Post office caches

[+Scubasonic]

Whats the rule on hiding a cache on the outside of a post office i if get permission from the managers?

 

I thought you said you were leaving Geocaching?

 

Scubasonic

[+Team Smokey]

 

I would also like to know what violation of federal law (what statute) is being violated by placing a magnetic cache on a mail receptacle.

 

 

here is a little more on the federal law / statute

 

and here is a link to where I found this info.

 

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE Information About Restrictions on Mailbox Access

 

In 1934, Congress enacted a law known as the “mailbox restriction” that

prohibits anyone from placing mailable matter without postage into any

mailbox. This law, 18 U.S.C. 1725, gives the Postal Service a virtual

monopoly over mailboxes and currently reads as follows:

 

“Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits any mailable matter such as statements of

accounts, circulars, sale bills, or other like matter, on which no postage has been paid, in

any letter box established, approved, or accepted by the Postal Service for the receipt or

delivery of mail matter on any mail route with intent to avoid payment of lawful postage

thereon, shall for each such offense be fined under this title.”

 

Under current law, a violation of the mailbox restriction law is an

infraction that can be punished by a fine but not by imprisonment. The

maximum fine for each offense is $5,000 for individuals and $10,000 for

organizations.6

 

In addition to the mailbox restriction law, Postal Service regulations

provide that “every letterbox or other receptacle intended or used for the

receipt or delivery of mail” may be used only for matter bearing postage

and that any mailable matter found in mailboxes without postage is

subject to payment of the same postage as if it had been carried by mail.7

Postal Service regulations are broader than the mailbox restriction law.

The regulations restrict items placed upon, supported by, attached to,

hung from, or inserted into a mailbox.8 However, the regulations do not

apply to door slots, among other things.9

 

What this means is that any of those small 'businesses' or Avon representative distributing fliers or catalogs or such cannot be placed in a mailbox. That is what this law was created for.

[+Boxcars]

I work for the P.O., and they are completely anal. Don't waste your time.

[+EscapeFromFlatland]

The only places I've seen a geocache by a post office is usually a rural area. Like Bridal Veil, OR.