diff --git a/v3/postaladdress.go b/v3/postaladdress.go
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+++ b/v3/postaladdress.go
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+package ldap
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var ErrEmptyPostalAddress = errors.New("ldap: postal address cannot be empty")
+
+// PostalAddress represents an RFC 4517 Postal Address
+// A postal address is a sequence of strings of one or more arbitrary UCS
+// characters, which form the lines of the address.
+type PostalAddress struct {
+	lines []string
+}
+
+// NewPostalAddress creates a new PostalAddress by copying non-empty lines from the provided slice of strings.
+func NewPostalAddress(lines []string) (*PostalAddress, error) {
+	copiedLines := make([]string, 0, len(lines))
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if line == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		copiedLines = append(copiedLines, line)
+	}
+
+	if len(copiedLines) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrEmptyPostalAddress
+	}
+
+	return &PostalAddress{lines: copiedLines}, nil
+}
+
+// Lines returns a copy of the address lines as a slice of strings.
+func (p *PostalAddress) Lines() []string {
+	copiedLines := make([]string, len(p.lines))
+	copy(copiedLines, p.lines)
+	return copiedLines
+}
+
+// String returns the postal address as a single string, with lines joined by newline characters.
+func (p *PostalAddress) String() string {
+	return strings.Join(p.lines, "\n")
+}
+
+// Escape encodes special characters in the PostalAddress lines as per RFC 4517 and appends a `$` at the end of each line.
+func (p *PostalAddress) Escape() string {
+	builder := &strings.Builder{}
+
+	for _, line := range p.lines {
+		for _, char := range line {
+			switch char {
+			case '\\':
+				builder.WriteString("\\5C")
+			case '$':
+				builder.WriteString("\\24")
+			default:
+				builder.WriteRune(char)
+			}
+		}
+
+		builder.WriteRune('$')
+	}
+
+	return builder.String()
+}
+
+// ParsePostalAddress parses an RFC 4517 escaped postal address string into a PostalAddress object or returns an error.
+func ParsePostalAddress(escaped string) (*PostalAddress, error) {
+	lines := strings.Split(escaped, "$")
+	parsedLines := make([]string, 0, len(lines))
+	const totalEscapeLen = 3
+
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if line == "" {
+			// Skip empty lines
+			continue
+		}
+
+		builder := &strings.Builder{}
+		for i := 0; i < len(line); i++ {
+			char := line[i]
+			if char == '\\' && i+totalEscapeLen <= len(line) {
+				escapeSeq := line[i+1 : i+totalEscapeLen]
+				switch escapeSeq {
+				case "5C", "5c":
+					builder.WriteRune('\\')
+					i += 2
+				case "24":
+					builder.WriteRune('$')
+					i += 2
+				default:
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid escape sequence: \\%s at position %d", escapeSeq, i)
+				}
+			} else if char == '\\' {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("incomplete escape sequence at position %d", i)
+			} else {
+				builder.WriteByte(char)
+			}
+		}
+		parsedLines = append(parsedLines, builder.String())
+	}
+
+	if len(parsedLines) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrEmptyPostalAddress
+	}
+
+	return &PostalAddress{lines: parsedLines}, nil
+}
+
+// Equal compares the current PostalAddress with another PostalAddress and returns true if they are identical.
+func (p *PostalAddress) Equal(other *PostalAddress) bool {
+	if p == other {
+		return true
+	}
+	if p == nil || other == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if len(p.lines) != len(other.lines) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := range p.lines {
+		if p.lines[i] != other.lines[i] {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/v3/postaladdress_test.go b/v3/postaladdress_test.go
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+++ b/v3/postaladdress_test.go
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+package ldap
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestPostalAddressRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	testStrings := []struct {
+		Escaped  string
+		Expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			Escaped:  "AAAAA\\5cBBBBB$",
+			Expected: "AAAAA\\BBBBB",
+		},
+		{
+			Escaped:  `line\5C`,
+			Expected: "line\\",
+		},
+		{
+			Escaped:  "1234 Main St.$Anytown, CA 12345$USA",
+			Expected: "1234 Main St.\nAnytown, CA 12345\nUSA",
+		},
+		{
+			Escaped:  `\241,000,000 Sweepstakes$PO Box 1000000$Anytown, CA 12345$USA`,
+			Expected: "$1,000,000 Sweepstakes\nPO Box 1000000\nAnytown, CA 12345\nUSA",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, str := range testStrings {
+		t.Run(str.Escaped, func(t *testing.T) {
+			escaped, err := ParsePostalAddress(str.Escaped)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, str.Expected, escaped.String())
+
+			addr, err := NewPostalAddress([]string{str.Expected})
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, str.Expected, addr.String(), "PostalAddress.String() should round-trip")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPostalAddressEmptyLines(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := NewPostalAddress([]string{""})
+	assert.Equal(t, err, ErrEmptyPostalAddress)
+}
+
+func TestPostalAddressUTF8Handling(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		lines    []string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "emoji characters",
+			lines:    []string{"123 Main St 🏠", "Tokyo 🗾", "Japan 🇯🇵"},
+			expected: "123 Main St 🏠$Tokyo 🗾$Japan 🇯🇵$",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "cyrillic characters",
+			lines:    []string{"Красная площадь", "Москва 101000", "Россия"},
+			expected: "Красная площадь$Москва 101000$Россия$",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "chinese characters",
+			lines:    []string{"北京市东城区", "天安门广场", "中国"},
+			expected: "北京市东城区$天安门广场$中国$",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "arabic characters",
+			lines:    []string{"شارع الملك فهد", "الرياض", "المملكة العربية السعودية"},
+			expected: "شارع الملك فهد$الرياض$المملكة العربية السعودية$",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "mixed scripts with special chars",
+			lines:    []string{"Café René ☕", "Zürich $1000\\month", "Schweiz 🇨🇭"},
+			expected: "Café René ☕$Zürich \\241000\\5Cmonth$Schweiz 🇨🇭$",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "mathematical symbols",
+			lines:    []string{"∑ ∫ ∂", "π ≈ 3.14159", "∞ ≠ 0"},
+			expected: "∑ ∫ ∂$π ≈ 3.14159$∞ ≠ 0$",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			addr, err := NewPostalAddress(tc.lines)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			escaped := addr.Escape()
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, escaped, "UTF-8 characters should be preserved in escaped output")
+
+			// Round-trip test
+			parsed, err := ParsePostalAddress(escaped)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.lines, parsed.Lines(), "UTF-8 characters should survive round-trip")
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPostalAddressEqual(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		addr1    *PostalAddress
+		addr2    *PostalAddress
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "both nil",
+			addr1:    nil,
+			addr2:    nil,
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "first nil",
+			addr1:    nil,
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"line1"}),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "second nil",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"line1"}),
+			addr2:    nil,
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "same single line",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123 Main St"}),
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123 Main St"}),
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "different single line",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123 Main St"}),
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"456 Oak Ave"}),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "same multi-line",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123 Main St", "Anytown, CA", "USA"}),
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123 Main St", "Anytown, CA", "USA"}),
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "different multi-line content",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123 Main St", "Anytown, CA", "USA"}),
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123 Main St", "Othertown, CA", "USA"}),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "different line count",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123 Main St", "Anytown, CA"}),
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123 Main St", "Anytown, CA", "USA"}),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "same order matters",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"line1", "line2"}),
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"line2", "line1"}),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "whitespace differences",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123 Main St"}),
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"123  Main St"}),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "case sensitive",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"Main Street"}),
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"main street"}),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "with special characters",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"Café René", "$1000\\month"}),
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"Café René", "$1000\\month"}),
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "with UTF-8 characters",
+			addr1:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"北京市东城区", "中国 🇨🇳"}),
+			addr2:    mustNewPostalAddress(t, []string{"北京市东城区", "中国 🇨🇳"}),
+			expected: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result := tc.addr1.Equal(tc.addr2)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, result)
+
+			// Test symmetry (except for nil cases where calling on nil would panic)
+			if tc.addr1 != nil && tc.addr2 != nil {
+				reverseResult := tc.addr2.Equal(tc.addr1)
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, reverseResult, "Equals should be symmetric")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParsePostalAddress_Escape(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("incomplete escape", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := ParsePostalAddress("AAAAAAAAAA\\")
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid escape", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := ParsePostalAddress("AAAAAAAAAA\\5XAAAAA")
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+}
+
+func mustNewPostalAddress(t *testing.T, lines []string) *PostalAddress {
+	t.Helper()
+	addr, err := NewPostalAddress(lines)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewPostalAddress failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	return addr
+}