Effective March 23, 2023, the Postal Service™ is discontinuing the extended grace period for customers to pay PO Box™ renewal fees. The 10-day grace period, under section 508.4.7.5, “Late Fee Payment,” of Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), resumes.
In April 2020, to assist PO Box customers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Postal Service temporarily extended the 10-day grace period to 30 days to pay PO Box renewal fees (see “DMM Notice: Extension of
PO Box Renewal Fee Payment” in Postal Bulletin 22543 [4-9-20, page 9]). This temporary change allowed customers to pay their PO Box renewal fees up to 30 days after the due date without penalty of a PO Box closure and eliminated handling fees associated with reopening a closed PO Box.
The Postal Service will automatically close a PO Box for nonpayment if the Postal Service receives no payment for the PO Box by the end of the 10-day grace period.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 3-23-23
