Can businesses just stick their brochures in your mailbox? If not, what is the penalty? Companies not allowed
to put fliers in mailboxesAbsolutely not, said U.S. Postal Service spokeswoman Felice Broglio.
And not just commercial fliers are forbidden. It's against federal law for anyone to put anything in a mailbox without postage. That law sometimes is forgotten during election years when campaigners canvass neighborhoods, she said.
If you find a flier without postage in your mailbox, just stick it back in your mailbox, addressed to "Postal Inspector/Honolulu." Also note the street and block number, Broglio said.
The company will be contacted and warned of the penalty, which is a $300 fine.
If a postal carrier sees that a neighborhood or route is flooded with such illegal fliers, he/she will take a couple as samples and turn them into the mailing requirements office.
There, they will estimate the number of fliers involved, call the offender and charge postage. But they will allow the fliers to be delivered, Broglio said.
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