Effective January 18, 2026, the Postal Service™ revised Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 609.1.4, to reflect a change in the Postal Service claims filing date for insured mail.
To realign the filing thresholds with other Postal Service mail service and bulk claims, the Postal Service is reestablishing the “No Sooner Than” filing period of 15 days (from the item’s mailing date) permitted for filing insured mail claims.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
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609 Filing Indemnity Claims for Loss or Damage
1.0 General Filing Instructions
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1.4 When to File
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[Revise the text of the “Insured Mail” line item to read as follows:]
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[Delete the footnote at the bottom of the table in 1.4 in its entirety.]
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The Postal Service incorporated this revision into the January 18, 2026, update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
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Product Solutions, 1-22-26
