How long does some one have to change their mailing address before Return to Sender can be put on it?

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Your question is about his right to put "return to sender" on your mail, and the direct answer is that he can choose to do so at any time. Mail which comes to his address can be marked "return to sender" whenever he decides, dropped back into the mail system, and sent back. So what should you do? First, take the time to contact all of your creditors, such as credit card accounts, and notify them directly of your new address. Naturally, you will submit a "change of address" to the post office, but call the credit cards companies and write to them directly. Notify your friends in writing of your new address. You cannot stop the old boyfriend from sending your mail back if he is determined to be a jerk, but you can limit how much of it he gets in the first place. The second thing you need to do is decide whether the "property" you left at the old address is worth the cost and effort of legal action. You made the threat (and, of course, you should never make a threat you are not prepared to carry out), but taking him to court might prove expensive, and will certainly take time. If the "property" has real value, then you might want to follow through and get a lawyer working on it. If you consider the matter carefully and decide you can live without the stuff, and your real motivation is simply to force him to submit to you and turn it over, it might be cheaper and quicker to abandon it, forget about it, and rise above it all. Only you can make that choice, though.