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Certified Mail is a service of the U.S. Postal Service that offers enhanced tracking and security options not available with other mail types. This option is available at all post office branches and through rural mail carriers. Certified Mail items are given unique article numbers. Using these numbers, users can check delivery status online. Recipients of Certified Mail articles must provide a signature, which is kept on file at the post office. People mailing items as Certified Mail can request copies of these signatures for a fee. First-Class and Priority Mail items can be delivered as Certified Mail. Insurance is not available for items shipped as Certified Mail. This option is available with Registered Mail. As of October 2009, the cost for Certified Mail is $2.80 per item. Given the additional security and required signatures, Certified Mail is particularly useful for mailing legal documents.Delivery Verification
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That's not true. The USPS lost my important document that I sent Certified Mail for that VERY REASON! It cost me $5.80 and was only going across town. I would have been better off sticking it in a mail box with a couple of stamps on it. I will never send Certified again. It's Fed Ex or nothing.
by cloakey on March 23rd, 2010