# Chapter 5.1.5 - Location

Source: https://developer.avalara.com/products/communications/integration-guides/dev-guide_rest_v2/reference/location/

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### Location

The `Location` object contains information about a **jurisdiction**:

Key

Value

`cnty`

`[string]` County

-   Max length: 25 bytes

`ctry`

`[string]` Country Name or ISO code

-   Max length: Unlimited (within reason)

`int`

`[bool]` Incorporated  

Indicates if the location is within city limits and used to specify whether the customer involved in this transaction is inside or outside of the Local level designated as their location. The tax may or may not be affected by this flag, depending on whether the local level has taxes which apply to the transaction/service type pair

-   `true`: Address is within city limits
-   `false`: Address is outside of city limits (unincorporated) and results in no local taxes returned

`geo`

`[bool]` Geocode  

Indicates if this address should be geocoded in order to obtain taxing jurisdiction

-   `true`: Use Geo lookup
-   `false`: Do not use Geo lookup

`pcd`

`[int]` PCode  

Proprietary code returned from AFC Geo. PCodes provide the **most accurate** jurisdiction determination for calculating taxes with the AFC tax engine  

`npa`

`[int]` NPANXX  

The first 6 digits of a phone number  

`fips`

`[string]` FIPS code  

10-digit USAF FIPS for taxing jurisdiction

-   Max length: 10 bytes

`addr`

`[string]` Street Address

-   Max length: Unlimited (within reason)

`city`

`[string]` City

-   Max length: Unlimited (within reason)

`st`

`[string]` State  

State name or abbreviation

-   Max length: Unlimited (within reason)

`zip`

`[string]` Postal Code  

Postal code in the format of 12345-6789 or A0A 1B1

-   Max length: 10 bytes

### Locations can be specified with a...

#### Street Address

```json
"bill": { "ctry": "USA", "addr": "11 West 53 Street", "city": "Manhattan", "st": "NY", "zip": "10019"}
```

#### Geocoded Street Address

Geocoding doesn’t support PO Box address

```json
"bill": { "ctry": "USA", "geo": true, "addr": "11 West 53 Street", "city": "Manhattan", "st": "NY", "zip": "10019"}
```

#### FIPS code

```json
"to": { "fips": "9902604301"}
```

#### NPANXX code

```json
"to": { "npa": 212200}
```

#### PCode

```json
"from": { "pcd": 2604301}
```

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