---
title: "Escrow Release ($0.002/call)"
method: POST
path: "/escrow/release"
tags: ["escrow", "release", "settlement", "payment"]
---

# Escrow Release ($0.002/call)

`POST /escrow/release`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://x402.shizu.me`
- URL: `https://x402.shizu.me/escrow/release`
- Auth: none declared

Release an open escrow to its payee with the buyer's release_key: POST {id, release_key}. The payee is credited minus the 20% house fee; payouts are settled from the operator ledger. Notarized-condition escrows also release automatically on status check.

Paid endpoint: $0.002 per call via the x402 protocol (USDC on Base). An unpaid request returns 402 with payment requirements in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED response header; attach payment and retry.

## Response `200`

Paid result (JSON)

## Other responses

- `402`: Payment required — x402 requirements in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED response header

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/shizu/apis/scrape402.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/shizu/apis/scrape402/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/shizu/apis/scrape402/revisions/0852d74798b8?raw)