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USPS Question
cbxjeff
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I am sending a registered letter via USPS. I expect that this letter will not be signed by the addressee. I believe that it will be redelivered for 1-2 times and then returned to me. How will it be marked when I get it back? If someone just doesn't the door for the delivery may be one marking but if someone talks to the post person (I guess that's what I should call them now) is is marked refused or something? This goes back to a terrible estate problem I brought up around a year ago and it's still ongoing. Thanks guys. Where is Earl when I need him!
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'I expect that this letter will not be signed by the addressee.' You mean the recipient won't accept/sign for the letter?
Refused is one of the options. Technically, the addressee must actually state they will not accept delivery.
IIRC, there are 3 choices of reason for non-delivery on the 'Return to Sender' stamp. We used a stamp with lines for attempted delivery and after 3rd attempt, the mailpiece is returned.
It's been 25 years since I was in that line of work.
Hire a private dective to serve it ?
Just a wild guess
You can opt for " restricted delivery " which means only the addresee can sign for it. And I'm thinking you're sending a certified letter rather than registered one. Certified uses the green number label. Registered uses red. Mobuck covered the unclaimed there's also refused and I don't know what his 3rd reason is unless it's undeliverable as addressed. Registered is how someone would mail a valuable firearm. Certified is how the buyer would notify the seller that the firearm was bent into a pretzel .
I don't think the post office reattempts mail. After the first try, you have some amount of time to go to the post office and pick it up yourself.
^^^ Unless the process has changed, USPS makes 3 attempts to deliver 'signature' mail. I retired in 2009 so things may have changed since then.
So a registered letter that is refused isn't returned to sender?
Oh yeah, it's returned and then you have to sign for it to get it back. That's a cya thing for the usps for legal matters. Btw I'm typing on a small tablet. If I hit a disagree, I didn't mean to.