Address Validation

The Trulioo Address Validation Service corrects the address for countries all over the world. It adds missing components such as region or city, it formats the address to local country standards, corrects small typos and it validates the address exists in the country to the level of unit, building, street, city, or postal code.

When requested, Validation Codes can be returned by the service in the Verify API response to indicate when a value has been modified along with appending the address values returned by the service.
In the Trulioo Platform API-Direct Portal, the 3000 Validation Code is also provided which indicates what level the service was able to validate the given address:

  • Fully Validated to unit
  • Fully Validated to building
  • Partially Validated to building
  • Partially Validated to street
  • Partially Validated to city
  • Partially Validated to state/province
  • Address Corrected

Benefits

  • Increased match rates
  • Identification of issues related to address fields
  • Address standardization

Examples

Below are examples demonstrating the cleansing that address validation can perform and their corresponding validation codes.

ScenarioInput ValueCorrected ValueValidation CodeDescription
Address input provided as one fieldAddress 1: 114 E 4th AveAddress 1: 114 E 4th Ave 114
House number: 114
Street name: E 4th
Street type: Ave
3000Fully Validated to building
Missing dataPostal Code, StatePostal Code, State, City, Country3000Partially Validated to city
Wrong State or Province114 E 4th Ave, Vancouver, AB V5T 1G2114 E 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1G23001State / Province / County changed, please check Address validation fields for additional information
Wrong CityLondonEssex3002One or more of City, Municipality, Suburb have been changed please check Address Validation fields for additional information
Wrong StreetTimber Crest DriveTimbercrest Drive3003One or more of Unit Number, Building Number, or Street have been changed please check Address Validation fields for additional
Wrong Postal CodePort Moody, V3H 4B5Port Moody, V3H 4V53004Postal Code changed, please check Address Validation fields for additional information
Missing or invalid address fieldsBuilding Name, Street Name- 3005One or more of Unit Number, Building Number, or Street are either invalid or missing
Provided address fields were incorrect or insufficient to validate the addressAddress, City
32323, Canada
- 3008Cannot validate address

Validation codes:

3000- level at which the address was verified

3008- address was not verified

3001-3005 - occur in combination with 3000or 3008

For more information regarding the Address Validation Codes please see Validation Codes.