# BRD-092 — US and Canadian addresses use the two-letter state code

> For a US or Canadian address, the state or province must be the two-letter abbreviation.

- **Rule ID:** BRD-092
- **Layer:** Brand (`BRAND`)
- **Checks:** `brand.state`
- **Severity:** BLOCKING — Breaking this rule gets the submission rejected outright.
- **When it bites:** Gates approval — get this wrong and registration is refused
- **How it is detected:** Deterministic (settled in code from the submitted values)
- **Fix type:** Fix the field — a better value in the form clears it
- **Required by:** AWS, TCR, Bandwidth
- **Applies:** Applies to every 10DLC registration.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-092/

## Why this rule exists

The address match is a string comparison against a record that holds the abbreviation, so "California" and "CA" are simply different values and the address fails to validate. It is the most common single-component address rejection, and the least obvious, because the address is otherwise perfectly correct.

## How to fix it

Replace the full name with the two-letter USPS or Canada Post abbreviation, in upper case. Done when the field holds exactly two letters.

## Example of a compliant value

```text
state: CA — not California, not Calif.
```