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Police letter received but not anyone at address

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  • Nobbie1967
    Nobbie1967 Posts: 1,694 Forumite
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    edited 19 December 2025 at 9:30PM
    [quote=[Deleted User];74313278]"A person commits an offence if, intending to act to a person’s detriment and without reasonable excuse, he opens a postal packet which he knows or reasonably suspects has been incorrectly delivered to him." [Postal Services Act 2000, section 84(3)]

    This clearly does not apply to the OP.[/QUOTE]

    Presumably, if the letter was delivered to the correct address then it has been delivered correctly. I always open mail delivered correctly to my address to pre-emp any issues later.
  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 9,118 Forumite
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    Nobbie1967 wrote: »
    Presumably, if the letter was delivered to the correct address then it has been delivered correctly. I always open mail delivered correctly to my address to pre-emp any issues later.

    No, the law says "incorrectly delivered to him", not "incorrectly delivered to his address".
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