Validating the Property Address

1. On the Validate Property Address for Case Assignment page, enter the street address for the property in the Hse No, Street Name, and Type fields. Provide information for the Unit, Pre, and/or Post fields, if applicable. See also street address examples.
   
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   For proposed construction or property under construction, you can type the lot, block, and plat information in the Lot and Blk/Plat fields. For the Blk/Plat field, the first three characters you enter identify the block and the next two characters identify the plat. Do not use a slash (/) to separate them.
   
   Note: For a rural route address, type the rural route number in the Hse No field using an RR # (or RD #) format. Type the box number in the Street Name field using a Box # format.

2. Type the five numbers of the property's zip code in the first box of the Zip Code field.
   
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   Enter the city and state in which the property is located in the City and State fields.
   

3. Click Send. If processing was successful, the Case Number Assignment page appears. The address you entered is displayed in the Property Address section of the page and can be revised, if necessary. If processing was unsuccessful, the Validate Property Address for Case Assignment page appears and alerts you to errors. See Correcting Property Address Errors.

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Correcting Property Address Errors

The Message field at the top of the Validate Property Address for Case Assignment page informs you if there is an error in the property address you attempted to process. Review the information in the Error(s) Detected field to determine what information must be corrected or provided. You can reenter all or part of the address, accept a new address provided, or override the address validation.

Reentering All or Part of the Address

If the property address was incorrectly entered, do the following:

1. On the Validate Property Address for Case Assignment page, correct the existing information by deleting, adding, or selecting new information.
   
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   Click Reset to clear the information entered in all the fields and start again.
   
   
2. Click Send when you have completed reentering the address.
   

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Accepting a New Address

If the property address you entered does not match U.S. Postal Service information, the property address that most closely resembles it appears in the Error(s) Detected field.

1. On the Validate Property Address for Case Assignment page, verify the property address you entered against the U.S. Postal Service address in the Error(s) Detected field.
   
   
2. Click Accept new values if the U.S. Postal Service address provided is acceptable. The address is validated again. If processing was successful, the Case Number Assignment page appears with the new address. If processing was unsuccessful, the Validate Property Address for Case Assignment page appears with new information in the Error(s) Detected field. Make additional corrections, and click Send or see Overriding the Address Validation.

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Overriding the Address Validation

The U.S. Postal Service information used for validating the property address is updated quarterly. Therefore, the property address may not be listed when processing Validate Property Address for Case Assignment. This is sometimes the case for proposed construction. The address validation can be bypassed by using the Override address validation option. Misuse of this option is monitored by the FHA.

1. On the Validate Property Address for Case Assignment page, verify the property address you entered.
   
   
2. If the property address was correctly entered but not validated, click the Override address validation check box. The following message appears: The address will be entered but it will be marked as unvalidated.
   
   
3. Click OK to accept the unvalidated address entered.
   
   
4. Click Send. The Case Number Assignment page appears. The address is displayed in the Property Address section of the page and can be revised, if necessary.

See Also

Validate Property Address for Case Assignment Page - Field Descriptions

Case Number Assignment - Business Background

Case Number Assignment - Processing

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