Postal Data

Postal data output fields contain detailed postal information for the address, such as the preferred city name and the US carrier route. To include postal data fields in the output, set Option.OutputRecordType = P.


Response Element	Max. Field Length with null terminator	Description
CityPreferredName	29	The USPS® preferred city name for the ZIP Code of the address.
CityShortName	29	The USPS®-approved abbreviation for the city, if there is one. The USPS® provides abbreviations for city names that are 14 characters long or longer. City abbreviations are 13 characters or less and can be used when there is limited space on the mailing label. If there is no short city name for the city, then the full city name is returned.
CityStateRecordName	29	USPS® city state city name.
DeliveryPointCode	3	Two-digit delivery point barcode.
GovernmentBuilding	2	Indicates if a building is used by the city, state, or federal government. A City government building B Federal government building C State government building D Firm only E City government building and firm only F Federal government building and firm only G State government building and firm only The values A, B, C, E, F, and G are valid for Alternate records only. The value D is valid for both base and alternate records.
PostalBarCode	7	Six-digit combination of ZIP+4 Code and the delivery point barcode.
PostalCodeClass	2	ZIP Classification code. null Standard ZIP Code M Military ZIP Code P ZIP Code has P.O. boxes only U Unique ZIP Code (ZIP Code assigned to a single organization)
PostalCodeUnique	2	Indicates if the ZIP Code is a unique ZIP Code assigned to an individual company or agency. Y Unique ZIP name null No unique ZIP name
PostalFacility	2	USPS City State Name Facility code. A Airport Mail Facility (AMF) B Branch C Community Post Office (CPO) D Area Distribution Center (ADC) E Sectional Center Facility (SCF) F Delivery Distribution Center (DDC) G General Mail Facility (GMF) K Bulk Mail Center (BMC) M Money Order Unit N Non-Postal Community Name, Former Postal Facility, or Place Name P Post Office S Station U Urbanization
USBCCheckDigit	2	Check-digit for delivery point barcode.
USCarrierRouteCode	5	Carrier Route code.
USCarrierRouteSort	2	Indicates if the USPS uses a carrier route sort, and what type of sort the USPS allows. A Automation cart allowed, optional cart merging allowed B Automation cart allowed, no optional cart merging allowed C No automation cart allowed, optional cart merging allowed D No automation cart allowed, no optional cart merging allowed
USCityDelivery	2	Indicates if has city-delivery carrier routes. Y Has city-delivery carrier routes N Does not have city-delivery carrier routes.
USLACS	2	Indicates if LACS^Link match occurred. Y Matched LACS^Link record N LACS^Link match not found F False-positive LACS^Link record S Secondary information (unit number) removed to make a LACS^Link match null Records not processed through LACS^Link For more information, see Locatable Address Conversion System (LACS).
USLACS.ReturnCode	3	Indicates LACS^Link results. A Matched LACS^Link record 00 LACS^Link match was not found 09 Matched to highrise default, but noLACS^Link conversion 14 Found LACS^Link match, but no LACS^Link conversion 92 Secondary information (unit number) was removed to make a LACS^Link match null Records not processed through LACS^Link For more information, see Locatable Address Conversion System (LACS).
USLOTCode	6	A combination of the 4-digit Line of Travel (LOT) Code and the ascending (A) or descending (D) indicator.