Is it legal to receive mail at an address that you have never lived at?
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Is it legal to receive mail at an address that you have never lived at?
I have a male tenant that I rent a room to. His female friend has received some mail at that address. Can I bar her from coming to that address?
Asked on November 8, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
It is completely legal to receive mail at an address you have never lived at--there is no requirement that a person reside at his or her mailing address. (If there was, no one living with a significant other at the other's home could ever get mail; P.O. Boxes would be illegal; and commercial stores that rent boxes to receive mail for their customers would also be illegal.)
If the lease gives you the right to stop her from getting mail at this address, you may enforce that term; but if there is no term in the lease preventing this, you have no right to impose another term or condition on the rental. For the future, you can add this to your lease terms if you feel strongly.
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