I'm not a lawyer but I believe you have no legal responsibility to forward the mail or If you just chuck it, guess what? You'll keep seeing it for eternity, or until they clean up their mailing list with a service or the USPS. Presumably, this lets the company know to take that individual off their mailing list. They must pe-package it, pay new postage and re-mail it.Īfter 18 months, the mail gets returned to the sender as 'forwarding order expired'. However, 99% of BBM is now addressed as 'John Doe OR Current Resident', which means it's yours even if it has John Doe's name on it.įor the first 12 months, all mail that is forwardable (ie: 1st class and higher) gets forwarded.įor the next 6 months, the mail gets returned to the sender with the new address. If USPS only forwards for six months or whatever the limitation is, why should I get in trouble?There is a distinction between Bulk Business Mail (so-called junk mail) and first class or higher priority mail. We've lived in this house for 24 and a half years, give or take, and we still receive mail - mostly junk - addressed to the former occupant. In that case I could be in deep, deep, deep doo. May not know Susie's new address and open the card and pocket the cash. The USPS is no longer forwarding mail and it arrives at my house. Sends Susie $20 cash for her birthday but uses the old address (my house). On it? For example, Little Susie lived in my house 2 years ago. "yours" once it goes in your mailbox even though it has someone else's name That tampering with someone else's mail is an offense. Someone entered theīy the same token, is US mail held to a higher regard. Point someone is going to go look for this package and ask Fedex to track it.Ĭan I tell them to just get lost? It's not my problem.
Treated this like found money and kept the package for myself? At some Legal implications if I decided that the screwup was not fault and I just I knew it was for the retirement communityĭown the street. Packages addressed to someone else? The address on the package could beĪ FedEx package was delivered to my house last week with my address on itīut addressed to another person. Is there any legal responsibility on the part of a homeowner to forward mail or Maybe they can expound on the following mail related topic. So I know there are a few Cliff Clavens (not postmen, but personalities) here.
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