Is it a crime to open someone else's mail if it is placed in your mailbox?
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Yes.

It is a federal offense for a person who is not the addressee to open US mail that has been misdelivered or even mail addressed to a person living in the same household, although a certain amount of leniency is given to spouse's and/or the parents of minor children.

Mail that is delivered to the wrong address should be returned to the postal carrier, taken to the post office or placed in a postal box to be delivered to the named adressee.

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