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Old 11-11-2020, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by oneclickplus View Post
The USPS has no right to "feel" a signature is not required by the recipient. The recipient's signature is being required by the sender who paid an additional fee for that service. What if this is a certified package containing legal documents. A person can be legally "served" in a lawsuit by the use of certified mail signature required. No one other than the recipient has the right to sign for that legal document. Putting it in a locked box and providing the key does not address this. The boxes can be opened by anyone in a family for example. This does not prove the recipient received the legal documents.
I mostly agree, but unless the package was specifically designated as requiring the actual named person on the package to sign for it, the recipient could have allowed anyone to accept it and sign for it. A specifically designated signature is another type of USPS package designation and pricing option. It doesn't sound like the OP's package was a legal document with that type of delivery option.