# When does mail become your property?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-mail-become-your-property/787305>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 23, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-mail-become-your-property/787305 "2017-05-23T21:38:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-mail-become-your-property/787305/41 "2017-06-01T10:48:53Z")

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> [@mmmiiikkkeee](#):
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> In Canada those change of address forms are not only temporary in nature but also cost you… when I did it I think I had to pay $85 to have mail sent to a different address for 1-year.

When Canada Post changed my community’s name, they redirected our mail at no extra charge.

I have no idea where they redirected mine to, and they never reimbursed me for the box full of other people’s mail that I posted to Deepak Chopra.

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