Re: How to deal with your Neighbors Outdoor Lights

St. John Smythe:
BTW, stuffing messages in mailboxes is illegal in the U.S.

Florian wrote:
You know, i've heard this all my life, but i'm not sure it's true.
I own the mailbox in front of my house. Why would it be a crime for
someone other than the USPS to put stuff in it? I do understand that
the USPS has standards for what can be considered an acceptable
mailbox but i don't think they actually have any jurisdiction over
MY mailbox per se. Tampering with delivered mail may be a crime but
i don't think putting things in my mailbox is.

You own your mailbox, but its use is governed by federal law.

Title 18 of the U.S. Code is entitled "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE."

18 U.S.C. 1725 reads as follows: "Whoever knowingly and willfully
deposits any mailable matter such as statements of accounts, circulars,
sale bills, or other like matter, on which no postage has been paid, in
any letter box established, approved, or accepted by the Postal Service
for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any mail route with
intent to avoid payment of lawful postage thereon, shall for each such
offense be fined under this title."

Questions?

Davoud

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