I have been told a neighbor is getting in my mailbox and reading my mail.What is the punishment for this?
407071
It is a federal felony offense.  You should inform your local postmaster along with the police and let them handle it.
391714
maybe it was a mistake...i get this kinda mails every day!the just get your address wrong....but b careful!if you don't know the address don't open the message!it may infected with spyware or very harmful viruses!
532465
Here is a sample letter that you can send to the owner:\n\n[Your Name]\n[Your Street or Mailing Address]\n[Your City, State & Zip Code information]\n\nVia Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested # [insert Certified Mail/Return Receipt Number here] \n  \n[Today's Date]\n\n\n[Name of Pet Owner/Homeowner--Resident]\n[Their mailing address]\n[City, State, Zip Code]\n \nRE: Ongoing nuisance caused by dog(s)\n \nDear [Name of Pet Owner]: \n\nI recognize that this may simply be a case of being unaware, but I must bring to your attention the ongoing nuisance created by your barking dogs at your residence address listed above. \n  \nMore specifically: Your pets have awakened me at all times of the night with their barking. This disturbance is not limited to nighttimes; the dogs continue to break the peace throughout the day when they're outside.\n\nI have consulted with the [insert name of police department/law enforcement agency here] about this situation.  According to [insert name of law enforcement official consulted], your pets are creating a potential liability for you, violating [name of city or municipality] Code Section [cite/insert actual code reference numbers here]: Nuisances Declared (Animal Noise); a [define type of infraction here; refer to other letter for clarification] that can carry a fine of up to [$ insert dollar amount here] for each offense. \n  \nIt's important to me to be a good neighbor; all I ask is a similar commitment from my fellow area residents. Whether I'm being awakened at 12 midnight on a weeknight or 6:30 am on a Sunday morning...or having to listen to their incessant barking at anybody and anything that walks by anytime throughout the day, I will not continue to be forced to endure this nuisance and ask you to please neutralize the situation at once. \n  \nPlease keep your pets under control or I'll be left with no other choice but to contact the police in order to insure these rights are protected and the peace restored.\n\n\nSincerely,\n\n[Sign your name here]\n\n[Insert Your Name Here] \n\n\nThe websites below are very helpful.  NO, they are not joke or fake websites.  The guy's name in Benjamin Dover, so Ben Dover for short.  Check them out!
820529
Call the police and report your neighbor!
1186646
Contact the local post office that delivers your mail.  Tell them what is happening.  They'll inform your step-father to stop interfering with the delivery of your mail otherwise he'll be facing federal felonies.  Once you've informed them all you have to do is contact them when you have not recieved your mail.  If they recieved word to stop delivering it from your father they can charge him.  If they deliveried it but you have not received it then they can press charges against him.  \n\nBottom line is that he's looking at federal felonies with considerable jail time if he doesn't stop.  The mail is like the IRS you don't screw with them.
551804
Ummmmm, the Post Office gets it there? Most likely, since criminals have voluntarily given up their rights (by violating the rights of others!) those letters will be read by officials before getting to your criminal.
803134
If you rent a mail box then you are assigned a post box number.\nIt identifies the box for your mail to be delivered into and collected from.
404101
1-800-275-8777...  called a while back to complain that my neighbor and i were getting each other's mail all the time and got a very nice call the next day from my local postal inspector.  very helpful, good luck to you, ma'am!
306025
This is spam and you are giving your address book to the perpertrators. don't do it and report it to your ISP service moderator
419390
Nope, not illegal.  You can try posting it but that might not work.  This is a neighbor issue.  Your community should have something in your court system to handle these types of issues.  Talk to the police and they can point you in the right direction.
252538
The Post Office delivers mail to an address, not a specific person at the address. This includes P.O. boxes.\nIt's either a freak occurrence or something else is wrong.
84258
I (and many others) receive these types of letters frequently by post and by email.  I just delete the emails without reading them if they are from someone I do not know.  The ones that I receive through the post however, I keep the envelope and stuff it full of advertising flyers which come in magazines etc. When the envelope is fairly heavy I then post it back to them without a stamp on it making sure that none of my personal details are included.
876141
Sounds like a nosy neighbour.....\n\nGo to your local police station and ask them what can be done.
127079
Don't pay them!!!!  It doesn't matter who's in possesion of the papers - if they don't get payed they'll come after him, not you.  They're still his bills, with his name and his address on them.  If he just walks over and puts them in your mailbox that doesn't make you responsible for them.\n\nIf he's actually using your address on the bills that's a different story.  In that case you can, and should, sue him.  You can also alert the police, who can arrest him.\n\nOh, and if you've been paying them with a credit card you just might be able to get the credit company to cancel the charges (at least the most recent ones).  This would result in his utilities, etc. getting shut off immediately.\n\nI'm pretty sure it's not illegal to put things in people's mailboxes - just to take them out - and it's not illegal to give your own mail to someone else.  So I don't think the mail tampering thing works.\n\nBTW, I do know you're only joking, but I wouldn't put it past some of the people on Yahoo! Answers to be reading this thinking they were just about to ask the same thing :)
139979
they have you blocked or thier mail box is full or you have typed the address wrong
966192
It is fraud but give it to the postal service as it is their place to handle postal fraud.  The only  way the police will get involved is if it threatens you in some way.\n\nThe other option is to just trash it.
312924
Depends on the wording of your probation order.\n\nIf it says, "person, property under your control, vehicle and residence," then yes, they can open your mail no matter where it is, as long as it's under your control.  And if it's in your mailbox, it's under your control.\n\nThere are some cases that hold the search of your property should be related to the offense you're on probation for, but at least in California, this is still being worked out.\n\nIf you were in California, and subject to "normal" probation terms, I would search your mail if I thought there was some reason to, and I'm confident I would be doing so legally.