## The Contact object

The `Contact` object describes a saved contact passed in to the [Address Element](/js/element/address_element.md).

- `name` (string)
  The name of the contact.
This might be a person, or a business name.

- `address` (object)
  The address of the contact.

  - `line1` (string) **required**

  - `line2` (string)

  - `city` (string) **required**
    The name of a city, town, village, etc.

  - `state` (string) **required**
    The most coarse subdivision of a country.
Depending on the country, this might correspond to a state, a province, an oblast, a prefecture, or something else along these lines.

  - `postal_code` (string) **required**
    The postal code or ZIP code, also known as PIN code in India.

  - `country` (string) **required**
    Two-letter country code, capitalized. Valid two-letter country codes are specified by ISO3166 alpha-2.

- `phone` (string)
  The phone number of the contact.

The [fields.phone](/js/elements_object/create_address_element.md#address_element_create-options-fields-phone) option must be set to `always` if this property is specified.