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Is it illegal to open other peoples mail eventhough it comes to your address?
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∙ 12y ago
Technically yes. In practice, you can allow someone else to open your mail, and in some cases this permission is assumed in the absense of clear indications to the contrary: in a marriage spouses are typically regarded as having tacit permission to open each other's mail and parents are allowed to open their (minor) children's mail.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt is illegal to open mail addressed to someone else but in the case that you didn't notice that it was addressed to another person the legal system might overlook this. Tape it up and deliver it with an unexplanation--immediately.
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∙ 13y agoIf that person is an employee and it is addressed to them specifically by name or by their title, it is questionable. Let them open their own mail, unless they are absent on vacation or sick time.
Exceptions: If the individual is no longer employed there, it may be assumed that inasmuch as the letter is addressed to them "in care of" the company's name, that it deals with company business and it may be opened.
However - if the letter is simply addressed to an individual using the company's mailing address or PO box, you do NOT have the right to open it. It may be marked as ADDRESSEE UNKNOWN or DELIVERY REFUSED or NO SUCH PERSON, and returned to the mail carrier. You may NOT open it if it clearly is NOT addressed to the business.
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∙ 11y agoIt is a Federal Offense to open another persons mail. If you get mail by mistake, please line out the name and the barcode on the bottom and just write not at this address. Perhaps the carrier made a mistake and unless you let him know he may deliver it wrong again. (retired letter carrier)
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∙ 13y agoYes, its illegal! The actual charge is "Intercepting US Mail Belonging To Another."
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∙ 14y agoYes because it breakes Confidentiality directed towards you!
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∙ 12y agoyes, because its not your property or any of your buisness
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∙ 11y agoYes it is. It is invading someones privacy, vandalism, and stealing.
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∙ 16y agoNO, that's a felony
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