Question 1

What can I watch on a property?

Accepted Answer

A property watches the public municipal sources you register for it. MorrowDocket supports public URLs for permits, inspections, code enforcement, and public notices; captured records can also be parsed as renewals or other relevant event types when the source text supports that classification.

Question 2

How does MorrowDocket decide when to alert me?

Accepted Answer

Alerts are materialized from parsed events, explicit upcoming deadlines, and unresolved violations or other open obligations. A checked source can also produce an alert when new captured text is detected and parsed into new events.

Question 3

Where do obligation citations come from?

Accepted Answer

A citation comes from the registered municipal source attached to the event: its saved label and URL, together with the captured source excerpt when one is available. The excerpt is the evidence shown alongside the plain-English summary.

Question 4

What does the obligation detail record show?

Accepted Answer

An obligation detail record brings together the summary, required action, deadline, source citation and excerpt, checklist, property contacts, current assignee, and status history. It also shows the record’s current state so you can review, snooze, or complete it from one place.

Question 5

What are the city-specific checklists?

Accepted Answer

A city rule combines municipal requirements, an actionable checklist, and official source links, with checklist progress saved privately to your account. The current seeded Austin, TX reference is the Austin development services rule: confirm the project scope and review path, gather property and ownership records, and check current filing requirements and fees.

Question 6

Who can I add as a property contact or assignee?

Accepted Answer

New property contacts can be added as an owner, contractor, or collaborator. The contact model also recognizes architect and inspector records, and any contact attached to the property can be selected as an obligation assignee.

Question 7

How do source checks and parsing become structured events?

Accepted Answer

A source check fetches and stores the registered page text as a snapshot. When a later check finds new text, MorrowDocket parses the changed blocks; it can also parse a saved source snippet directly. The parser classifies each event, then extracts a grounded summary, explicit deadline, address when present, and confidence score.

Question 8

How is a project report assembled?

Accepted Answer

The authenticated property report combines the property address and municipality with registered HTTP sources, parsed events, recorded deadlines, property notes, and open alerts or obligations. Source labels and URLs stay attached to the relevant sources and events, and the result is validated as the property report document used for export.

Question 9

How does authenticated property PDF export work?

Accepted Answer

From an owned property record, choose Export PDF after the report is prepared. The app sends the validated report to the property PDF endpoint; the server checks that the signed-in user owns the property and that the report matches it, then returns a downloadable PDF.

MorrowDocket frequently asked questions

01What can I watch on a property?

02How does MorrowDocket decide when to alert me?

03Where do obligation citations come from?

04What does the obligation detail record show?

05What are the city-specific checklists?

06Who can I add as a property contact or assignee?

07How do source checks and parsing become structured events?

08How is a project report assembled?

09How does authenticated property PDF export work?