Re: Neighbor taking evicted T 's mail - Landlord Forum thread 341101

Re: Neighbor taking evicted T 's mail by Barbara on November 24, 2015 @19:10

You can go through all the extra work of uninstalling and reinstalling the mailbox per G's opinion, or you could purchase a locking mailbox insert for your mailbox. Your Post Master can provide you with a sticker that you stick on the mailbox that States it's a Federal Crime to tamper with the mail and that might help. If the rental is vacant, wire, tape or what ever works the mailbox latch together so the door cannot be opened. This seems to be a low cost common sense fix compared to removing and installing the mailbox.

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Re: Best Idea yet by Anonymous on November 24, 2015 @23:10	[ Reply ]

locked mailbox. That's what I use. I return all the x-tenants mail to sender.

Re: Neighbor taking evicted T 's mail by Garry (Iowa) on November 25, 2015 @00:08	[ Reply ]

I have done what you suggest, also. On mailboxes that would take a long time to take off and on, I have wrote a letter to the mail carrier about the place being vacant, and not to deliver any more mail. Then I put it in a 1 ft. sq. zip lock baggie, and duct tape it to the mailbox so the letter can be read, and the box is taped closed.