/intelscrape/b2b-lead-generator) | Bulk company + contact discovery for outbound |
| [Google Maps Email Extractor](https://apify.com/intelscrape/google-maps-email-extractor) | Extract emails & contacts from Google Maps listings |
| [Contact Info Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/contact-info-scraper) | Scrape phones, emails, and socials from any website |
| [UCC Filing Monitor](https://apify.com/intelscrape/ucc-filing-monitor) | Track UCC liens — find distressed borrowers and collateral |
| [Trustpilot Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/trustpilot-reviews-scraper) | Monitor brand reputation on Trustpilot |
| [App Store Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/app-store-reviews-scraper) | iOS App Store review mining |
| [G2 Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/g2-reviews-scraper) | B2B software review data from G2 |
| [Google Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/google-reviews-scraper-the-best) | Local business reviews from Google Maps |
| [Greenhouse Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/greenhouse-jobs-scraper) | Hiring signals from Greenhouse ATS job boards |
| [Lever Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/lever-jobs-scraper) | Hiring signals from Lever ATS job boards |
| [Ashby Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/ashby-jobs-scraper) | Hiring signals from Ashby ATS job boards |
| [Product Hunt Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/product-hunt-scraper) | Find and track new product launches |
| [Shopify Owner Email](https://apify.com/intelscrape/shopify-owner-email) | Find the owner email behind any Shopify store |

### Soft CTA — MCP + lead-source siblings (README / MCP cross-sell)

Skip Trace PRO is the **contact match** layer. Feed it cleaner upstream leads from:

1. **[Building Permit Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/building-permit-scraper)** — new construction / roof / solar / HVAC owner+contractor **names** → skip-trace owner phones
2. **[UCC Lien Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/ucc-lien-scraper)** — FL/NJ UCC filings → enrich debtor / business contacts here
3. **[TruePeopleSearch Scraper](https://apify.com/intelscrape/truepeoplesearch-scraper)** — lighter people-search sibling when you need a cheaper first pass
4. **[Skip Trace MCP Server](https://apify.com/intelscrape/skip--trace)** — run Permit + Skip Trace inside Claude / Cursor / ChatGPT

No extra PPE events on this Actor for these cross-sells — each sibling bills on its own Store pricing.

***

> ⭐ **Store review**
>
> If a live lookup returned the contact fields you needed, a quick Store review helps other users — thank you.

# Actor input Schema

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

How many matching people to return per search.

## `searchState` (type: `string`):

Pick the state for your name searches (used when you don't type a state in the name). Routes the search to that state's records. Leave on Auto to detect from what you type.

## `names` (type: `array`):

Full name — add city & state for accuracy. Examples: "James E Whitsitt"  or  "Amalia Castillo, Dallas, TX 75228". Commas or semicolons both work.

## `addresses` (type: `array`):

Reverse address → who lives / lived there. Example: "3828 Double Oak Ln, Irving, TX 75061". Free-form — no special formatting needed.

## `phones` (type: `array`):

Reverse phone → owner. Any format, e.g. "(512) 555-0142".

## `emails` (type: `array`):

Reverse email → owner.

## `sources` (type: `array`):

Queried top-down, then merged — a contact confirmed by 2+ sources ranks highest. Valid: "publicrecords" (FREE — NC property + NC voter + FEC + USAspending; ADDRESS-ONLY, no phones/emails), "thatsthem" (FREE, nationwide — best-effort; frequently anti-bot-blocked), "pdl" (People Data Labs key — phones & emails), "endato" (Enformion — personal use only), "scraperapi" (FastPeopleSearch + TruePeopleSearch via ScraperAPI key). Phones & emails require pdl, endato, or scraperapi.

## `pdlApiKey` (type: `string`):

Recommended way to get phones & emails. People Data Labs key — free 100 lookups/mo at peopledatalabs.com. Bring your own key here, or the actor owner can set PDL_API_KEY as an Environment variable. Resale permitted only OUTSIDE FCRA-regulated uses.

## `scraperApiKey` (type: `string`):

Optional. ScraperAPI key to pull public people-search sites for phones & emails — free 1k/mo at scraperapi.com. Bring your own key here, or set SCRAPERAPI_KEY as an Environment variable.

## `verifyEmails` (type: `boolean`):

Check each email's domain has live mail servers; flags dead/parked domains.

## `classifyPhones` (type: `boolean`):

Validate + normalize to E.164 and classify mobile/landline/voip; surfaces the best number.

## `verifyPhoneLiveness` (type: `boolean`):

Real-time line check + carrier. Requires NUMVERIFY_API_KEY.

## `checkBreachExposure` (type: `boolean`):

Flag whether the best email appears in known breaches (metadata only). Requires HIBP_API_KEY.

## `demoMode` (type: `boolean`):

Return one fictional sample record (saved to Key-value store OUTPUT, not the dataset) so you can see the output format. No result events are charged; the one-time Actor start event still applies.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 3,
  "searchState": "",
  "names": [
    "John Smith, Greensboro, NC"
  ],
  "sources": [
    "publicrecords",
    "thatsthem",
    "pdl",
    "endato",
    "scraperapi"
  ],
  "verifyEmails": true,
  "classifyPhones": true,
  "verifyPhoneLiveness": false,
  "checkBreachExposure": true,
  "demoMode": false
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "names": [
        "John Smith, Greensboro, NC"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("intelscrape/skip-trace-pro").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "names": ["John Smith, Greensboro, NC"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("intelscrape/skip-trace-pro").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "names": [
    "John Smith, Greensboro, NC"
  ]
}' |
apify call intelscrape/skip-trace-pro --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,intelscrape/skip-trace-pro"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/LWeXXveX7WeSJ7z48/builds/eQDxiZo2cB9hpQ3N7/openapi.json