unknown_identifier
No register on this server carries the identifier
The identifier is well formed, and the register that would hold it does not have it.
- appears in
- reason
- credits
- Free. An identifier no register could answer for never costs a credit.
What it means
For a LEI this means it was never issued, or was issued after the copy of the register this server holds. For a company number it means the register has no company under it.
The register behind the answer is named in `sources` with the date of the copy, so you can see how current it is. The Companies House snapshot is republished monthly and can be up to five weeks behind the live register.
What to do
Check the identifier against the register itself if the copy here might be too old. A number that has never existed will not appear there either.
Example response
{
"identifier": "5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R99",
"identifier_type": "lei",
"found": false,
"reason": "unknown_identifier",
"checksum_valid": false
}Abbreviated: a real answer carries all 33 fields, listed in the validate-phone reference.
Related
- malformed_identifier · the identifier is not shaped like one
- unsupported_register · no register is held for that identifier type or country
- register_unavailable · the register is not installed on this server
- lei_registration_not_current · the LEI registration has lapsed
- name_differs_across_registers · the two registers name the entity differently
- status_differs_across_registers · the two registers disagree about whether the entity is live
- dissolved_in_national_register · the company is dissolved in its national register
- All verdict reasons
- Phone fields and the risk score
- API reference
markdown version: /docs/reasons/unknown_identifier.md