Yes, unless:
a) It is addressed to 'resident' or both of you, or
b) You have been granted power of attorney for your spouse (this means a signed, notarized document, not an oral agreement or something you drafted on your computer). This also enables you to do other things like sign checks and legally binding documents for them.
If you don't meet either of these requirements, then opening your spouse's mail is a crime.
Actually the answer isn't THAT simple. If you are married and legally residing
together in the same residence (i.e.: not legally separated), it is not considered a prosecutable offense to open each other's mail.
HOWEVER - if you are NOT living together in the same residence (i.e.: undergoing divorce - etc) then opening your spouse's mail COULD be an offense, since it can be inferred that you opened the spouse's mail with ill intent.
I know it is illegal to put anything that is not stamped in a mail box but I also would like to know if it is illegal to open a mailbox for example you are lost and need an address would it be illegal to open a mailbox to see what the address is on an envelope?Yes, it is illegal. It is a federal offeense to open a mailbox or tamper with a mail box unless you are employed by the USPS.
Yes. It's also just impolite.
No
Technically yes. In practice, you can allow someone else to open your mail, and in some cases this permission is assumed in the absense of clear indications to the contrary: in a marriage spouses are typically regarded as having tacit permission to open each other's mail and parents are allowed to open their (minor) children's mail.
It is not illegal to take another employees paycheck to them if it is just being delivered. Legal issues would arise if the check was taken and not delivered or if it was fraudulently used for other purposes.
It is a federal crime to open someone else's mail.
the answer is yes it is a federal offense only the person who it is addressed to may open it
No, you may not. It is a federal offense to open someone else's mail.
Yes It is
Yes
Yes, tampering, hiding, removing, or opening mail not addressed to you, before it is delivered to the intended addressee, is a federal crime.
No, other people cannot open your mail unless you give them permission to do so. This is a federal offense that is punishable in court.
Legally, no. If someone other than the addressee opens the mail, it is considered a federal offense, unless the person is physically unable to open it or requests that the other person open it.
Generally, taking mail addressed to another person may constitute a federal offense in the United States.
No, you can't. It is considered a federal offense to take and look at someone's mail and/or look in their box.
Yes, it is illegal for a parent to open mail addressed to their teenage child without permission. Mail tampering is a federal offense under the United States Code.
No. The reason being - it has not yet entered the US Postal System and is not yet under the protection of Federal Law (US Postal Regulations).