Available Address Matching Fields

Name fields are optional but may aid in firm matching. An individual name may match to a firm, e.g. John Smith to Smith and Associates.

Input Variables
Field Name	Field Length / Return Value	Description / Additional Info
Name fields are optional but may aid in firm matching. An individual name may match to a firm, for example John Smith to Smith and Associates.
Address_Line_1	50
Address_Line_2	50	Optional
Firm_Name	50
City	50	The City, State, and ZIP_Code fields must be defined or Last_line field, but not both.
Last_line	50	“Last_line” is for Clients who group city, state, and ZIP into one field.
State	2	The City, State, and ZIP_Code fields must be defined or Last_line field, but not both.
ZIP_Code	10	The City, State, and ZIP_Code fields must be defined or Last_line field, but not both.
Urbanization	28
Name_Prefix	6
Name_Suffix	6
First_Name	20
Middle_Name	20
Last_Name	30
Full_Name	50

Output Variables
Field Name	Field Length / Return Value	Description / Additional Info
Fields as they were presented for address matching.
Input_Address_Line_1	50
Input_Address_Line_2	50
Input_Firm_Name	50
Input_City	50
Input_Last_Line	50
Input_State	2
Input_ZIP_Code	10
Input_Urbanization	28

Zip+4 Database Matching
Field Name	Field Length / Return Value	Description / Additional Info
These fields are what was parsed from the input address for matching to the ZIP+4 database. They correspond to the fields in the ZIP+4 record in the AIS Guide.
Parsed_Primary_Number	10
Parsed_Unit_Number	8
Parsed_Rural_Route_Number	3
Parsed_Unit_Designator	4
Parsed_Pre_Directional1	2
Parsed_Pre_Directional2	2
Parsed_Street_Suffix1	4
Parsed_Street_Suffix2	4
Parsed_Post_Directional1	2
Parsed_Post_Directional2	2
Parsed_Street_Name	28
Extra_Info	128	Any extraneous information in the address lines

Output Address & Associated Information
Field Name	Field Length / Return Value	Description / Additional Info
Address_Line_1	50
Address_Line_2	50
Firm_Name	50
Last_Line	50
Name_Prefix	6
Name_Suffix	6
Urbanization	28
City	28
City_Abbreviated	13
State	2
ZIP_Code	5
Plus4	4
ZIP_9	10	Zip formatted for mailing.
ZIP_11	12	The full delivery point and check digit.
Delivery_Point_Barcode	3	Delivery Point (00-99) and 11-digit check digit
Carrier_Route	4
County_Code	3	FIPS County Code (The Federal Information Processing Standard Publication)
Primary_Number	10
Unit_Number	8
PMB_Unit_Designator	3
PMB_Number	8
ZIP4_Footnotes	26	A string of all applicable Footnotes (A to Z). If for example, Footnote C and X applied, ‘C’ would show in position 3 of this field and ‘X’ in position 24.
Footnotes (Each of these fields is populated with the corresponding capital letter when applicable. See the Counts for footnote array for details.)