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 |