# BRD-093 — The address must match the registration record component by component

> The registered address must match the address on the IRS or national registration record exactly, including abbreviation style.

- **Rule ID:** BRD-093
- **Layer:** Brand (`BRAND`)
- **Checks:** `brand.street … brand.postal_code`
- **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:** External record we cannot query — reported as a warning to verify
- **Fix type:** Wait on an external system or a required interval
- **Required by:** Telnyx, TCR, HighLevel
- **Applies:** Applies to every 10DLC registration.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/brand/brd-093/

## Why this rule exists

The address is compared as a set of strings rather than resolved as a place, so "1240 Mission Street" against a record holding "1240 Mission St" is a failed component and therefore a failed address. Every business writes its own address the way it looks best on a letterhead, and the registration record was typed once, years ago, by somebody else.

## How to fix it

Copy the address from the IRS letter or the registry extract rather than from the website, keeping its abbreviations exactly — St or Street, Ste or Suite, whichever the record uses. Done when every component is character-identical to the record.

## Provider rejection codes

| Provider | Code | Resubmission allowed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Twilio | `30795` | yes |

## Check this yourself

**Is every component of the address character-identical to the address on the IRS letter or registry extract, abbreviations included?**

1. Put the letter next to the form and read the two addresses line by line — this is the one check that has to be done by eye.
2. Match the record's abbreviation style exactly: St or Street, Ste or Suite, whichever it uses.
3. Copy from the letter, never from the website — the website is written to look good on a letterhead.

*What wrong looks like:* "1240 Mission Street" against a record holding "1240 Mission St". One failed component is a failed address; the comparison never resolves it as a place.

## Notes

Absorbs BRD-094, which states how the comparison is made rather than a separate requirement. We hold no registration record to compare against, so this is the one check the user has to run by eye: put the letter next to the form and read the two addresses line by line, including the abbreviations, before submitting.