Commercial Mail Receiving Agents (CMRA) are private companies offering mailbox rental services to individuals and businesses.
The USPS requires a private mailbox (PMB) designator within the address on mail destined for delivery through a CMRA. The PMB address information is required to exist separately from the delivery address of the CMRA, as shown in the following example address:
If a PMB is present, CODE-1 Plus concatenates the PMB to the Address with Apartment field.
Position |
Field Name |
Description |
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1-6 |
Keyword |
Required. SA OUT is the only acceptable entry. |
8-10 |
Location for Address Return Code |
Optional. Location on the output record for the 1-character address return code. One of the following codes is stored:
|
12-15 |
Location for Address With Apartment |
Required. Location on the output record for the standardized address, including apartment information. Enter a location, "INP", or "INPA" to store the standardized address in the same location as the input address. (INP/INPA are only valid if ADDRDF col. 8 is L or M.) No default. |
16-17 |
Length of Address With Apartment |
Required. Length of the standardized address with apartment information. No default. |
18 |
Blank Unused Address Lines |
Optional. This option is only allowed when the "INP" or "INPA" option is specified in columns 12-15. X — Blank out the unused address lines. Blank — Do not blank out the input address lines. |
19 |
Storage Conditions — Address With Apartment |
Optional. Specify a code to indicate what to store when the standardized address with apartment number is too long or no match was found:
|
21-23 |
Location for Address Without Apartment |
Optional. Location on the output file for the standardized address, excluding apartment information. No default. |
25-26 |
Length of Address Without Apartment |
Optional. Length of the standardized address without apartment information. No default. |
28 |
Storage Conditions — Address Without Apartment |
Optional. Specify a code to indicate whether to store the standardized address without apartment number if the standardized address with apartment has already been stored:
NOTE: If you enter "X," this information is stored even if it is longer than the specified length for the receiving field. If it is too long, the information will be truncated. A return code of "L" will not be stored. |
30-32 |
Location for Apartment/PMB |
Optional. Location on the output record for the apartment information. Use this output area to store the PMB number when presented separately in secondary input address line. No default. |
34-35 |
Length of Apartment/PMB |
Optional. Length of the apartment/PMB information on the output record. No default. |
37 |
Storage Conditions — Apartment/PMB |
Optional. Specify a code to indicate what to store in positions 30-32:
|
39-41 |
Location for Address Source Code |
Optional. Location on the output record for the 1-character code indicating which input address line CODE-1 Plus used to obtain a standardized address. One of the following codes is stored:
|
43-45 |
Location for Dropped Information Code |
Optional. Location on the output record for the 1-character code indicating the type of information dropped during the standardization process. One of the following codes is stored:
|
47-49 |
Location for LACS Indicator |
Optional. Location for the Locatable Address Correction Service indicator on the output record. This indicator flags any rural addresses that changed to urban addresses, such as RR 4 BOX 1 changing to 2200 MAIN ST. The next time you process the file, you can identify and process only those records on the ZIP+4 database with rural address changes. One of the following codes is stored:
|
51 |
Alias/Base Return Option |
Optional. Code indicating whether or not you want CODE-1 Plus to return the base street name if the input address matched an alias street:
NOTE: This option is only used when the alias type code is "O" or "A". No CASS Report is generated if you enter Y. For a CASS-certified configuration, you must enter N. |
53-55 |
Location for Alias Return Code |
Optional. Location on the output record for the 1-character alias return code. One of the following codes is stored:
|
57-59 |
Location for Alias Type Code |
Optional. Location on the output record for the 1-character alias type code. One of the following codes is stored:
|
60 |
Storage Conditions — Information Dropped |
Optional. Specify a code to indicate whether to store the standardized address when information was dropped during the standardization process:
|
62 |
Maximum Address Correctness |
Optional. Maximum acceptable address probability of correctness to store the standardized address. Enter a number between 0 and 9, where 0 indicates the best case and 9 indicates the worst case. Default is 9. |
64 |
Maximum Overall Correctness |
Optional. Maximum acceptable overall probability of correctness to store the standardized address. Enter a number between 0 and 9, where 0 indicates the best case and 9 indicates the worst case. Default is 9. |
66-68 |
Location for PMB Return Code |
Optional. Location on the output record for the 1-character code indicating the disposition of the PMB number. One of the following codes is stored:
|
69 |
Storage Conditions — Multiple Standardized Addresses |
Optional. Specify a code to indicate whether to store the standardized address when multiple address matches were found:
|
70 |
Storage Conditions — Multiple Zip Code |
Optional. Specify a code to indicate whether to store the standardized address when multiple ZIP Code matches were found:
|
72 |
Disposition Indicator |
Optional. Specify a code to indicate what to store when the standardized address was not stored because no match was found or because of specified storage conditions:
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