Effective January 22, 2023, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), in various sections, to reflect changes regarding Postal Service domestic product price adjustments for 2023.
On November 28, 2022, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) found that price adjustments proposed by the Postal Service may take effect as planned. The price adjustments and these DMM revisions will become effective on January 22, 2023. Information on final prices is available under Docket No. R2023-1 (Order No. 6341) on the PRC website at prc.gov.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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500 Additional Mailing Services
503 Extra Services
1.0 Basic Standards for All Extra Services
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1.7 Forms and Labels
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[Add new 1.7.5 to read as follows:]
1.7.5 Legacy Extra-Service Forms
Certain legacy extra-service forms are no longer valid. They have been replaced with IMpb-compliant versions that have a tracking number beginning with “92” or higher. Mailers using noncompliant versions of the following extra-service forms will be subject to the IMpb noncompliance fee (see Notice 123 — Price List):
a. PS Form 153, Signature Confirmation.
b. PS Form 3800, Certified Mail.
c. PS Form 3813, Insured Mail Receipt — Domestic Only — $500 and Under.
d. PS Form 3813-P, Insured Mail Receipt — Domestic Only — Over $500.
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507 Mailer Services
Overview
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8.0 Address Management System
8.1 Address Management System Products and Fees
For Address Management System (AMS) products and fees, see Notice 123 — Price List.
8.1.1 Carrier Route Information System
The official city delivery scheme, “Carrier Route Information System,” is available to mailers.
8.1.2 Address Changes to Election Boards and Voter Registration Commissions
For the designated fee, USPS provides address changes to election boards and voter registration commissions.
8.2 Election Boards and Voter Registration Commissions
8.2.1 General
Election boards or voter registration commissions may use the “Return Service Requested” endorsement and/or the National Change of Address Linkage System (NCOALink) to maintain current address lists.
8.2.2 Fee Assessment
The fee for address changes provided to election boards and voter registration commissions is assessed for each PS Form 3575 submitted. The fee is collected on a per-card basis regardless of the number of changes made on the card and whether the change concerns a person on the board or commission’s list of registrants. USPS may supply facsimiles of the forms or copies of the information they contain at no additional fee.
8.2.3 Procedure
Election boards or voter registration commissions using permanent registration information may obtain residential change-of-address information from PS Forms 3575 as follows:
a. An authorized official of the board or commission must sign and submit to the manager, Address Management Systems (district), a written request that lists the Post Offices for which change-of-address information is desired.
b. If the request is approved, an agreement must be obtained from and signed by an authorized official of the board or commission detailing the terms under which the change-of-address information is to be released.
c. The board or commission receives the requested information from the postmasters of the listed Post Offices and pays those postmasters the applicable fees.
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700 Special Standards
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705 Advanced Preparation and Special Postage Payment Systems
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8.0 Preparing Pallets
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8.10 Pallet Presort and Labeling
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8.10.3 USPS Marketing Mail or Parcel Select Lightweight — Bundles, Sacks, or Trays
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d. 5-digit, required except for trays, permitted for bundles, sacks, and trays. The pallet must contain only automation-price and/or Presorted-price mail for the same 5-digit ZIP Code or same 5-digit scheme. 5–digit scheme bundles and sacks are assigned to 5-digit pallets according to the “label to” 5-digit ZIP Code. Labeling:
1. Line 1: City, state, and 5-digit ZIP Code destination. (See 8.6.4c for overseas military mail.)
2. Line 2: For flats and irregular parcels, “STD” followed by “FLTS” or “IRREG,” as applicable; followed by “5D”; followed by “BARCODED” (or “BC”) if the pallet contains automation-price mail; followed by “NONBARCODED” (or “NBC”) if the pallet contains Presorted-price mail. For letters, “STD LTRS 5D”; followed by “BC” if the pallet contains barcoded letters; followed by “MACH” if the pallet contains machinable letters; followed by “MAN” if the pallet contains nonmachinable letters.
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e. SCF, required, permitted for bundles, sacks, and trays. The pallet may contain carrier route, automation-price, and/or Presorted-price mail for the 3-digit ZIP Code groups in L005, or L051 for Parcel Select Lightweight sacks. Mailers may, at their option, place AADC trays on SCF pallets when the tray’s “label to” 3-digit ZIP Code (from L801) is within that SCF’s service area. Mailers may also, at their option, place mixed ADC or mixed AADC trays, labeled per L010, on an SCF pallet entered at the SCF facility responsible for processing mixed ADC or mixed AADC trays for that NDC/ASF facility. The SCF pallet discount applies to 3-digit, 5–digit, carrier-route, High-Density, High-Density-Plus, and Saturation (including EDDM — Not Retail) USPS Marketing Mail flat-shaped pieces on an SCF pallet entered at an Origin (None), DNDC, or DSCF entry. The SCF pallet discount does not apply to Marketing Mail letters or parcels. Labeling:***
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The Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into the January 22, 2023, edition of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 12-29-22
