Do I need permission from the PO to put up a mailbox?

[thestrangebrew1]

So the mail currently gets delivered through a slot in my living room. There's a lot of cold air coming through there and I don't really like having a slot anyways. Was thinking of just putting a mail box in front. Do I need to get some sort of permission from the PO to do this?

 

[BoomerD]

Shouldn't...

Standard Forward Mail | USPS

Follow Postal Service regulations to buy, make, and set up a mailbox so you don't have any interruption in mail service.

www.usps.com

 

[VirtualLarry]

I am hardly a USPS expert, but I would think that if that address / location already has mail delivery service, that putting a mailbox out on the street / road instead of using a mail-slot in the door, wouldn't be much if any of an issue.

If you were talking about setting up a mailbox out in the boondocks, at a location not already receiving USPS mail delivery service, then my answer might be different. I'm not sure about the procedure for something like that.

 

[lxskllr]

Never had one myself, but I always kinda liked slots. Put a peephole about 1' over it, and you can use it as a gunport.

 

[brianmanahan]

Never had one myself, but I always kinda liked slots. Put a peephole about 1' over it, and you can use it as a gunport.

this worked very well for kevin mccallister

 

[GrumpyMan]

If your neighborhood has a cluster mailbox for all residents then no they won't deliver your mail to you if you put up your own mail box. But if it's just to put up a new one, no problem. Many people don't realize that the USPS owns the mail boxes and you can't put anything in there that does not have postage on it.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Thanks. It's not a cluster setup. None of my neighbors have mailboxes so they must have slots or PO boxes. I imagine the mailman being appreciative of not having to walk up to my door and hear my stupid dogs going apeshit every morning. Just gotta get the wife's approval of my proposal.

 

[waffleironhead]

Where are you thinking of putting it? Just mounting one at the bottom of the front stairs or outside the front door on the wall would be fine imo, one at the curb would not.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Where are you thinking of putting it? Just mounting one at the bottom of the front stairs or outside the front door on the wall would be fine imo, one at the curb would not.

I was just going to put it up by the sidewalk. Why would one at the curb (on my side of the s/w) not be ok?

 

[highland145]

I was just going to put it up by the sidewalk. Why would one at the curb (on my side of the s/w) not be ok?

Are there others? Needs to be on the right side of the street but it sounds like you have a walking postman. Ours are drive by.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Are there others? Needs to be on the right side of the street buy it sounds like you have a walking postman. Ours are drive by.

No others that I can recall. He'll walk sometimes but mostly drives up since our houses are a bit more spread out.

 

[Spacehead]

Maybe you could leave a note for the postman asking him? Just tape a note over the mail slot so he has to see it.

 

[SKORPI0]

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Anodized-No-Draft-11-1-Mail/dp/B001O43P58/ref=pd_lpo_60_t_1/132-3750299-7758454?

 

[ISAslot]

You should set it up so the mailman has to do an obstacle course to get to it, like they do for squirrels, just to see how determined they are.

 

[highland145]

You should set it up so the mailman has to do an obstacle course to get to it, like they do for squirrels, just to see how determined they are.

Ha, we're talking about the USPS, right?

 

[waffleironhead]

I was just going to put it up by the sidewalk. Why would one at the curb (on my side of the s/w) not be ok?

Where you plan for it is just fine. I see plenty of them all over town, especially where people have fences around the front yard. I was more thinking roadside at the curb. I.E. making the postal worker step into the street to deliver.

 

[Lanyap]

Ask your mailperson or Postmaster. USPS does have standards for street mailbox height and distance from the street.

https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Requirements-for-City-Delivery-Mail-Receptacles

Standard Forward Mail | USPS

Follow Postal Service regulations to buy, make, and set up a mailbox so you don't have any interruption in mail service.

www.usps.com