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131.12
General Information
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Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Updated With Postal Bulletin Revisions
Through April 5, 2001
122.2
Special Services
122.21
Deliver and collect charges on Customs,
postage-due, and COD mail.
122.22
Deliver and obtain date, time of event,
and signature receipts for registered,
certified, Express Mail, insured, and
other special services mail. Use
scanning device where
appropriate.
122.221
Receipt for such matter, except insured
and Delivery Confirmation mail, at the
Post Office before beginning
route.
122.222
If applicable, account for it on return
by payment of the amounts collected,
delivery of receipts received, or
return of the article.
122.223
Special services mail that is first
identified while performing street duties will
need to have a Form 3849 completed at
the delivery point, to ensure proper
recording of these items when the
carrier returns to the office.
123
123.1
Mailing Cards
Check, correct, and sequence (if
necessary) mailing cards assigned by
managers bearing names and addresses of
customers or former customers
of the route.
123.2
Reports
Report to unit manager all unusual
incidents of conditions relating to mail
delivery, including mail found trapped
behind wall-mounted and wall-recessed
apartment house mailbox units,
condition of street letterboxes and relay
boxes (e.g., unanchored boxes and
schedules).
124
These carriers may be assigned to
perform clerical duties and may be
required to pass examinations on
schemes of city primary distribution if their
assignment anticipates use of scheme
knowledge.
131
131.1
Security of Mails
131.11
Keep the mail in your possession or
locked in a relay box or vehicle. All
equipment and undeliverable mail must
be returned to the post office at the
end of each trip.
131.12
If the use of a satchel cart is
authorized, exercise reasonable care to prevent
any attempted theft from the cart while
delivering your route.