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If your name is not on the piece of mail, it is not legal for you to open the mail. Forward it to the correct address, which costs you a minute to correct the address and replace it in the box.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoFederal privacy laws prohibits the opening of another person's mail. Title 18-Part 1-Chapter 83-1703 states in part that "Whoever, without the authority opens or destroys any mail or newspaper package not directed to him shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year or both." Obviously there can be large variances in how the law is applied. If it is becoming a serious problem, you can have the police deal with it or file a complaint here: http://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/forms/MLNtRcvd.aspx
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∙ 14y agoThere may be conditions that may apply, otherwise FEDERAL FELONY (Tampering) charges may be applied if a person is caught opening it.
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The actual charge is: "Intercepting the US Mail."
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This depends on whether your landlord is responsible to ensure everyone gets their mail. If you are living in an apartment with a separate apartment number, then there should be a mailbox for that apartment, and the landlord should not have to look in the mail to see to whom it is distributed. But if you are living in some type of communal environment, or a hotel/motel, then the landlord or innkeeper must sort through the mail to deliver it properly.
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Can landlords put notices in mailboxes?
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Can a landlord use a video camera when entering tenants apartment against tenants will?
absolutely not!!! Unless you have a court order and police escort. If you do (or did) the tenants can bring criminal charges against you. If they report a theft or break-in and they find out you've even thought or asked this, the finger will go to you and they have proof. You can't erase this message. Quite possible they could sue (all your tenants could because you didn't specify whom or where) just for the inquiry for invasion of privacy.
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What is the process of renting a home these days?
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He can't enter the apartment without permission. Once the tenant lets him in the apartment, I suppose he can go into any room, without asking. Surely the tenants have the right to tell him not to go into certain room. This might be a question of whether they did.
