Can you legally send a letter with a false return address?

I want to send a letter to a family member but I would rather they didn't know my current address. Is it illegal to send a letter with an old address on it? If it is, can you send one with no return address on it, and have it actually delivered?Can you legally send a letter with a false return address?
you could ';accidently'; mess up the return address,





example: 123 elm street...becomes132 eml streetCan you legally send a letter with a false return address?
Yes


You don't even have to put a return address on it!
I am a carrier, we do not look at that. just put your name. The only problem would be if you put the wrong address the letter would go straight to dead letter. You would never know if they got it or if it was destroyed. Just do not send anything of value!
Yes you can send it with no adress, I do that a lot, but if you put a false adress you can get into very big trouble because it could be an actual adress. So just leave it blank, your allowed to.
just don't put a return address on it. it's not illegal
I don't think its illegal, but if you don't want them to know your address, then don't put it on the letter. Very simple. LEave it off
It's legal... so is sending a letter with no return address at all.
you dont even need to put one on it, but you can lie, it just will be lost forever if you had their address wrong and the letter got sent back to you
Yes - you don't need to put your return address on there. It will still get sent. I recommend this option over putting a fake address on the letter - that way, you haven't really done anything ';wrong'; or immoral.
Just put your name on it...no need for an address if you do not want to give it!!
Why don't you just leave it off all together. You may want to mail it from another city so they can't track you by the stamp.
You can always send a letter with only the mailing address on it. Nothing else is required.
Get a post office box address and use that. I did you are wanting to do, but my mail person knew which address it came from and sent it back without attempting to send it at all.





Find a vacant home and use that address. That works just as good. Take it to a different post office to mail it.
If they don't receive it, it will go to the dead letter file and you will not know if they receive it or not. If you drop it in a mailbox you can mail it without a return address but you won't know if they receive it or not.
no u don't need to...
You actually dont need to put one, they'll still deliver it. Just put your name in the corner.
Don't address it, and if you need to, mail it from another town.
Yes, it's legal, but be careful, because if the letter is returned due to your family member moving, or just a mistake on behalf of the post office, it may be returned to someone else, and you may not want them to read it.
I don't think it's illegal to not put your address on a letter, I get them like that all the time. If you really don't want them to know where you are mail the letter from a different town so it will have a different post mark on it.
yes, but if the letter get's lost it will go to the addressee you provided
You do not have to include a return address on a letter, but if anything goes wrong in the delivery process, the letter will become dead in the postal service's dead letters. You must include one for UPS or any special delivery service.
nope. its called mail fraud
no need to put one there
I think sendin a letter wid out your address isn't a big deal.. there isn't any harm in that... :)
what are you talking about .if you dont want them to know your address dont put anything on the envelope just their address.
i seriously doubt it. who would know it was false? anyway if they're dangerous dont put anyones on it. just make sure you gave sufficient postage so it wont have a problem being sent all the way through. also get a po box, its like 35 or 40 bucks for 6 months or dont put anything on the letter