Street Address
Purpose
The Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission, under state law, has the authority to assign or approve new house numbers and street names and to rename any street or renumber any house for most of Prince George’s County. For the remaining area, changing a structure number or street name located within a municipality must either have the prior approval of the governing body of the municipality or upon appeal, a County Council resolution authorizing the change.
Further, the Commission’s addressing authority in Prince George’s County is limited to the extent of the Maryland-Washington Regional District, which excludes the City of Laurel as that city existed as of July 1, 2013. The Commission may assign street names to that portion of the City of Laurel only upon official request by that city’s authority.
Duties and Obligations
Provide a master list of approved or reserved street names (Excel format)
Prevent the creation of duplicate or similar street names (i.e., Brown Street and Brown Road; Main Street and Maine Street)
Identify approved street name suffixes
Provide access to the address regulations
Clarify address definitions and describe the history of addressing for Prince George’s County
List government agencies that are notified when an address is created or changed
Provide access to GIS address web map
Provide a detailed workflow for entering new or correcting existing addresses in the Department of Assessments and Taxation database
Provide helpful resources:
Street Name and Address Guidelines
The Planning Department utilizes the United States Postal Service (USPS) ZIP Code system to assign primary postal city names and zip codes to premise addresses. This ensures that databases used by our stakeholders, including government agencies such as Public Safety and Tax Assessment, as well as delivery companies like Amazon, UPS, and FedEx, are able to communicate effectively. This process may result in a difference in city name and/or zip code between a premise address and the owner’s mailing address or other records. This discrepancy often arises due to factors such as shifting ZIP code boundaries, which are determined and controlled by the USPS, and varying conventions between different databases or mapping systems. If needed, please contact the Address Team for assistance with address verification.
If you are submitting a new street name request, we encourage you to first review the existing list of approved street names and suffixes to avoid duplication. Please note that the street name listing is updated quarterly. As a result, there may be instances where a recent street name request is not yet reflected in the published list.
For additional assistance or clarification, please do not hesitate to contact our Address Team.
