Comments on: where can i find something in writing re: a non-postal worker putting mail in my residential box.? http://www.mylittlemailbox.com/residential-mailbox/where-can-i-find-something-in-writing-re-a-non-postal-worker-putting-mail-in-my-residential-box/ Thu, 06 May 2010 16:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: hdhayes60 http://www.mylittlemailbox.com/residential-mailbox/where-can-i-find-something-in-writing-re-a-non-postal-worker-putting-mail-in-my-residential-box/#comment-849 hdhayes60 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:45:59 +0000 http://www.mylittlemailbox.com/residential-mailbox/where-can-i-find-something-in-writing-re-a-non-postal-worker-putting-mail-in-my-residential-box#comment-849 Yes, it's illegal. That's why newspaper carriers don't put newspapers in your mailbox. Congress adopted the mailbox restriction in 1934 to protect postal revenue by preventing delivery of unstamped matter to mailboxes, which reportedly was having a considerable impact on postal revenues. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the mailbox restriction in 1981. The Court also found that mailboxes are an essential part of national mail delivery and that postal customers agree to abide by laws and regulations that apply to their mailboxes in exchange for the Postal Service agreeing to deliver and pick up mail in them.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.gao.gov/archive/1997/gg97085.pdf Yes, it’s illegal. That’s why newspaper carriers don’t put newspapers in your mailbox.

Congress adopted the mailbox restriction in 1934 to protect postal revenue by preventing delivery of unstamped matter to mailboxes, which reportedly was having a considerable impact on postal revenues. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the mailbox restriction in 1981. The Court also found that mailboxes are an essential part of national mail delivery and that postal customers agree to abide by laws and regulations that apply to their mailboxes in exchange for the Postal Service agreeing to deliver and pick up mail in them.
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]]> By: martianbeerpig http://www.mylittlemailbox.com/residential-mailbox/where-can-i-find-something-in-writing-re-a-non-postal-worker-putting-mail-in-my-residential-box/#comment-848 martianbeerpig Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:08:59 +0000 http://www.mylittlemailbox.com/residential-mailbox/where-can-i-find-something-in-writing-re-a-non-postal-worker-putting-mail-in-my-residential-box#comment-848 I don't think it's illegal.<br><b>References : </b><br> I don’t think it’s illegal.
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