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Gaspode
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She can dispose of mail lower than first class like advertising, but if she destroyed first class mail or merchandise she violated Federal law.
You should have filed a change of address with the post office or called and had them hold your mail until you could give them an address or call for it in person.
You can file a complaint but the USPS is very reluctant to actually follow up on complaints even with proof.
For those things that you think she destroyed, call the people they were from and ask for duplicates to be sent to your new address. |
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plogue87
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yes, it is not your property, and a federal offense to obstruct mail from reaching its recipient. |
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cmbc587
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she was obliged to return to sender |
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xsugarcubicx
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I think it is... Not positive though. I know it's illegal to Read someone else's mail though. |
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starbrite.
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First off,she broke the law by opening your mail.
I t's a fed.law and the mail s the property of the
postoffice till you receieve it.she should have returned it to the postoffice.By shredding them
was destroyed you private property.
Check with the Postal inspectior.
Yes,upon the findings of the inspector. FILE IN FEDRAIL COURT, |
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Sydmom
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no, it is not legal to mess with anyone's mail. Can you say Federal Offence? Keep the voice mail for the courts...! |
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♀♥♂☮Trippy Hippie☮♂♥♀
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Well, for one, she opened them. That alone is illegal. I'm sore that destroying them without your permission is illegal too. |
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troybuddy
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If you chose to, you could cause her time in jail. It is highly illegal to tamper with anothers mail, even it comes to your home. you are to write "no longer at this address" and put it back in the mailbox or mail area. |
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catawhumpus
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Yes, it's a federal offense, punishable by jail. |
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45 auto
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Yes=Guess you should of put in a change of address> |
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Terry
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Yes, interfering with the mail is illegal. You can report her to the local post office. |
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wigginsray
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Technically it is illegal. She should have had the mail sent back to the sender. Essentially she stole your mail.
I wouldn't worry about pressing charges (it's not worth the time)- it doesn't help you at all. Just get the documents reprinted from the sources. By all means get your address correction form filled in. |
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thing55000
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The correct thing to do is forward the mail or return it to the sender. Neither costs anything except five minutes of time.
The previous onwr of my house moved out five years ago and I forwarded his family's mail for three years, then started returning it to sender after that.
It take five minutes.
I'd be speaking with somone at the post office about this, I doubt what she did was legal.
Cheers :-) |
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Answer Annie
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Your local law enforcement agency or an attorney could answer better than I, but I believe it's illegal. A person is not supposed to tamper with anyone else's mail. She should have simply "returned to sender" if she didn't want to be bothered. I can't advise you on pressing charges. That's up to you. If she did this to be vindictive, then maybe you need to press charges? Try talking to her first, if that's possible. |
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towanda
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It is illegal to open or mess with anyone else's mail. It doesn't sound like she has opened them but is trying to forward your mail to you. Any mail that doesn't belong to you should be put back in the mailbox and marked no such person at this address so it can be returned to the sender. Why don't you just do an address change and then all of this would be moot. |
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Twilite
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well look at the stuff she shredded!! its not silly spam or junk mail its letters from a state office and a company that gives you the security to be on the road or what not. those letters are meant to be yours...technically it is YOUR property and under her hands it was destructed. so destruction of property is something you can pin against her...and i know it is a federal offense to open a letter that is under a name not as your own. the only reason i know this was because my mom was a parolle officer back in the day and i opened a letter to my sister out of curiosity and i got the tail end of that. id seek a lawyers opinion..youd need proof and all that jazz to pin up a law suit. sorry about all that trouble, and good luck!! |
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just_whatever26
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wow...well, first off, when you move you HAVE to make sure you put in for a change of address...now as for her shredding it...i don't know. it's really mean because it wasn't hers..but was it shredded by mistake? |
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pplz1st
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heck yeah it's illegal , unless it was done by a minor/ by mistake and if it wasn't important or can be replaced ,cause things can and do get lost in the mail, and really she should have contacted the ones it ws fronm but sonme ppl are mentally deficient and don't think of things like that like my aunt in-law who wanted to just throw some things away instead of getting them to the right address if she didn't know where ethe street was. |
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master
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yes press charges and let the cops here what she said |
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lilly4
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If she actually opened the mail, yes. If she assumed, because of the return on the envelopes, no. I do think you need to make a report to the Inspector General in your state, and send copies of your proof. While she could be in trouble, they will also tell you that you should have changed your address. |
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paul diamond
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oh my goodness you just confessed and everything. |
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action bastard
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yeah cuz it doesnt belong to you and can get sued |
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Shannon
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yes...invasion and obstruction of someone elses belongings |
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