Extraneous Data on Its Own Address Line - 23.1

Spectrum Addressing Guide

Version
23.1
Language
English
Product name
Spectrum Technology Platform
Title
Spectrum Addressing Guide
Copyright
2024
First publish date
2007
Last updated
2024-08-03
Published on
2024-08-03T03:54:19.080501

Validate Address returns extraneous data on its own address line for U.S. and Canadian addresses.

For U.S. addresses, Validate Address uses the first two non-blank address lines to perform address standardization, unless either the firm name extraction or urbanization code extraction options are enabled (see Address Line Processing for U.S. Addresses for more information). Data on other address lines is returned in AdditionalInputData. In the following address, "John Smith" would be returned in AdditionalInputData because it is in the third non-blank address line and Validate Address only uses the first two non-blank address lines for U.S. addresses.

123 Main St
Apt 5
John Smith
05674

If one of either of the first two non-blank address lines contains extraneous data, that data is returned in AdditionalInputData. For example, in the following addresses "John Smith" would be returned in AdditionalAddressData.

123 Main St
John Smith
05674

John Smith
123 Main St
05674

In the following address both "John Smith" and "Apt 5" would both be returned in AdditionalInputData. "John Smith" would be returned because it is extraneous data in one of the first two address lines and "Apt 5" would be returned because U.S. address data must be in the first two non-blank address lines.

John Smith
123 Main St
Apt 5
05674