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Is it illegal for my landlord to go thru my mail inside my house with my name on it?
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∙ 7y ago
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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∙ 11y ago
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Is it illegal to deliberately prevent you from getting your mail?
The mail is the property of the US Postal Service, and therefore of the US government, until it gets to the intended recipient. One has to wonder how the landlord got hold of the mail before the recipient did. Removing another person's mail from that person's mailbox is indeed illegal. If the mail is inside the apartment and the unit is legally closed to the tenant for whatever reason, that is different. Once mail is in the hands of the intended recipient, then the argument that denying access to it is illegal no longer holds.
What can you do if x landlord opens your mail?
You can report it to the police because it's illegal. And put in a request to change your address.. They should stop mailing your mail right away to the old location..
Is it illegal for the landlord to withhold mail if your living there?
This is a question you should ask the post office. Anything dealing with US Mail is under their jurisdiction, and is under federal laws. Withholding mail is considered mail theft, a federal offense.
Interference of Mail Delivery Federal Law?
landlord prevented all tenants from receiving their mail
What can you do about your landlord who has been taking your mail out of your joint mailbox and taking it into their house and sometimes opening your mail?
You might want to speak to a lawyer; and there are probably tenants' rights groups who would advise you too. Opening someone else's mail is a federal offense and is actionable by law.
Is it illegal to send hair in the mail?
It is not illegal to send hair in the mail. Sending hair in the mail would be weird, but it is not illegal because it causes no harm to the mailer and the mailing company.
Is illegal to take pictures of another person's unopened mail?
I know it is illegal to put anything that is not stamped in a mail box but I also would like to know if it is illegal to open a mailbox for example you are lost and need an address would it be illegal to open a mailbox to see what the address is on an envelope?Yes, it is illegal. It is a federal offeense to open a mailbox or tamper with a mail box unless you are employed by the USPS.
Can landlord tell post office tenants have moved?
If the tenant has abandoned the property, moved and legally ended their tenancy, if the landlord owns the mailbox, he may return the mail to the post office UNOPENED. The landlord may NOT open or keep the mail. That is the recipient's property by Federal Postal Regulations. Once the tenant has legally vacated the property, the landlord has a right to the mailbox container, its security and use. The landlord, as the owner of the property does have the right to tell the post office the recipient may no longer receive the mail, HOWEVER, he must not destroy the mail or complete a forwarding order, etc.
Is it illegal for a section 8 landlord to block mail from a relative of a tenant?
Some legal scholars believe that any interference with the mail is a violation of the tenant's right to quiet enjoyment, which isn't a violation of Section 8, just the tenant's rights. A better argument is that it is a violation of Federal Law to interfere with the mail. Talk to the local postmaster.
Is it illegal to send pot through the mail to yourself?
It is a crime to send any illegal substance through the mail.
Is it legal for a landlord to give your mail to someone to bring to you?
I don't know what the circumstances are in this situation. If your mail is delivered to your landlord to give to you, then he can give it to someone else to give to you, as long as that's what happens. It is illegal to steal mail, regardless of how it was delivered by the post office. You may have to ask the post office these kinds of questions, however, because each situation may differ. There is no State or Federal or United States Postal Service law prohibiting the landlord from doing as you stated in the question. Even if the landlord is going into your mailbox for no apparent reason, while it may be a violation of personal privacy, the mailbox box is on his/her property, and, technically speaking, he/she may do with it as he/she wishes. If you are away from your rented home, and you neglected to "stop" delivery of your mail via your local Post Office, and the mail is overflowing the box, then the landlord has a right to keep his/her property as neat and orderly as he/she wishes, including removing your mail and holding onto it. And, though it would be perfectly logical for him/her to have someone bring you that mail, I'm wondering why, if you're still a tenant, didn't you pick it up yourself, and, for that matter, how did the landlord know where to deliver it to you, if you're not at home to pick it up yourself? If you are sick or otherwise disabled and cannot pick up the mail yourself, you should be grateful to have the landlord help you, as many would not do so.
Is it illegal to pre post mail?
Yes, it is illegal to pre-post mail. It is also illegal to pre-date a check that you are giving someone to pay for goods.
