# USPS and lost wallet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-and-lost-wallet/306215>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 31, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-and-lost-wallet/306215 "2005-05-31T14:23:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-and-lost-wallet/306215/1 "2005-05-31T14:23:31Z")

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I have heard that if you find a wallet with ID you can just drop it in a mailbox and the post office will mail it to the address on the drivers license home address. Is this true?

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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-and-lost-wallet/306215/2 "2005-05-31T14:42:15Z")

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The definatly did this at one point. I got a checkbook back that way…Actually, I dropped it in the mailbox with the bills I had just written checks for…ooops. The post office has a “lost in mails” department which tries to track down owners of “stuff” that ends up in the mail.