---
title: "Post Dmf Search"
method: POST
path: "/dmf/searches"
tags: ["Death Master File"]
---

# Post Dmf Search

`POST /dmf/searches`

Submit a DMF search request with a person's name and SSN.

## Headers

- `Prefer` string, nullable — Request execution preference (RFC 7240). Use ``respond-async`` for asynchronous execution, ``wait=N`` to specify a synchronous timeout hint in seconds, or ``priority=low`` to route the task to the low-priority queue.

## Request body

- DMFSearchRequest
  - `name` string, required — The name of the person of interest
  - `ssn` string, password, required — The social security number of the person of interest

## Response `201`

Response

- V1DMFSearchResponse
  - `id` string, uuid, required — The ID of the DMF search request
  - `name` string, required — The name of the person of interest
  - `ssn` string, required — The obfuscated social security number of the person of interest
  - `state` 'PENDING' | 'EXECUTING' | 'COMPLETED' | 'FAILED' | 'CANCELLED', required
  - `error` string, nullable — Any errors that occurred during the DMF search request.
  - `user` V1UserAttributionResponse — Response model for user attribution operations. This model defines the structure for user attribution API responses.
    - `id` string, uuid, required — Unique identifier for the user.
    - `first_name` string, required — First name of the user.
    - `last_name` string, required — Last name of the user.
    - `email` string, required — Email address of the user.

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

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