Postal Letter

how can I let the us postal know she is no longer at MY address?

A woman stayed with us for 3 weeks about 6 months ago; and has since left the country, coming back occasionally to visit with her children. She told me to just toss her mail of bills in the trash. how can I let the us postal know she is no longer at MY address?

Public Comments

1. Change of address form...put her mail on hold.
2. print return to sender, addressee moved no forwarding address and send them back.
3. submit a "change of address" form to the post office
4. Right on the outside of the envelope Return to Sender, Addressee No longer resides here..... they will get the message pretty quick... I have had to do that with people that were SUPPOSED to move into my apartment and so they had their mail forwarded to that address only to move into a different unit.
5. Go to the post office and fill out a form to have her mail forwarded to her current address or just write across the envelope: "return to sender" or "no longer at this address" and put it in the mailbox.
6. go to your post office to inform them and when you get soemthing in the mail for her, write on the envelope,RETURN TO SENDER NO LONGER RESIDES HERE and put it back in the mailbox with the flag up so they take it
7. You can't, with the new privacy laws, she is the only one who can change anything. All you really can do besides throwing them away is writing on the envelopes something like "does not live here" or "sent to wrong address" and put them back into the mail box. That will get old after a while though. I suggest you contact her and tell her to do something about it. Good luck.
8. The best thing you can do is put a line through her name and address and write "return to sender, no longer at this address". Then put them back in the outgoing mail, they will be returned to the Post Office, and get them out of your mailbox. Also, if you are around when you mail carrier delivers to your residence, explain to them that this person no longer resides at your place, and you don't know where she moved to. That way you don't have to worry about them any longer. Then it will be up to her that if she wants to get her mail she will put in a change of address with the USPS.
9. You cannot fill out a change of address form for another person. Only the specified individual can sign that change of address. I don't want to shock you, but technically, it's considered a felony to fill out a COA (change of address) for another person and sign their name. If you fill out a COA for another, and sign your own name, the Post Office will not accept it. The only thing you can do is continue to write (in pencil) on the outside of the envelope "No longer at this address...MLNA (which stands for "Moved, Left No Address") Also, call the PO and ask to speak to the supervisor in charge of your zip code, and request a notice be placed on the case, where the mail is sorted, saying that this woman no longer lives at your address. I have to warn you, letter carriers hate getting these little instructions at their cases...they have enough to do, and since the supervisor will be involved telling the carrier not to deliver this mail anymore, it will not endear you to the carrier. The best bet is to continue to write MLNA on the envelope ( this makes carriers feel you know what you're talking about, and has them wondering if you work for the PO in some capacity) and leave it sticking out of your mailbox each day...these letters will go back to the companies she owes money to, and eventually, they'll get the picture. Or...save all her bills, and put them in a manila envelope and mail them to her? But that involves extra time and expense on your part. Also...make sure you only put first class mail, or pre-sort first class mail, or 2nd class magazines in your mailbox for return. Do not put any bulk rate, or not for profit mail, or mail that may have her name and also say 'or current resident' in the out going mail. Throw all this mail away if you don't want it.