Question

Local and regional government names are indexed first by: ______________

a. the name of the state.
b. the name of the country, city, town, township, or village.
c. the distinctive name of the department board, bureau, office, or government/political division
d. none of these choices.

Answer 1

ZIP Codes are not considered in determining filing order. If two names are identical, the state name in the address is considered next for indexing. The first indexing unit of local or regional government names is the name of the department. The first level of federal government names is United States Government.

The answer is the distinctive name of the department.