Usps Form 1500 PDF Details

In the digital era, an unexpected and often overlooked issue involves the reception of unwanted sexually oriented advertising through traditional mail. To address this concern, the United States Postal Service® (USPS) offers two distinct programs empowering individuals and families to protect their mailboxes from such content. The USPS Form 1500, officially titled "Application for Listing and/or Prohibitory Order," serves as a pivotal tool within this effort. This form allows individuals to either apply for a Prohibitory Order against specific mailers sending erotically arousing or sexually provocative advertisements or to request inclusion on a list that aims to reduce the receipt of sexually oriented advertisements. Completing the form requires providing detailed information about the undesired mail, the mailer, and, if applicable, information regarding minor children under the guardianship of the applicant. Applicants must submit the offending mailpiece, ensuring it's opened if it comes sealed, directly to any Post Office™. The process culminates in the USPS informing the applicant about the effective date of their protected status or Prohibitory Order, alongside guidelines on reporting future violations. This form not only symbolizes a statutory mechanism for personal privacy but also acts as a deterrent against the distribution of unsolicited sexually explicit materials, through a structured application and reporting system.

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Form NameUsps Form 1500
Form Length5 pages
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Avg. time to fill out1 min 15 sec
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How to Fill Out PS Form 1500

PS Form 1500 at a glance

What it is: Application for Listing and/or Prohibitory Order, for unwanted sexually oriented advertising in your mail.

Where and when to file: Submit completed applications to any Post Office.

If you are receiving unwanted sexually oriented advertisements coming through the mail to your home or business, there are two Postal Service programs you can use to help protect yourself (and your eligible minor children).

A filled-in PS Form 1500 example: an addressee applies for a Prohibitory Order

PS Form 1500 example filled out, example: an addressee applies for a Prohibitory Order
Dana Q. Sample, an addressee, fills out PS Form 1500. She seeks a Prohibitory Order as the addressee of one opened mailpiece, so Application for Listing stays empty. The picture shows the application filled in, and its names and figures are sample values. She initials box 1 and ticks 1a, the addressee box, so the lines for a minor addressee and a deceased addressee stay empty. She lists one child, born in 2012 and so under 19, so the other rows of Information About Your Children stay empty.

How to fill out PS Form 1500, box by box

Information About You

PS Form 1500 example filled out, information About You

Information About You: Printed Name (First, MI, Last), Address (Number, street, apt. or suite. no., Post Office box no.), City, State and ZIP+4®. Use the name and address by which you customarily receive mail.

Application for Prohibitory Order, box 1

PS Form 1500 example filled out, application for Prohibitory Order, box 1

Here's what to do if you wish to apply for a Prohibitory Order against a particular mailer whose advertising offers to sell matter you consider erotically arousing or sexually provocative.

Application for Prohibitory Order (Submit the mailpiece with your application). Initial box #1, or box #2, on both when applying for this Prohibitory Order.

Which box of 1 to check: 1a, 1b or 1c

PS Form 1500 example filled out, which box of 1 to check: 1a, 1b or 1c

Please check only one as appropriate: 1a. I am the addressee of the attached mailpiece, and, if I have listed an eligible child or children, I request that such child or children (as well as I, myself) be protected by the Prohibitory Order.

1b. I am the parent of the minor addressee of the attached mailpiece, acting for such addressee to obtain a Prohibitory Order to protect just him or her. If a child or children of mine is/are listed below, it is just in connection with the application under 39 USC 3010 that I am making by initialing box 2.

1c. I am the person entitled to receive mail to the deceased addressee of the attached mailpiece. Please issue the Prohibitory Order on behalf of the deceased addressee.

Mailer information

PS Form 1500 example filled out, mailer information

If you initialed box 1, you MUST: Attach the entire, opened mailpiece, and Provide the following mailer information.

Enter the Mailer's Name, the Mailer's Address (Number, street, apt. or suite. no., Post Office box no.) and the Mailer's City, State, and ZIP+4.

You apply for the order by submitting the entire advertising mailpiece (the original, NOT a photocopy) with a properly completed application (page 2 of this form).

Even if there is an offer to sell a product or service stated on the exterior of the mailpiece, if the piece has a sealed envelope, cover, or wrapper, please be sure it is opened before you submit your application.

Application for Listing

PS Form 1500 example filled out, application for Listing

Initial box 2 for the application under 39 USC 3010: "I do not wish to have sexually oriented advertisements mailed to me or my children who have not attained the age of 19 years are listed below." If a child of mine is listed below, it is just in connection with that application.

You can be listed by filing a completed application (page 2 of this form).

Because being added to the list does not depend on having received a sexually oriented advertisement, do not submit mailpieces with your completed application.

If you wish to have a listing for more than one address, you must complete a separate application for each address.

The list is provided to mailers that subscribe to the USPS Prohibitory Order Listing service in an effort to have your name removed from their mailing lists. However, it does not guarantee the removal of your name and address from all mailing lists.

Information About Your Children

PS Form 1500 example filled out, information About Your Children

If applicable, complete the Information About Your Children section, providing full names and birth dates.

Minor children who has not attained the age of 19 years and residing with you may be included in the application.

Defined as children who have not attained the age of 19.

Children's Names (Last, First, Middle Initial) and Date of Birth (Month, Day, Year).

If there is insufficient room to list all minor children, continue the list using page 2 of an additional PS Form 1500. Be sure to sign the continuation page in the Authorization section.

Authorization

PS Form 1500 example filled out, authorization

Sign and date the application in the Authorization section and submit it to any Post Office. Keep pages 1 and 3 for your records.

More rules for PS Form 1500

The application must be legible and complete. (Please Print.)

Your Prohibitory Order would be violated if, 30 days or more after receiving it, the mailer sends you any further mail.

The order directs the mailer to make no mailings whatsoever to anyone named in the order, effective on the 30th calendar day after the mailer receives it.

If you receive an apparently violative mailpiece, contact your Post Office or refer to your notification letter for instructions on submitting the piece as evidence for possible enforcement action.

Common questions about PS Form 1500

What is USPS Form 1500?

Application for Listing and/or Prohibitory Order, for unwanted sexually oriented advertising in your mail. Under the Pandering Advertisements Statute, 39 USC 3008, if you are the addressee of an advertisement, and consider the matter (product or service) that it offers for sale to be "erotically arousing or sexually provocative," you can obtain a Prohibitory Order against the mailer.

Sources

[1] PS Form 1500 (February 2009), Application for Listing and/or Prohibitory Order, U.S. Postal Service (the Official source link on this page).

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