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Office Time -- Preparation

 

Handbook M-41, TL-4, 03-01-98
Updated With Postal Bulletin Revisions Through April 5, 2001

  • 24 Undeliverable as Addressed (UAA) Mail
     
    • 241 Recording Address Change Information
       
      • 241.1 Entries from Form 3575
         
        • 241.11 When Form 3575, Change of Address Order, is received, enter following data on Form 3982, Changes of Address:
          • a. Effective date of change.

            b. Expiration date of change, if temporary.

            c. Customer's name.

            d. Customer's old address.

            e. Check whether family or individual.

            f. Customer's new mailing address. Carriers who receive Change of Address cards that have the request for Court Ordered Protected Individual (COPI) attached to them will log that the customer has moved, with the notation "COPI Status" in the new address block. Under no circumstances is the new address to be written or maintained at the carrier case.
             

        • 241.12 Endorse Form 3575 with initials and route number.
           
        • 241.13 Deposit all Forms 3575 in designated location for daily transmission to the Computerized Forwarding System (CFS) Unit. Do not hold Forms 3575 at the carrier's case or delivery unit until the effective date.
           
        • 241.14 For any Form 3575 that may be effective on date received, place it in the COA's entry mail slot on the case along with any mail for that customer.
           
        • 241.15 When a customer moves and does not leave a forwarding order, the carrier must hold the customer's mail for up to 10 days, pending receipt of a change of address. (Exception: Any mail containing specific instructions from the sender printed on the envelope must be handled in accordance with those instructions.) If a change of address is not received after 10 days, the carrier must complete a Form 3575-Z to indicate that the customer has moved and left no forwarding address. The held mail is bundled with the Form 3575-Z and placed in the COA's mail entry slot.
           
      • 241.2 Entries from Form 3546 On receipt of Form 3546, Forwarding Order Change Notice, enter appropriate data from Form 3546 on Form 3982, Changes of Address. Place Forms 3546 in designated location for delivery to CFS.
         
      • 241.3 Purpose and Duration of Form 3982
         
        • 241.31 Purpose
           
          • 241.311 Form 3982 provides a quick reference for carriers unfamiliar with customer removals from the route so the mail for these customers can be withdrawn from the case and bundled for forwarding by the CFS. (Exception: In a