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

How to fill out PS Form 1500, box by box
Information About You
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

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

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

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

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.
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).


