The U.S. Postal Service is mainly concerned with mail that is stolen from their custody. In other words, once they have delivered mail to your box it is no longer in their possession and they are relying on you to react appropriately if correspondence has been mishandled. The statute mostly addresses mail that is wrongfully removed from Postal Service custody, such as if it is stolen from a Post Office, a letter carrier or a mailbox. Should the stolen mail be used to conduct another crime, like identity theft, then the thief might be facing additional charges.
Potential Penalties
A person who steals mail from Postal Service custody may be looking at as much as three years in prison. That sentence may be in addition to or concurrent with other prison terms that the thief is sentenced to in relation to other crimes they may have committed after stealing the correspondence. Sizable fines may also be involved. Considering the consequences, stealing mail hardly seems worth the effort.
Legal notice provided by Goldland Abstracts Tax ID 94-2769481
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