Response Codes 2025
Electronic Positive Response (EPR) Codes as defined by DigAlert
The EPR codes on this page are maintained by DigAlert in conjunction with USA North 811 for continuity within the state of California. These codes are used for members to submit responses to DigAlert's EPR servers.
These codes are changing January 1st, 2025. Please make the needed adjustments on your systems.
The codes with red font and strike through will be REMOVED
The codes highlighted in green are being reworded
The code highlighted in blue will become system use only and not selectable by the operator
For Excavators wishing to check responses, please see → Verifying Responses via Website. The responses will be displayed with the description, not the code.
More information!
For more information on what the response codes mean and when to use them, please see Best Practices.
Response Code | Description |
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000 | Reserved for system use only |
001 | Clear - No conflict |
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003 | Existing markings adequate |
004 | No markings requested |
010 | Locate area marked |
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014 | Partially marked - More time is needed |
015 | Provided facility location information to excavator (4216.3(a)(1)(A)(ii)) |
016 | Operator has located and marked all subsurface installations known to be embedded in the pavement 4216.3(b) |
020 | Bad address/incorrect street/location info - New ticket required |
021 | No access to locate area - Resend ticket requested |
022 | No delineation - Resend ticket requested |
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031 | Requires stand by at time of excavation - Contact facility owner |
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033 | High priority line in area - On site meeting required |
034 | Field meet required - Contact facility owner to schedule |
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040 | Excavator completed work prior to due date |
041 | Excavator no show for meet |
042 | Excavator canceled request |
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050 | Negotiated marking schedule |
051 | Mutually agreed to a later start date and time (4216.3(a)(1)(A)) |
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053 | Scheduled meet with excavator at requested date and time |
080 | Extraordinary circumstances exist - No locate due to weather/emergency/safety conditions |
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998 | DigAlert Test Code - No Lines In Area |
999 | Member did not respond by required time (system use only) |
To integrate these response codes with your ticket management system, you can retrieve this list via API by accessing https://das.digalert.org/v1/getresponse-codes as a GET. This API will return the following JSON formatted message.
Field definitions:
“last_change” displays the date the last change was made to the EPR codes as a string
“version” displays the EPR Codes JSON file version as a string
“response_codes”:
“response” displays the EPR response code (three numbers as a string)
“state” displays the state/center as a string (max 4 chars) - For Underground Service Alert of Southern California will always show CA-S
“description” displays the readable description of the EPR response code as a string
“allowed” displays wether the EPR code is available for public use as a bit/boolean. “false” means this code can only be used by DigAlert’s system internally. “true” means the EPR code can be used by members when posting.
This will not show the new list until it goes live on January 1st, 2025
{
"last_change": "2024-11-12",
"version": "24.11.12.1",
"response_codes": [
{
"response": "000",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "Member has not responded yet",
"allowed": false
},
{
"response": "001",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "CLEAR - NO CONFLICT",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "002",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "CLEAR - NO CONFLICT BUT PRIVATELY OWNED UTILITY ON PROPERTY - CONTACT PRIVATE UTILITY OWNER FOR LOCATE",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "003",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "EXISTING MARKINGS ADEQUATE",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "004",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "NO MARKINGS REQUESTED",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "010",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "LOCATE AREA MARKED",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "011",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "LOCATE AREA MARKED BUT ABANDONED FACILITIES MAY BE IN THE AREA",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "012",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "LOCATE AREA MARKED UP TO PRIVATE OWNED UTILITY - CONTACT PRIVATE UTILITY OWNER FOR LOCATE",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "013",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "LOCATE AREA MARKED UP TO PRIVATE PROPERTY",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "014",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "PARTIALLY MARKED - MORE TIME IS NEEDED",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "015",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "PROVIDED FACILITY LOCATION INFORMATION TO EXCAVATOR (4216.3(A)(1)(A)(II))",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "016",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "OPERATOR HAS LOCATED AND MARKED ALL SUBSURFACE INSTALLATIONS KNOWN TO BE EMBEDDED IN THE PAVEMENT (4216.3 (e))",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "020",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "BAD ADDRESS/INCORRECT STREET/LOCATION INFO - RESEND TICKET REQUESTED",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "021",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "NO ACCESS TO LOCATE AREA - NEW TICKET REQUIRED",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "022",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "NO DELINEATION - RESEND TICKET REQUESTED",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "023",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "DELINEATED AREA DOES NOT MATCH LOCATION REQUEST - NEW TICKET REQUIRED",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "030",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "CONTACT FACILITY OWNER FOR FURTHER INFO",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "031",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "REQUIRES STAND BY AT TIME OF EXCAVATION - CONTACT FACILITY OWNER",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "032",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "VISIBLE OR EXPOSED FACILITY - CONTACT FACILITY OWNER IF CROSSING",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "033",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "HIGH PRIORITY LINE IN AREA - ON SITE MEETING REQUIRED",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "034",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "FIELD MEET REQUIRED - CONTACT FACILITY OWNER TO SCHEDULE",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "035",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "TRAFFIC CONTROL REQUIRED TO MARK FACILITIES",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "040",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "EXCAVATOR COMPLETED WORK PRIOR TO DUE DATE",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "041",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "EXCAVATOR NO SHOW FOR MEET",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "042",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "EXCAVATOR CANCELED REQUEST",
"allowed": false
},
{
"response": "043",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "EXCAVATOR NOT DIGGING WITHIN 14 CALENDAR DAYS (PREPLANNING)",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "050",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "NEGOTIATED MARKING SCHEDULE",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "051",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "MUTUALLY AGREED TO A LATER START DATE AND TIME (4216.3(A)(1)(A))",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "052",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "UNABLE TO LOCATE USING STANDARD LOCATING TECHNIQUES",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "053",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "SCHEDULED MEET WITH EXCAVATOR AT REQUESTED DATE AND TIME",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "080",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST - NO LOCATE DUE TO WEATHER/EMERGENCY/SAFETY CONDITIONS",
"allowed": true
},
{
"response": "990",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "MEMBER HAS BEEN GRANTED AN EXTENSION FROM THE EPR REQUIREMENT BY THE BOARD AS DEFINED IN 4216 THROUGH 12/31/2021",
"allowed": false
},
{
"response": "998",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "DIGALERT TEST CODE - NO LINES IN AREA",
"allowed": false
},
{
"response": "999",
"state": "CA-S",
"description": "Member did not respond by the required time",
"allowed": false
}
]
}