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Mismatched Package Recipient Handoff

A package at your door still needs the addressee check.

Fifteen minutes for one current household decisionFree · Two-page fillable PDF

Companion to Read the Address Before Treating the Package as Yours.

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Hypothetical example: the adult notices a different street number, leaves the parcel closed, contacts the identified carrier through its official route, and records the actual confirmed handoff.

01Record the mismatch

Compare the visible recipient with the household and orders.

Visible mismatch without full private label

Household order or guest arrangement checked

Responsible adult

02Protect the package

Keep contents closed and choose a private record.

Current closed-package location

Private details kept out of public messages

Question needing the appropriate delivery service

03Find the confirmed route

Use an official carrier or seller contact and keep instructions.

Verified contact route

Factual question and response

Confirmed recipient or handoff instruction

04Close the actual handoff

Distinguish a report, instructions and completed release.

Current delivery-question status

Actual handoff evidence if completed

Unresolved question and next responsible contact