FootnotesUSPS® DPV®Standardized Footnotes

Mail*LIST and Mail*STAR are required to express DPV results using USPS standard two character footnotes..

Footnotes Reporting CASS™ ZIP+4™ Certification

• AA – Input address matched to the ZIP+4 file.
• A1 – Input address not matched to the ZIP+4 file.

Footnotes Reporting DPV Validation Observations

• BB – Matched to DPV (all components).
• CC – Secondary number not matched (present but invalid).
• N1 – High-rise address missing secondary number.
• M1 – Primary number missing.
• M3 – Primary number invalid.
• P1 – Input Address RR or HC Box number Missing.
• P3 – Input Address PO, RR, or HC Box number Invalid.
• F1 – Input Address Matched to a Military Address.
• G1 – Input Address Matched to a General Delivery Address.
• U1- Input Address Matched to a Unique ZIP Code™.

Footnotes Reporting CMRA Observation

A commercial mail-receiving agency (   ) is a private business that is approved to accept mail on behalf of third parties. If the delivery address matches to a CMRA location, one of the following footnotes will appear.

• RR – Matched to CMRA.
• R1 – Matched to CMRA but secondary number not present.

USPS Standardized DPV Validation Codes

The three single character codes associated with DPV validation set only if the address has been ZIP+4 coded. These characters are here referenced as:

DPV ZIP+4 Coded – domain = {‘ ‘,’Y’,’S’,’D’,’N’}

• blank when the address was not ZIP+4 coded
• ‘N’ when standardized but NOT DPV confirmed
• ‘Y’ when standardized and DPV confirmed all components
• ‘S’ when standardized and DPV confirmed for primary number only
  (secondary number not confirmed)
• ‘D’ when standardized as a default ZIP+4 record

CMRA – domain = {‘ ‘,’Y’,’N’}

• blank if DPV confirmed is ‘N’ or the address was not ZIP+4 coded
• ‘N’ if DPV confirmed {‘Y’,’S’,’D’} and not a CMRA location
• ‘Y’ if DPV confirmed {‘Y’,’S’,’D’} and is a CMRA location

False Positive – domain = {‘ ‘,’Y’,’N’}

• blank if DPV confirmed is {‘Y’,’S’,’D’} or the address was not ZIP+4 coded
• ‘N’ if DPV confirmed is ‘N’ and not a False Positive hit
• ‘Y’ if DPV confirmed is ‘N’ and there was a False Positive hit.