Is it illegal to place a paper in someones mail box?

Question

I had someone put a piece of paper asking if I wanted to partcipate in a neighborhood yard sale. All my mail was left untouched. I was just wondering if this was legal?

Answer 1

No it is not legal. Your mailbox is actually the property of the US Postal Service and they will normally remove anything like that placed in your mailbox.

My daughter put flyers in mailboxes to babysit pets with phone and address and our postal lady let us know we couldn't do that.

Answer 2

It is illegal to put anything directly into someone's mailbox. It is an invasion of privacy and usually you will receive a warning from the postmaster with all the rules and regulations regarding doing so in the future. Some people feel its a rude type of advertising and some disregard such literature without looking at it.

You can of course use a small amount of tape to post it on the outside of the mailbox or near the enterance of their home. I think yard sale invites are best done near roads where everyone in or passing through the area can see it.

Answer 3

Putting Mail In Mailbox

Answer 4

Not legal.

Any correspondence or advertising that hangs on or goes into a mail receptacle must have postage on it.

The carrier has the right to take that non-mail item out of the box and bring it back to the office.

The only exception are newspapers boxes that share a post with a mailbox, but the paper cannot go into the mail box itself unless it was mailed.

Please place the item under a mat or in the door

Answer 5

US Postal Service regulations say that only US Mail can be placed in a mailbox.

There was a stink quite a ways back where paperboys were putting newspapers in the mailboxes, and the mailmen complained thet the newspapers took up too much space, so the USPS (it was just called the Post Office back then) made it a rule that you can't do that. That's when the newspapers started issuing those plastic newspaper boxes for the paperboy to deliver to.

Answer 6

The U.S. Code for crimes and criminal procedure prohibits the placement of unstamped flyers in any mailbox. Title 18, section 1725 states that any person who knowingly deposits "mail-able matter" without postage in an established letter box shall be subject to a fine

Yes it is Illegal .

I hope my answer helps .
Thank you all
Danny

Answer 7

Yes, it is actually a federal offense. I spent some time on a jury of a crazy militia guy who held a woman and her son at gunpoint until the police came. The woman and the son put a paper in this guy's mailbox because they were looking for their lost dog!

Answer 8

i used to deliver papers in Wisconsin, i put news papers in some of the costumers mail boxes because they didn't have paper tubes, they never said anything to me. Plus if it is your neighbor y would u do anything about it even if it was illegal which i don't think it is unless they steal your mail or something like that

Answer 9

Technically, no. It is a federal offense actually. No one is to tamper with the mail boxes for any reason, other than the use of the US postal service.

However, i doubt your local court will prosecute a case like that, unless it was continued harassment or something.

Answer 10

It is illegal to open and put something in the mailbox itself. I have been putting magnets on mailboxes to promote my new business. Who wouldn't want a fridge magnet? Anyhow, out of 2,000 magnets, two little old ladies called me to complain, and said it was against the law. They are wrong, since it was attached to the outside. Badda Bing.