If the address is correct but the person addressed is no longer living at the residence, how do you get rid of the mail legally?
2006-11-28 15:30:49 · 18 answers · asked by BEN 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
You put in mailbox with a statement clearly written on it that the person is no longer at the address.
The statement doesn't need any specific phrase - just something that is clear to the mail handlers.
Addressee Unknown
Person no longer at this address
etc..
The USPS will then handle it from there.
PS: Don't open it - as this is illegal. Not even the Post Office can open your mail - unless the outer packaging is shredded somehow and they need to get delivery information (either sender or addressee).
2006-11-29 03:51:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is so NOT yours simply because it is delivered to your address! If it's junk mail, throw it out. If it's personal mail, write No Longer At This Address. I will sometimes put a little note on the back if I have more information.
2006-11-28 15:40:12 · answer #2 · answered by jane7 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Write on the letter No Longer at this address and return to sender put the mail back in your mail box or in a mail box and the PO knows what to do with it.
2006-12-02 14:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by Robin M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the right thing to do is write "No longer at address - return to sender" on it. But if it has your address on it, then you cannot get in trouble for opening it.
If it were me, I would open it, because I am a nosey person, then tape it back together and send it back!
2006-11-28 19:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by goddessathena2005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Write "Return To Sender - No Longer At This Address" and put it back in the mailbox for the mailperson to pick up.
2006-11-28 15:43:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Write "delivered to wrong address" or "no longer at this address" on it in red ink and pop it back into the drop box. If it comes back again, I give it to the postman in person.
2006-11-28 15:40:18 · answer #6 · answered by S.A.M. Gunner 7212 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put it back in the mailbox. Don't open mail that is not adressed to you. That's a federal offense. Think long and hard before you go federal.
2006-11-28 15:38:51 · answer #7 · answered by Haveitlookedat 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Write "no longer at this address" and put it back in your mailbox.
2006-11-28 15:40:40 · answer #8 · answered by mreheather6 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ben: I would send that back to postoffice in town
because the person might of moved away so you must write on
it Please return to the ownner's new address" then put it in your
mail box or hand to postmaster when yourself sees him before
he leaves area ok sir ?
2006-11-28 16:51:53 · answer #9 · answered by toddk57@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
write Not at this address across it and put it back in the box.
2006-11-28 16:04:03 · answer #10 · answered by Elaine814 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋