# Get your USA North 811 tickets and responses by API > Read the Electronic Positive Response codes on each of your 811 tickets, list your OneCallAccess tickets and renew one with an API call. A workflow can check every open ticket before the crews leave and tell you which utility operators have not responded. Page: https://fous.com/automate/usa-north-811 Updated: 2026-11-12 Works with your own USA North 811 account. Fous is an independent product. ## What you can build on USA North 811 ### Get utility responses for a ticket Reads the Positive Response Ticket Search for one ticket: each utility operator notified and the response it has posted. - Takes: Ticket number, city - Returns: Ticket number, station code, station code name, response date, response code, response description, comments, operators with no response ### List my tickets and their response progress Reads your tickets in OneCallAccess, with each ticket's type, start date and time, and how many utility operators have responded. - Takes: Nothing - Returns: Ticket number, ticket type, city, start date and time, date issued, operators notified, operators responded, days left of the 28 ### Get a ticket's history Opens one ticket in OneCallAccess and reads History: every action and revision on it, such as an amendment, remark or renewal. - Takes: Ticket number - Returns: Action, revision, date and time, details ### Renew a ticket Opens a ticket in OneCallAccess and submits a Renewal (RNEW) from the Actions menu, when you confirm the markings are still clearly visible. - Takes: Ticket number, markings still clearly visible (yes or no) - Returns: Ticket number, revision, renewal date, new expiry date ## Automate USA North 811 with a workflow A [workflow](/product/workflows) runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use. ### Missing utility responses, before the crews leave Starts: Every weekday at 6:00 1. List your OneCallAccess tickets whose start date and time is today or earlier, with ticket number and city. 2. For each one, get the utility responses on the Positive Response Ticket Search. 3. Keep the utility operators that have posted no response yet. 4. Email you the list by ticket, with each operator's station code and station code name. ### Tickets reaching the end of their 28 days Starts: Every weekday at 7:00 1. List your OneCallAccess tickets with their date issued. 2. Keep the tickets with 3 days or fewer left of their 28 calendar days. 3. Email you the list so a foreman can confirm the markings before you renew. ### New utility responses, posted to your job system Starts: Every hour on weekdays 1. List your OneCallAccess tickets still within their 28 days, with ticket number and city. 2. For each one, get the utility responses on the Positive Response Ticket Search. 3. Keep the responses that were not there on the last run. 4. Post each one, with ticket number, station code name and response code, to your webhook. You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month. ## Once built, one call from your code Once you have built a [method](/product/methods), it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get utility responses for a ticket” would look like. Example request: ``` curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "method": "appsca.undergroundservicealert.org/get_utility_responses", "input": { "ticket_number": "A263150412-00A", "city": "Stockton" } }' ``` Example response: ``` { "status": "completed", "data": { "ticket_number": "A263150412-00A", "responses": [ { "station_code": "ACMEGAS", "station_code_name": "Acme Gas Distribution", "response_date": "2026-11-11T14:20:00-08:00", "response_code": "010", "response_description": "Locate area marked", "comments": "Marked 4 in. gas main along north curb" } ], "awaiting_response": [ "GLBXWTR" ] } } ``` An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request. ## USA North 811’s own options USA North 811 offers OneCallAccess, a free online ticket program for California and Nevada, with mobile apps and a public Positive Response Ticket Search. It does not document an API for excavators. PelicanCorp, which makes OneCallAccess, describes an API for submitting One Call inquiries from your own systems, without a price or a way to request it through USA North 811. | Option | What it covers | What it takes | | --- | --- | --- | | OneCallAccess API (PelicanCorp) | Submitting One Call inquiries from a work management or planning system, as PelicanCorp describes it. | Arranged with PelicanCorp through its contact form. No price, and no mention of USA North 811, on its page. | | Positive Response Ticket Search | The latest revision of one ticket and each operator's response code, date and comments. | No account. Both the ticket number and the city are needed for each search. | | OneCallAccess by hand | New tickets, Amendment, Remark, Renewal, No Response, Return (California only), Damage, Cancel, Copy and History, one ticket at a time. | A free account for each state, California and Nevada, on the web or in the mobile app. | Read on November 12, 2026: [USA North 811: Get a ticket](https://usanorth811.org/get-ticket), [California Field Guide 2026](https://usanorth811.org/assets/uploads/field-guides/California-Filed-Guide-2026-Final-Web.pdf), [PelicanCorp: OneCallAccess API](https://www.pelicancorp.com/solutions/onecallaccess-api). ## Signing in to USA North 811 OneCallAccess signs you in with a username and password, and each state has its own program and account: one for California, one for Nevada. With Fous you sign in once through OneCallAccess's own sign-in with your own account. The login is sealed with AES-256, code and AI agents never see it, and an expired session is signed back in. ## Worth knowing - **A ticket is active for 28 calendar days**: In both states a ticket lasts 28 calendar days from issuance and can be renewed online by the end of the 28th day. In California the markings must still be clearly visible; in Nevada a ticket can be renewed only two times. - **Every operator must respond before you dig**: Excavation may begin only after all utility operators have responded and any required on-site meeting is complete. A start date and time that has passed is not enough on its own. - **No response: notify again every two hours**: Once the legal notice and the ticket's start date and time have passed, you can submit a No Response (NRSP) notification. You can repeat it every two hours. - **One ticket per company, half a mile per ticket**: Each company breaking ground needs its own ticket. Locations should be no longer than half a mile, so long jobs use Next Job Phase to copy a ticket into the next section. ## More in Government: US courts, records, permits and licensing - [Sunshine 811](https://fous.com/automate/sunshine-811.md) - [Texas811 Portal](https://fous.com/automate/texas811-portal.md) - [Accela Citizen Access](https://fous.com/automate/accela-citizen-access.md) - [DOB NOW](https://fous.com/automate/dob-now.md) - [Metrc](https://fous.com/automate/metrc.md) - [webDEALER](https://fous.com/automate/webdealer.md) - [The Compliance Engine](https://fous.com/automate/the-compliance-engine.md) - [eFileIL](https://fous.com/automate/efileil.md) - [eFileTexas](https://fous.com/automate/efiletexas.md) - [Florida Courts E-Filing Portal](https://fous.com/automate/florida-courts-e-filing-portal.md) - [Odyssey File & Serve](https://fous.com/automate/odyssey-file-and-serve.md) - [LOOP](https://fous.com/automate/loop.md) Other industries: [Uniform Collateral Data Portal](/automate/uniform-collateral-data-portal), [PostalOne](/automate/postalone), [BidNet Direct](/automate/bidnet-direct), [CDTFA Online Services](/automate/cdtfa-online-services), [Sunbiz](/automate/sunbiz), [Rexel France](/automate/rexel-france). ## Frequently asked questions ### Does USA North 811 have an API? Not one it documents for excavators. USA North 811 offers OneCallAccess, a free online ticket program, and a public search for utility responses. PelicanCorp, which makes OneCallAccess, describes an API for submitting One Call inquiries, but its page gives no price and does not say how a USA North 811 excavator gets it. ### How do I check utility responses without logging in? Use the Positive Response Ticket Search for your state. Enter the ticket number and the city: it shows the latest revision with each operator's station code, response date, response code, response description and comments. In OneCallAccess, each ticket also has a status bar showing how many operators have responded. ### How long is a USA North 811 ticket good for? 28 calendar days from the date of issuance, in California and Nevada. Renew it online by the end of the 28th day; in California you can also call 811, and the markings must still be clearly visible. In Nevada a ticket can be renewed two times, then a new ticket is needed. ### Can one OneCallAccess account cover California and Nevada? No. OneCallAccess is state specific, with a separate sign-in for California and for Nevada. With Fous you build methods for each state's program and sign in to each with your own account. ### Is Fous affiliated with USA North 811? No. Fous is an independent product. You use it with your own OneCallAccess account, and a method reads and does only what that account can. Fous is an independent product: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the operator of USA North 811 (USA North 811). The name is used only to say which system this page is about. Something here wrong or out of date? Write to legal@fous.com.