While using the Direct Payment or Recurring Payments APIs, you may see this error if there's an invalid value in the State or Province field. A valid state or province is required if the address is in one of the following countries:

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Canada
• China
• Indonesia
• India
• Japan
• Mexico
• Thailand
• USA

To resolve this error, review and correct the State or Province field using our state and province codes page as a reference.

PayPal NVP and SOAP API Reference Guides.

See the Developer Portal for a complete list of NVP/SOAP API error codes.