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.

Scenario

Input Value

Corrected Value

Validation Code

Description

Address input provided as one field

Address 1: 114 E 4th Ave

Address 1: 114 E 4th Ave 114

  • *House number:** 114
  • *Street name: **E 4th
  • *Street type:** Ave

3000

Fully Validated to building

Missing data

Postal Code, State

Postal Code, State, City, Country

3000

Partially Validated to city

Wrong State or Province

114 E 4th Ave, Vancouver, AB V5T 1G2

114 E 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5T 1G2

3001

State / Province / County changed, please check Address validation fields for additional information

Wrong City

London

Essex

3002

One or more of City, Municipality, Suburb have been changed please check Address Validation fields for additional information

Wrong Street

Timber Crest Drive

Timbercrest Drive

3003

One or more of Unit Number, Building Number, or Street have been changed please check Address Validation fields for additional

Wrong Postal Code

Port Moody, V3H 4B5

Port Moody, V3H 4V5

3004

Postal Code changed, please check Address Validation fields for additional information

Missing or invalid address fields

Building Name, Street Name

-

3005

One or more of Unit Number, Building Number, or Street are either invalid or missing

Provided address fields were incorrect or insufficient to validate the address

Address, City
32323, Canada

-

3008

Cannot 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.