No-Stat or Inactive address

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What is a No-Stat or Inactive Address USPS?

Undoubtedly, we all want our mail items to reach their correct destination without any issues. Yet, often, things can go wrong because you write an incorrect mailing address on your item. It is not uncommon for individuals and businesses to send mail on invalid, incomplete, and undeliverable addresses.

Here, the USPS does not return all items that couldn’t be delivered—some of them are discarded (for specific reasons). Hence, you should always write correct mailing addresses so that the postal services can complete deliveries on time. 

Also, avoid using no-stat addresses as the USPS delivers them undeliverable. You can cross-check your mailing lists beforehand to prevent problems like lost mail or unforeseen delays. But, what are no-stat addresses, and why are they undeliverable? Let’s find out!

What is a No-Stat Address?

No-stat addresses are those mailing addresses where you cannot send mail. In other words, the USPS does not deliver to these addresses. Some people also call them “inactive addresses” as they do not actively receive mail (primarily for 90 days or more).

The USPS has a no-state indicator that signifies whether an address is deliverable or not. You can use this indicator to double-check your postal addresses before sending any mail items. The USPS categorizes a bunch of mailing addresses as non-postal or no-stat for several reasons, like:

• A building is demolished or blighted.
• Rural Route addresses that aren’t receiving any mailpieces for 90 days or longer.
• A dwelling or business location is under construction.
• A business or residential address is vacant or unoccupied for 90 days or longer.
• The address of an apartment building is not listed in the USPS database and does not receive any deliveries. (Instead, only the individual subunits may receive mail).
• A rural address gets its mail through a PO box (despite having street delivery available).
• The USPS does not deliver to an address directly as there is a separate drop address.
• An address does not receive mail directly but gets it via the local community mailbox.
• A building is newly developed, and all or most of the apartments are unoccupied.

Now that you know what is a non-postal address, make sure to avoid using them while sending something.

If your addresses come under any of the above categories, the USPS database might show it as “no address found.” 

Also, most people confuse vacant delivery points with no-stat delivery points. But, they are actually two different concepts. The addresses that were active before but not occupied currently are considered as vacant delivery points.

These mailing addresses do not receive mail from the USPS like no-stat addresses. However, they don’t include demolished, under construction, and other inactive addresses.

Does the USPS Send Mail to No-Stat Addresses Under Specific Circumstances?

Mailers might have a lot of queries, like:

• Will USPS deliver to an address of vacant land?
• Does the USPS send mail to inactive addresses under some conditions?

It is rare for USPS workers to deliver mail to a no-stat address. Oftentimes, it is impossible as inactive mailing addresses have no state or city name mentioned.

Other times, the address simply does not exist for the USPS to reach and deliver your mailpiece.

Also, postal workers rely on the automated mail sorting and scanning process in large or urban locations. It automatically reads no-stat addresses and marks the mail as undeliverable.

However, some USPS carriers in rural areas might deliver mail if the address exists—based on their own understanding of the location.

Do Mailers Get a No-Stat Datafile from the USPS?

Only CDS (Contract Delivery Service) customers receive the Rural Route vacant and no-stat addresses data.

The objective behind providing commercial mailers with no-stat datafiles is to enable them to:

• Mail to new delivery points if the occupants have updated their addresses.
• Resume sending mail to Rural Route addresses that were previously vacant after the occupants update the same.

You can also find the CDS no-stat addresses in USPS’s AMS (Address Management System) database.

So, if you are confused regarding who to address the cover letter to if no name is written, you may access these files.

Is the USPS No-Stat Data Updated?

It takes a minimum of two months for the USPS to update the address changes in the AMS. The entire process consists of the following steps:

• Firstly, the USPS gets an address update request or notices a change in the status of some mailing addresses. Both these steps can take a lot of time to occur.
• Then, a postal employee submits the details to the regional AMS office.
• The regional AMS office further submits these updates weekly to the national AMS office.
• After these steps, the national office starts making the necessary changes by the second week of every month.

Please note that this procedure can sometimes even take more than two months.

Can You Change Address At Post Office?

What happens when the USPS tags my address as vacant? If you move often and have no fixed address, there are chances that you may have such doubts!

But, you need not worry about it! The USPS accepts address change requests at the AMS and on its website.

If you visit the Post Office, they might help you find a local AMS office. Or, you can use the USPS’s AMS office locator to help speed up the process.

You can submit a request at your nearby office and wait for your address to change. The USPS allows you to change your address status from no-stat to active and vice versa. But, it depends on whether or not it is deliverable.

So, what do no-stat addresses mean for mailers? They are invalid and undeliverable addresses, leading to several delivery problems and wastage.

Hence, if you mail regularly, it is best to use an address verification API like PostGrid. It can help you identify all no-stat addresses before mailing.

Wrapping Up

PostGrid’s address verification services are a must for all mailers as they can standardize and validate their addresses in seconds. Plus, these services help you ensure that you don’t mail anything to no-stat addresses and get your mail returned.

PostGrid uses the NCOA database and is CASS-certified. Therefore, it can help you spot errors in your database and update it regularly. Our API and software can help you find your prospects and clients’ current and most updated addresses.

Get started now to know how PostGrid enables businesses to avoid the “no address found” issues and mail accurately!

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