#US POSTAL SERVICE MAIL FORWARD PLUS#

Mail without number, street, box number, route number, or geographical section of city or city and state omitted and correct address not known.Īddressee moved and filed no change-of-address order.Īddressee failed to provide a receptacle for receipt of mail.Īddressed to nonexistent number and correct number not known.Īddressed to nonexistent street and correct street not known. Mail returned to sender by order of chief field counsel (or under 508.1.0 and 508.2.0) because of dispute about right to delivery of mail and cannot be determined which disputing party has better right to mail. Mail addressed in care of another is marked to show which person is deceased.ĭelivery Suspended to Commercial Mail Receiving Agencyįailure to comply with 508.1.8.1 through 508.1.8.3. This endorsement must be made personally by delivery employee and under no circumstance may it be rubber-stamped. Used only when known that addressee is deceased and mail is not properly deliverable to another person. Post office box closed for nonpayment of rent. All nonmailable pieces are returned to the sender.Įxhibit 1.4.1 USPS Endorsements for Mail Undeliverable as Addressedĭelivery attempted, addressee not known at place of address. Undeliverable-as-addressed mail is endorsed by the USPS with the reason for nondelivery as shown in Exhibit 1.4.1. Mail that is undeliverable as addressed is forwarded, returned to the sender, or treated as dead mail, as authorized for the particular class of mail. Parcels mailed at any Package Services or Parcel Select price.(Foreign mail received in quantities with letter-class postage but the general characteristics of circular mail is not given directory service.) Mail with extra services (certified, COD, registered).USPS letter carrier offices provide directory service for the types of mail listed below that have an insufficient address or cannot be delivered at the address given (USPS does not compile a directory of any kind): Records of address changes caused by USPS adjustments are kept by the local Post Office for 3 years. For mail bearing the simplified address “Postal Customer,” “Residential Customer,” “Rural Route Box Holder,” “Highway Contract Route Box Holder,” or “Post Office Box Holder,” for 90 days or until the next June 30, whichever is later.For an adjustment under 1.2.1d through 1.2.1g, for 1 year from the end of the month in which the adjustment occurs.For an adjustment under 1.2.1a through 1.2.1c, for 1 year from the date when the new address appears in the AIS bimonthly products released in February, April, June, August, October, and December.Mail that is undeliverable because of USPS adjustments is redirected and delivered to the destination without an additional postage charge as follows: Consolidation of Post Offices or adjustment of delivery districts.įor 3 years after the date when the new address information appears in Address Information System (AIS) products, a mailer who regularly sends bulk mailings into an area affected by USPS adjustments is not charged for requested corrections to galley lists when such corrections relate to those adjustments.Conversion from rural or highway contract service to city delivery service.Realignment of rural or highway contract routes.Conversion from rural-style addresses (rural route and box number or highway contract route and box number) to city-style addresses (house number and street name).

Mail can be undeliverable because of USPS adjustments such as the following:

Minimum criteria for mailability not met.ġ.2 USPS Address Adjustments 1.2.1 Types of Adjustments.

Mail refused by the addressee after delivery when permitted.

Mail refused by the addressee at time of delivery.

Addressee not at address (unknown, moved, or deceased).

Incomplete, illegible, or incorrect address.

Mail can be undeliverable for these reasons:

#US POSTAL SERVICE MAIL FORWARD PLUS#

USPS Marketing Mail Eligibility Decision TreeĦ.0 Requesting Withdrawal and Disposal of a Mailingġ1.0 USPS Tracking Plus Service 1.0 Treatment of Mail 1.1 Nondelivery of Mail.

Designing Letter and Reply Mail (PUB 25).

Us postal service mail forward