Result Codes - Address Container

Record Level Result Codes

Note

The Record Level result codes apply to the individual request records.

Address Change

Code	Short Description	Long Description
AC01	Postal Code Change	The postal code was changed or added.
AC02	Administrative Area Change	The administrative area (state, province) was added or changed.
AC03	Locality Change	The locality (city, municipality) name was added or changed.
AC04	Alternate to Base Change	US Only. The address was found to be an alternate record and changed to the base (preferred) version.
AC05	Alias Name Change	US Only. An alias is a common abbreviation for a long street name, such as “MLK Blvd” for “Martin Luther King Blvd.” This change code indicates that the full street name (preferred) has been substituted for the alias.
AC06	Address1/Address2 Swap	Address1 was swapped with Address2 because Address1 could not be verified and Address2 could be verified.
AC07	Address1 & Company Swapped	Address1 was swapped with Company because only Company had a valid address.
AC08	Plus4 Change	US Only. A non-empty plus4 was changed.
AC09	Dependent Locality Change	The dependent locality (urbanization) was changed.
AC10	Thoroughfare Name Change	The thoroughfare (street) name was added or changed due to a spelling correction.
AC11	Thoroughfare Type Change	The thoroughfare (street) leading or trailing type was added or changed, such as from “St” to “Rd.”
AC12	Thoroughfare Directional Change	The thoroughfare (street) pre-directional or post-directional was added or changed, such as from “N” to “NW.”
AC13	Sub Premise Type Change	The sub premise (suite) type was added or changed, such as from “STE” to “APT.”
AC14	Sub Premise Number Change	The sub premise (suite) unit number was added or changed.

Address Error

Code	Short Description	Long Description
AE01	General Error	The address could not be verified. This is likely due to a missing or invalid locality or postal code.
AE02	Unknown Street	Could not match the input street to a unique street name. Either no matches or too many matches found.
AE03	Component Mismatch Error	The combination of directionals (N, E, SW, etc) and the suffix (AVE, ST, BLVD) is not correct and produced multiple possible matches.
AE04	Non-Deliverable Address	US Only. A physical plot exists but is not a deliverable addresses. One example might be a railroad track or river running alongside this street, as they would prevent construction of homes in that location.
AE05	Multiple Match	The address was matched to multiple records. There is not enough information available in the address to break the tie between multiple records.
AE06	Early Warning System	US Only. This address currently cannot be verified but was identified by the Early Warning System (EWS) as belonging to a upcoming area and will likely be included in a future update.
AE07	Missing Minimum Address	Minimum requirements for the address to be verified is not met. Address must have at least one address line and also the postal code or the locality/administrative area.
AE08	Sub Premise Number Invalid	The thoroughfare (street address) was found but the sub premise (suite) was not valid.
AE09	Sub Premise Number Missing	The thoroughfare (street address) was found but the sub premise (suite) was missing.
AE10	Premise Number Invalid	The premise (house or building) number for the address is not valid.
AE11	Premise Number Missing	The premise (house or building) number for the address is missing.
AE12	Box Number Invalid	The PO (Post Office Box), RR (Rural Route), or HC (Highway Contract) Box number is invalid.
AE13	Box Number Missing	The PO (Post Office Box), RR (Rural Route), or HC (Highway Contract) Box number is missing.
AE14	PMB Number Missing	US Only. The address is a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA) and the Private Mail Box (PMB or #) number is missing.
AE15	Demo Mode	Limited to Demo Mode operation. Please contact a Melissa CSR at 1-800-800-6245 x4.
AE16	Expired Database	The Database has expired. Please contact a Melissa CSR at 1-800-800-6245 x4.
AE17	Sub Premise Not Required (Deprecated - See AS23)	A sub premise (suite) number was entered but the address does not have secondaries. (Deprecated - See AS23)
AE19	Find Suggestion Timeout	The FindSuggestion function has exceeded the time limit.
AE20	Find Suggestion Disabled	The FindSuggestion function is disabled. See the manual for further details.

Address Status

Code	Short Description	Long Description
AS01	Address Fully Verified	The address is valid and deliverable according to official postal agencies.
AS02	Valid Building Address	The building address was verified but the suite/apartment number is missing or invalid.
AS03	Non USPS Address Match	US Only. This US address is not serviced by the USPS but does exist and may receive mail through third party carriers like UPS.
AS04	Proprietary Address Format	The address uses a proprietary addressing scheme where only the format could be validated.
AS09	Foreign Address	The address is in a non-supported country.
AS10	CMRA Address	US Only. The address is a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA) like a Mailboxes Etc. These addresses include a Private Mail Box (PMB or #) number.
AS11	PBSA Address	A PO Box formatted as a street address for package and mail delivery.
AS13	Address Updated By LACS	US Only. The address has been converted by LACSLink® from a rural-style address to a city-style address.
AS14	Suite Appended	US Only. A suite was appended by SuiteLink™ using the address and company name.
AS15	Apartment Appended	An apartment number was appended by AddressPlus using the address and last name.
AS16	Vacant Address	US Only. The address has been unoccupied for more than 90 days.
AS17	No USPS Mail Delivery	This address is classified as not receiving mail by the USPS via their No-Stat flag. Delivery might still be possible by third party carriers but that cannot be counted on.
AS18	DPV Locked Out	US Only. DPV processing was terminated due to the detection of what is determined to be an artificially created address.
AS20	Deliverable only by USPS	US Only. This address can only receive mail delivered through the USPS (i.e. PO Box or a military address).
AS22	No Alternate Address Suggestion Found	No alternate address suggestion was found for this address.
AS23	Extraneous Suite Information	Extraneous information not used in verifying the address was found. This information was returned in the suite field.
AS24	USPS Door Not Accessible	Address identified by the USPS where carriers cannot physically access a building or door for mail delivery.
AS25	Unique ZIP code	The address contains a USPS unique ZIP code which means any address may be marked as deliverable.
AS26	Unknown Data Moved to ParsedGarbage	The input contains data that could not be identified. That data is returned in the ParsedGarbage/AddressExtras field
AS27	Phantom Route address	Addresses that are assigned to a phantom route of R777 or R779.

Record Level Product Codes

Address Type US

Code	Description
A	Alias
F	Firm or Company
H	Highrise or Business Complex
G	General Delivery
P	PO Box
R	Rural Route
S	Street or Residential

Address Type Canada

Code	Description
1	Street
2	Street Served by Route and GD
3	Lock Box
4	Route Service
5	General Delivery
B	LVR Street
C	Government Street
D	LVR Lock Box
E	Government Lock Box
K	Building
L	LVR General Delivery

Address Type Austria

Code	Description
T	A door number (Tür) is expected for this address to be considered complete.

Address Type France

Code	Description
C	This address is a CEDEX address. These are addresses classified as “Courier d’entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle” or “special business mail” by La Poste. They are given their own postal priority and usually large organizations.

Address Type Great Britain

Code	Description
L	This address is identified as having a large user postal code. This is due to the large volume of mail received at that address, or because a PO Box or Selectapost service has been set up.
S	This address is identified as having a smaller user postal code. This means this postal code will have usually around 15 delivery points but never more than 100.

Address Type Switzerland

Code	Description
M	Domicile and specialist addresses
S	Domicile addresses only
T	Specialist postcodes only
F	Company postcodes
P	In-house Swiss Post postcodes (delivery post office information on bundle labels or bag addresses).

Carrier Route Type

Code	Description
B	PO Box
C	City Delivery
G	General Delivery
H	Highway Contract
R	Rural Route

Delivery Indicator Code

Code	Description
R	Residence
B	Business
U	Unknown

DPV Type

Code	Description
AA	Input address matched to the Zip+4 file.
A1	Input address not matched to the Zip+4 file.
BB	Input address matched to DPV (all components).
CC	Input address primary number (street number) matched to DPV but secondary number not matched.
C1	Input address primary number matched, secondary number not matched; secondary number required.
N1	Input address primary number matched to DPV but secondary number missing.
M1	Input address primary number missing.
M3	Input address primary number invalid.
PB	Identified PO Box Street Address.
P1	Input address PO, RR or HC box number missing.
P3	Input address PO, RR or HC box number invalid.
RR	Input address matched to CMRA.
R1	Input address matched to CMRA but secondary number not present.
F1	Address was coded to a military address.
G1	Address was coded to a General Delivery address.
R7	Addresses that are assigned to a phantom route of R777 or R779.
TA	Input address primary number matched by dropping trailing alpha.
U1	Address was coded to a unique Zip Code.

Postal Code Type

Code	Description
[Empty]	Regular postal code
M	Military Postal Code
P	PO Box Postal Code
U	Unique Postal Code usually assigned to a large organization or government institution.

Time Zone Type

Code	Description
N/A	Military
4	Atlantic Time
5	Eastern Time
6	Central Time
7	Mountain Time
8	Pacific Time
9	Alaska time
10	Hawaii Time
11	Samoa Time
13	Marshall Island Time
14	Guam Time
15	Palau Time