Timeline for Are U.S. mailboxes federal property?
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| Apr 28, 2023 at 7:15 | comment | added | David C. Rankin | @phoog chuckling -- it took a few more years for sunlight to be piped down to Texas -- but slowly they are catching up. | |
| Apr 28, 2023 at 7:09 | comment | added | phoog | @DavidC.Rankin "In the mid 70's there was no second anything around the mailbox": whatever the reason for the lack of newspaper boxes, it wasn't the era. Such boxes were alive and well in the 1970s where I lived in New Jersey. | |
| May 14, 2020 at 10:22 | comment | added | Mazura | "U.S. code makes mailbox vandalism or use for non-USPS materials a federal crime; thus, USPS has total control over your mailbox." : a non sequitur. It is completely unrelated to who owns the mailbox."It is a federal offense to vandalize a mailbox, punishable by a fine up to $250,000 and three years in a federal prison." - "Because a mailbox is personal property, you or your insurance company will be liable for its repair or replacement." otherwise they would be liable for it (read: money). What Happens When You Hit a Mailbox? | |
| May 14, 2020 at 4:36 | comment | added | David C. Rankin |
@DarrelHoffman - you guys were paperboys way too late. In the mid 70's there was no second anything around the mailbox, and you could expect a better tip if you aim was good enough to "Porch it". Ah the good old days delivering the Dallas Morning News folding papers at the church on the corner of Dumont and Waterview in Richardson :) -- But we digress. The law and regulations surrounding mailboxes harken back to days long past to a time when the Telephone company owned the 1 telephone in your home and mail delivery was critical to both law and commerce. In that light -- it make more sense.
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| May 12, 2020 at 16:38 | comment | added | Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні | Well, dang! Looks like them durn revenuuers owes me for having replaced THEIR gol-durned mailbox down at the end of my - MY! - driveway I-don't-know-how-many-times! THAT'S IT! If'n they ain't gonna maintain THEIR DANG MAILBOX properly, I ain'ts gonna pay no more taxes!!! GIT MAH SHOTGUN, MAW - WE'S A-GOIN' TO WAR!!! (And, for the humor-impaired - that's a...Ah say, that's a JOKE, son!) (Nice kid, but his elevator don't go all the way to the top floor... :-) | |
| May 12, 2020 at 16:27 | comment | added | BruceWayne | What mailboxes are you referring to? I just went to a home improvement store, purchased a mailbox, and will install on my property. How/why would that suddenly become property of the USPS? As for tearing down a mailbox, you don't legally need one. ...however, without a mailbox the USPS will not deliver any mail. | |
| May 12, 2020 at 14:56 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | @gerrit Well, I was referring specifically to my past. I don't know if that's still common practice - I haven't seen those boxes around recently, but I don't live in the same place anymore. I do know that physical newspapers are becoming far less common as people are getting their news from other sources. (Internet, TV, radio, etc.) Many US newspapers are moving to be mostly online, assuming they're not going out of business entirely, so delivery service is indeed becoming more and more a thing of the past.. | |
| May 12, 2020 at 14:40 | comment | added | gerrit | @DarrelHoffman Apart from the word paperboy being somewhat outdated (can be any age or gender) why would newspaper delivery service be something of the past? Also what if I live in a tower block with 200 apartments and all mailboxes downstairs? | |
| May 12, 2020 at 14:01 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | @gerrit Having been an actual paperboy way back in the day, there was often a second box on the same pole with the mailbox specifically for the newspaper. Usually with the paper's logo on the side. Some people would have 2-3 extra boxes if they wanted multiple newspapers. Though most people just wanted it slipped between the front door and the screen or left on the porch. I never threw them at the house like the game, | |
| May 12, 2020 at 12:05 | comment | added | gerrit | @ZachLipton Well, bizarre! Now I know why as a kid in Paperboy I was throwing the paper toward the door rather than carefully putting it in the mailbox like in the rest of the world. :-O | |
| May 12, 2020 at 8:57 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | @gerrit Take a look at the private express statutes and the mailbox monopoly: USPS has a legal monopoly on deliveries to mailboxes. There are door-to-door ad deliveries, but they usually get hung on the door because they aren't supposed to go in the mailbox. | |
| May 12, 2020 at 7:51 | comment | added | gerrit | Why would you get in trouble for inserting pamphlets? Are there no door-to-door ad deliveries in the US? | |
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| May 11, 2020 at 20:23 | vote | accept | Dominick Pastore | ||
| May 11, 2020 at 19:20 | answer | added | phoog | timeline score: 41 | |
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| May 11, 2020 at 16:17 | history | asked | Dominick Pastore | CC BY-SA 4.0 |