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The official Social Security Death Master File. Didit exposes this service through POST /v3/database-validation/ so you can verify the submitted data against the authoritative source and receive normalized match results.

Coverage

  • Coverage: 100%*
  • Country: United States
  • Service ID: usa_states_death_check
  • Data domain: Other
  • Category: DeathRecord

Inputs

  • Required inputs: first_name, last_name
  • Optional inputs: middle_name, date_of_birth, ssn, vendor_data
  • Consent: Not required
  • Workflow availability: Available in workflow
  • Coverage: 100%*
  • Price: $0.06 per successful query

Body parameters

string
default:"USA"
required
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for this database service.Example: USA
string
default:"usa_states_death_check"
required
Array containing this service ID. Pinning the service keeps the request scoped to this exact database.Example: usa_states_death_check
string
default:"John"
required
Given name to validate.Example: John
string
default:"Doe"
required
Family name to validate.Example: Doe
string
default:"Demo"
Middle name, when available.Example: Demo
string
default:"1990-01-01"
Date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format.Example: 1990-01-01
string
default:"123456789"
ssn value required by this database service.Example: 123456789
string
default:"user-1234"
Your stable user reference for this person, such as your internal user ID. Didit uses it to link standalone checks to the same end user and reduce duplicate-detection noise.Example: user-1234

Input rules & validation notes

  • US Social Security Number or ITIN - full 9 digits (dashes optional) or only the last 4 digits
  • ssn must match (?:\d{9}|\d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4}|\d{4}).
  • For ssn, send either the full 9-digit SSN/ITIN (dashes optional) or only its last 4 digits.

How to call it

Returned data

The exact fields surfaced in source_data depend on what the registry returns. The generated example for usa_states_death_check currently documents this normalized shape:
  • date_of_birth
  • first_name
  • full_name
  • last_name
  • name_match_score

Pricing & SLAs

United States of America - United States Death Check (SSDMF) queries are billed only when Didit receives a conclusive result from the validation source.
  • Per-call price: $0.06 USD.
  • Billing: per successful query. You are not charged when the registry is unreachable, when required fields are missing, or when the request is rejected before reaching the source.
  • Latency: typical p95 < 2 s.
  • Availability: 99.9% per quarter on Didit’s side; downstream source availability varies by country and dataset.

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