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Nixle: Registering via Text Message

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Diane McCoy

Question

How does a resident register for Nixle to receive notifications for their community with a text message?

Answer

NOTE:

Whenever advertising Nixle Text Message opt-in please be sure to include the following statements to ensure compliance with the rules of SMS messaging:

For Public Safety customers:
For help, reply HELP to 888777. To cancel, reply STOP to 888777. No charge but Msg & Data rates may apply. Msg freq varies. Info: nixle.com. Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.

For Business Safety customers:
For help, reply HELP to 333111. To cancel, reply STOP to 333111. No charge but Msg & Data rates may apply. Msg freq varies. Info: nixle.com. Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.

Residents can register to receive Nixle messages by sending an SMS (text) message to the "short code" phone number 888777, with their ZIP code as the body of the text.

For specific registration steps for different brands of mobile devices, visit http://www.nixle.com/zipcode_reg/.

After texting their ZIP code to 888777, residents can customize their notification settings in two ways:

  1. Retrieve a temporary password by visiting https://local.nixle.com/accounts/password/reset/ and following the directions under Using Nixle by mobile phone?, or

  2. Text the word 'PASSWORD' to 888777 to receive a temporary password, then use it to log in at https://local.nixle.com/accounts/login/ and manage preferences.

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