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Yes, you typically need a mailbox for USPS to deliver mail and packages to your home. A mailbox provides a designated location for postal workers to securely place your mail. However, if you live in an area without mailboxes, USPS may deliver directly to your door or use alternative delivery methods, depending on the situation. For some services, like packages, you can also choose to have items delivered to a nearby post office or a USPS-approved location.
What else can I help you with?
Is it llegal for a non USPS employee to deliver mail?
It is a federal offense for anyone other than a postal employee to put anything in a mail box.
How do you mail a golf bag?
You will need to put it in the appropriate size box and get a delivery service to pick it up and deliver it. Such as UPS or Royal Mail.
Does the post office have to deliver mail to your house?
Yes, if its a safety issue If there is a vehicle blocking the curbside mailbox, the postman is not obligated to exit his vehicle and will usually not deliver mail that day. Sorry, this is not correct. From the USPS web site: Mailbox blockage by a vehicle may also prevent the delivery of mail. According to our policy, the city or rural carrier should get of the vehicle to make delivery if the mailbox is temporarily blocked by a vehicle. However, if the carrier continually experiences a problem serving curbline or rural boxes where the customer is able to control on-street parking, the postmaster may withdraw delivery service. The URL is http://faq.usps.com/eCustomer/iq/usps/request.do?create=kb:USPSFAQ&view()=c%7Bcdaae280-c46d-11dc-cbd1-000000000000%7D
Can a mail carrier refuse to deliver mail if the mailbox is to low or high?
Yes, there are standards for maintaining a mail box. Part of the reason is that there is a certain height that makes delivery possible from a vehicle so they do not need to get out of their truck to put the mail in your box.
What is a blocked po box?
When you don't pay for your box on time, the USPS will place a piece of cardboard or plastic over the back of your box so that you will not get mail in your box.
What to do with mail that do no belong to you?
stick it back in your mail box your mail man will giv it to the right person or deliver it your self if its down the street
Does USPS offer free shipping supplies for priority mail?
Yes, they offer several sizes of envelopes and small boxes. If you have a large box or parcel, you may need to do your own packaging.
Does USPS deliver to your door?
The USPS delivers parcels to your door if you have city delivery as a rule. There are probably some restrictions such as having your door no more than a certain distance from your mailbox. With ordinary mail, it depends on where you live. Even in a city, some routes are motor routes and mail boxes must be next to the road. If you live on a foot route, you get delivery to your door, provided you have a legal mail box or mail slot and your house is not set too far back from the rood. Apartment houses must have all their mail boxes on the ground floor in a central location.
Is there a federal law regarding placing advertisements on a mailbox?
I just found out by the USPS that you cannot hang anything on a mail box at all
Postal delivery during state of emergency?
It can be setup several ways; usually the easiest way is to have a central location, controlled by the USPS, where mail can be sorted to delivery address and held for pickup. Another way is to deliver the mail to a non-postal centrally located site controlled by an authorized party. Mail can be forwarded. Mail can be "short-stopped" in a unaffected area, and held for pickup at a secured location. There is an option that will return mail to sender as undeliverable. If you have a Post Office Box, alternate temporary postal boxes may be setup in a unaffected area. Check with the USPS involving the specific problem area.
Can USPS refuse delivery after a dog bite?
Yes your mail can stop being delivered to you via USPS, you could be told you have to have a post office box instead which would be at your cost. I am a board member for my local Vicious dogs board and we just had an incident where a mail carrier was bit.
Can a mail carrier refuse to deliver mail after a hurricane destroyed the mailbox?
Yes, although it isn't your fault the box got destroyed, it isn't the carriers either. Mail has to be delivered to a US Postal Service approved mail box They would be remiss in their duties if they just set it someplace. Carriers get payed and evaluated on the time for their work, which does not include dismounting the vehicle to deliver mail in some cases.
