cany you find the federal law that states it is illegal to open mail
addressed to someone else? also what is the law that makes it illegal
to send commercial advertising by fax without consent of receiver?

Dear ijk-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting question.

The laws pertaining to obstructing, delaying, destroying or opening
the mail of another is addressed in ?Title 18, United States Code?:

Section 1701. Obstruction of mail generally
Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of
the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or
both.

Section 1702. Obstruction of correspondence
Whoever takes any letter, postal card, or package out of any post
office or any authorized depository for mail matter, or from any
letter or mail carrier, or which has been in any post office or
authorized depository, or in the custody of any letter or mail
carrier, before it has been delivered to the person to whom it was
directed, with design to obstruct the correspondence, or to pry into
the business or secrets of another, or opens, secretes, embezzles, or
destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not
more than five years, or both.

Section 1703. Delay or destruction of mail or newspapers
Whoever, without authority, opens, or destroys any mail or package of
newspapers not directed to them, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
http://www.usps.com/websites/depart/inspect/usc18/


As for the laws pertaining to fax spam (commonly called ?Broadcast
Fax?) the law is excellently summarized this way:

?Under 47 U.S. Code 227 it is unlawful "to use any telephone facsimile
machine, computer, or other device to send an unsolicited
advertisement" to any "equipment which has the capacity (A) to
transcribe text or images (or both) from an electronic signal received
over a regular telephone line onto paper." The law allows individuals
to sue the sender of such illegal "junk mail" for $500 per copy. Most
states will permit such actions to be filed in Small Claims Court.?
BROADCAST FAX ILLEGAL UNDER UNITED STATES LAW
http://www.coldcure.com/html/faxlaw.html


Here is the Federal statute:

TITLE 47, CHAPTER 5, SUBCHAPTER II, Part I, Sec. 227
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/227.html


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