If you don’t want to click the link, simply search for “Deceased Do Not Contact List.” Once the deceased is registered, mailings should begin to decrease within 90 days. In addition, many non-DMA members have access and use the DDNC to remove names. All DMA members are required to remove names on this list from their mailing lists. Even the US Postal Service recommends, and links, to the DDNC. It helps to remove the deceased person from commercial direct marketing lists and is a good step to take immediately. Register the deceased person on the Deceased Do Not Contact (DDNC) List administered by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA).Unless you are a legal representative of the deceased person, do not open their mail. Remember, it is a federal offense to open and read someone else’s mail. Regardless of the situation, there are steps you can take to reduce and eliminate such mail. Perhaps you purchased your new home from a deceased person’s estate and receive mail addressed to them. ![]() You may not be the Executor, but receive mail at your home if you shared a residence/address. ![]() After the estate is settled, you may continue to receive mail addressed to the person. However, this results in you receiving not only important mail you need, but all other types of mail, too. If you are, or were, an Executor of a deceased person’s estate, you most likely had the Post Office forward their mail to your address. Receiving mail for a deceased person can be frustrating and in some cases painful.
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