What do you mean by notes? Un wanted love letters, general mail, spam, harassment, death threats. Depending on WHAT is being placed in your mailbox will determine whether it is legal or not.
yesAdded: Actually it would constitute TWO offenses. (1) It is against the law to threaten someone and, (2) it is against federal law to deposit anything, except mail, in a mailbox intended for the receipt of US Mail.
In the United States, placing a card in someone's mailbox is generally illegal unless you are the postal service or have the recipient's permission. Mailboxes are considered federal property, and only authorized personnel are allowed to place items inside them. However, you can legally leave a card on a person's doorstep or in their mailbox if it's placed in such a way that it does not interfere with the mail delivery. Always check local regulations for specific rules in your area.
Not all happenings can or should be interpreted as signs or omens. As this was not a naturally occurring phenomenon, (someone had to place that bird in your mailbox) I would be inclined to see it as a stunt pulled by someone, most likely an unthinking adolescent.
No, it is not permissible to place a card in your neighbor's mailbox as it is against the law to tamper with mailboxes that do not belong to you.
You should use quick-setting concrete to secure a mailbox post in place.
You can right clearly on it "Not at this Address" and place it back in your mailbox and your postal worker will usually take it and if they don't take it for you place it in any mail drop box.
The presence of a mailbox does not make parking in front of it illegal. Whether you can park there legally or not usually depends on whether or not it would be a legal area to park if the mailbox weren't there. This is generally speaking, and is not to say that there won't be places where local ordinance prohibits it.Additional Info: US Postal regulations do not require a postal carrier to deliver mail to a blocked mailbox. If the curbside box cannot be reached from their vehicle they are not required to dismount to place the mail into the box when/if it is obstructed.
There is no legal action that could be taken if someone were to accidentally injure another person in the work place.
To properly put mail in a mailbox, place the mail with the address facing outward and the stamp in the top right corner. Close the mailbox securely after inserting the mail.
As far as the mail is concerned - it is covered by US Statute and it is illegal for anyone to take anyone's mail out of the mailbox for any purpose. In fact it is even illegal to place anything into a mailbox that was not delivered by the US Mail - the Post Offcie can and many times demanded that postage be paid on those items. What do you mean by "hold" their mail? Either you live somewhere or you don't.
THE ANWSER IS NO -- According to the USPS Domestic Mail Manual (DMM 508.3.2.5) "Any advertising on a mailbox or its support is prohibited."
An email account mailbox is a place on a computer somewhere where electronic messages addressed to the account holder are accumulated until read.