billTo_state {#bill-to-state}
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State or province in the billing address.  
For the US, Canada, and Mainland China, use the ISO 3166-2 format for two-character state, province, or territory codes.  
For the US and Canada, see [State, Province, and Territory Codes for the United States and Canada](https://developer.cybersource.com/docs/cybs/en-us/state-codes/reference/all/na/state-codes/state-codes.md "").  
For all countries, use the ISO 3166-2 format when using this field for Payer Authentication.

> This field is optional if your account is configured for relaxed requirements for address data. For details about relaxed requirements, see the support article [Relaxed Requirements for Address Data and Expiration Date in Credit Card Transactions](https://support.visaacceptance.com/knowledgebase/Knowledgearticle/?code=000003128 "").
> **`Visa Platform Connect`**  
> Credit card networks cannot process transactions that contain non-ASCII characters. `Visa Platform Connect` accepts and stores non-ASCII characters correctly and displays them correctly in reports. However, the limitations of the payment card networks prevent `Visa Platform Connect` from transmitting non-ASCII characters to the payment card networks. Therefore, `Visa Platform Connect` replaces non-ASCII characters with meaningless ASCII characters for transmission to the payment card networks.

Specifications {#bill-to-state_d997e65}
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* **Data Type:** String
* **Data Length:** 2

Mapping Information {#bill-to-state_d997e84}
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* **REST API Field:** orderInformation.billTo.administrativeArea
* **SCMP API Field:** bill_state
* **Simple Order API Field:** billTo_state