Questions tagged [mail]
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Camera to monitor mailbox
A community has a row of mailboxes, as opposed to a mailbox at each address. This is common in the rural USA. Since the covid-19 pandemic, people occasionally drive by and steal the mail.
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Can a landlord submit a change-of-address on behalf of a former renter who refuses to do so?
My family owns a condo, and I recently moved in. The previous tenant refuses to have his mail forwarded because, as he says, "I don't want the junk mail, and everything important is forwarded ...
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DMCA for postal services?
Does DMCA apply for postal companies from delivering copyright infringed material?
If yes there seems to be no form to file one in case I get information of someone doing so.
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Is it legal to mail a non-explosive "glitter bomb" to myself to dissuade a mail carrier from tampering with my packages?
Every single package my mail main delivers is ripped open. Once, I ordered stamps on line. The mailer was ripped open & the stamps gone. Paperwork still there though. He claimed it got ripped in ...
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What law is broken if a family member disposes of a filled absentee ballot?
Location: US, your choice of state if it matters (as this is a hypothetical situation, answers under any state/federal law are acceptable)
The hypothetical situation: a family member has legally ...
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Is it legal for the USPS to forward a ballot in Washington state?
I live in King County in Washington state, where my son (who is temporarily away at college in another state) is registered to vote in the 2020 election. My address is his permanent residence. ...
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Are these unsolicited seed packages illegal?
I recently came across an article with the headline "Some mystery seeds illegally sent from China identified." It struck me as odd because obviously sending unsolicited junk mail isn't ...
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Is it illegal to throw away the previous tenant's standard mail?
Is it illegal to recycle standard mail addressed to, presumably, a previous tenant of an apartment?
Context: I have received the mail for someone who I assume is a previous tenant of the apartment I ...
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Buying a property, neighbor across the st is using the property's address
I own a house, and am currently thinking about buying the vacant lot next to mine to ensure that no one builds on it (beautiful view).
While talking with the seller they mentioned that the neighbor ...
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Is it *ever* illegal to intentionally put a wrong return address on demand letters?
While I was going through some old mail, I discovered that I received two returned letters which were addressed to the same individual. I don't know the individual. The two letters were
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At what point do you become culpable for the content of packages addressed to you in the mail?
If someone was to address and mail a package to me that included something that was prohibited where I live either because I requested it or alternatively because they decided to for some reason ...
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Are U.S. mailboxes federal property?
A common claim seems to be that mailboxes in the United States are federal property (example, example, example). (To be clear, some mailboxes are owned and maintained by the USPS, typically cluster ...
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Can a company be both an airplane manufacturer and an airline?
It may be advantageous for a company that manufactures its own aircraft to also be an airline. For example, the airline business would likely have reduced maintenance and parts costs relative to other ...
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Tenant's Son Living on property
Have a tenant who moved son in with them without asking permission. Son not on lease. Has been living there for about 3 months before this was discovered. Asked tenant to move son out. Asked tenant ...
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Email vs certified mail
Florida HOAs are required to provide access to "written" request for HOA recrods. The link states:
Florida Statue 720.303 (5) states that official records must be
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