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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat the hell does "certified letter" mean?
What, he sent it from the post office?
Did he mean notarized?
And even then it's meaningless. He hired a laywer to write a letter, big woop.
msongs
(67,395 posts)legal and ok
forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)so you can track it online and get a signature receipt of the person who took delivery of it at the door.
It's usually for important paperwork that the sender wants to ensure arrives at its destination if it is time-sensitive. Oftentimes also used when it's something the recipient may want to deny that they received somehow, such as a final notice of a bill. The sender has proof in that the correspondence was delivered.
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)I think the proper term is "registered mail."
Maybe.
forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)than a tear-off signature receipt. Surely the President could have a courier hand-deliver any official message they want (almost like a court-summons) rather then sending it through "the mails".
2naSalit
(86,536 posts)as per the Google...
Registered mail is a mail service offered by postal services in many countries, which allows the sender proof of mailing via a mailing receipt and, upon request, electronic verification that an article was delivered or that a delivery attempt was made.
What is the difference between registered and certified mail?
The main difference between certified and registered mail with the U.S. Postal Service lies in the level of accountability, with registered mail being tracked throughout the entire process from the departure point to the destination.
edhopper
(33,570 posts)when he had a law office send some bullshit to Lindsey Graham about him and Russian
He kept saying it over and over.
forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)This was delivered by a courier, but 45 is just using the term he's familiar with as a landlord: "Certified letter. So effective..."
Stallion
(6,474 posts)...I bet he couldn't get one of the major certified public accountancy firms to certify that after looking at all his tax returns and financial documents over the last 5 years that he has no connection to Russia. That CPA firm would be signing its death warrant
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)And, sadly, his supporters probably felt that made it definitive proof of his innocence.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)I doubt most average people under 45 know what it even means anymore.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)so I'd imagine even younger people know what they are. Maybe not a lot, but some.
Young soldiers on post get them and complain about them.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)They used to be much more common for various things. Now anyone ever in collections would still know what they are.
Thanks for pointing that out!
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)a certified letter.
Usually means something bad something scarily legal.
Trump is a lot like a televangelist in that he takes advantage of what people don't know to get them to do what he wants.
Same can be said of the entire GOP.
Stallion
(6,474 posts)and signed by correct addressee. Judges usually require such evidence to establish proper notice prior to entering a default judgment or other court order when party does not appear
herding cats
(19,564 posts)It means return receipt requested and it needs to be signed for. They're rare now unless it's a collection matter.
forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)I don't know how effective this is, but when you wanted to prove you wrote a document without paying to copyright it, you mailed it to yourself via certified mail and left it sealed with the intention it could be opened in court if you needed to establish that you wrote something before someone else did. The important part was the official date, and leaving the package sealed.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Not that I needed it, but one of the people I worked for used that method somewhat often.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)cornball 24
(1,475 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)It doesn't mean anything was in it, just that an envelope was signed delivered.
edhopper
(33,570 posts)it was rhetorical.
You all know it was nonsense.
Why doesn't the media?
woodsprite
(11,911 posts)JI7
(89,247 posts)"but it's CERTIFIED".........
funkybutt
(3,333 posts)I was thinking maybe it was a misstatement by Spicer and that instead some law firm was doing forensic analysis of 45 financial interests. Maybe they could "certify" that he has no financial ties to Russia? I'm just asking bc this certified letter shit makes no sense at all. I send certified letters all the time just so I can get the receipt of their delivery.
edhopper
(33,570 posts)"I have a certified letter". what bullshit!