Document processing for municipalities and local government

Extract printed and handwritten fields from building permit applications, public records requests, and business license applications - so paper forms become records without retyping.

The forms residents and businesses file

Building permit applications

Applicant, property address, parcel number, type of work checkboxes, valuation, contractor and license number

Public records requests

Requester, date received, records described, delivery preference, contact details

Business license applications

Business name, owner, business type, address, activity description, dates

Supporting documents

Insurance certificates, contractor licenses, plan cover sheets

How it works

From counter to records system

Describe the fields on each form in plain language - a revised form is a field update, not an IT project.
Scan forms at the counter, or route mailed and emailed submissions to a workflow address.
Structured data exports to your permitting or records system. Uncertain fields go to Review Hub for staff to confirm.

Handwriting and checkboxes: Paper applications are filled in by hand with boxes ticked. Foxello reads both, and flags what it can't read confidently.

~1 min
To set up a new workflow
Describe the fields you need in plain language. No templates to build, no model to train.
Why it matters

Residents still use paper. Your systems don't.

Many residents and small contractors still file on paper, and even digital submissions often arrive as scanned PDFs. Staff key every field into the permitting or licensing system before a review can begin, and backlogs grow whenever a building season or a deadline hits.

Foxello reads printed and handwritten forms without templates, so every revision of every application form works from day one. Checkboxes come back as true or false, and dates, addresses, and parcel numbers as named fields.

Mark key fields as required, and incomplete applications are flagged for follow-up automatically. Every field is scored for confidence, and uncertain values go to Review Hub before they reach the official record.

Documents are processed and stored in the EU, handled in line with GDPR, and never used to train models.

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Clear the paper application backlog

Set up a permit application workflow in about a minute.

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