Address Standardization Error Codes
When an invalid address appears in your data we return an error code.
This error code can provide helpful information about what might be wrong with your input address.
The table below contains the possible error codes, as well as a brief description of what each error code means.
| Error Code | Description |
|---|---|
| E101 | Last line is bad or missing |
| E212 | No city and bad ZIP |
| E213 | Bad city and no ZIP |
| E214 | Bad city and bad ZIP |
| E216 | Bad ZIP, can't determine which city match to select |
| E302 | No primary address line parsed |
| E412 | Street name not found in directory |
| E413 | Possible street name matches too close to choose |
| E420 | Primary range is missing |
| E421 | Primary range is invalid for street/route/building |
| E422 | Predirectional needed, input is wrong or missing |
| E423 | Suffix needed, input is wrong or missing |
| E425 | Suffix & directional needed, input wrong or missing |
| E427 | Postdirectional needed, input is wrong or missing |
| E428 | Bad ZIP, can't select an address match |
| E429 | Bad city, can't select an address match |
| E430 | Possible addr. line matches too close to choose one |
| E431 | Urbanization needed, input is wrong or missing |
| E439 | Exact match in EWS directory |
| E500 | Other Error |
| E501 | Foreign |
| E502 | Input record entirely blank |
| E503 | ZIP not in area covered by partial ZIP+4 Directory |
| E504 | Overlapping ranges in ZIP+4 directory |
| E505 | Matched to undeliverable default record |
| E600 | Marked by USPS as unsuitable for delivery of mail |
| E601 | Primary number does not DPV confirm, ZIP+4 removed |