Special characters should NOT be used when adding creditors, parties, aliases and/or attorneys.
Character | Description | Substitution |
~ | tilde | omit |
! | exclamation | omit |
@ | at | use the word at or omit |
# | pound sign | us the abbreviation No. |
$ | dollar sign | use the word Dollar or omit |
% | percent sign, in care of | if percent sign, omit; if in care of use co |
^ | carat | omit |
& | ampersand | use the word and |
* | asterisk | omit |
( | open parenthesis | use a dash, or omit |
) | close parenthesis | omit |
_ | underline | omit |
+ | plus | use the word plus or omit |
< | less than | omit |
> | greater than | omit |
\ | forward slash | use a dash |
/ | back slash | omit |
{ | open brace | omit |
} | close brace | omit |
| | pipe sign | omit |
? | question mark | omit |