Deal with business advertising for a former tenant
When advertising for a prior tenant's business keeps arriving at your address, you cannot submit a removal request for it. What you can do depends on whether you have any authority over that company's mail.
Steps for a former tenant's business mail
- Confirm that you have no legal or documented authority over the former tenant's business before doing anything beyond returning the mail.
- Write "not at this address" on the outside of the piece and leave it for your carrier, without opening it.
- Ask building management whether a forwarding or address-correction request is on file for the former tenant.
- If the volume continues, read the guide on previous-resident mail and contact your local post office.
Why you should not submit it yourself
A removal request filed as if you represented the former business would name a company you cannot act for, and any reply would go to that name. Treat these pieces as misaddressed mail and return them, then work through building management or the former tenant if you can reach them.
Start by returning it
Mark each piece "not at this address" and hand it to your carrier. If it continues for several weeks, the guide on previous-resident mail covers what else you can do without claiming authority over someone else's business.
Instructions for the next step
Have an unwanted advertisement ready?
Photograph one piece you are authorized to handle, with the sender and full mailing label visible. Review the details before submitting. The first request is free; the sender controls the response.
Try one request free