Your local Post Office will have free forms 3800 for you to use at the couter. Simply complete the form, affix to your letter, apply postage and get your receipt from the window clerk.
How to send Certified Mail
Fast easy ways to send Certified Mail include keeping a supply of Certified Mail Envelopes on the shelf at your home or business. They make sending this type of Special Service mail fast and easy. You can visit your local Post Office and on the counter where forms are kept look for form PS-3800 for Certified Mail. This is where you will address who the letter is to be delivered to and state the type of Certified Mail services you request. Return Receipt provides you proof the letter was delivered and references as form PS-3811 Return Receipt. Complete this form and affix to the back of your letter so that the form is torn from the letter and returned back to you as your receipt of delivery.
If you are mailing more than 3 Certified Mail articles, each should be recorded on a firm sheet or form PS-3877 manifest. This will allow USPS to process three or more mailings on one combined report. This firm sheet is also called a manifest and should be date stamped and signed by the USPS agent that accepts your letters. Keep this report is a safe secure area, it is your only proof of mailing - copies are not available.
In summary Certified Mail forms are free at the Post Office and you will need the 3800, 3811 for a receipt, and if you are mailing more than 3 letters the firm sheet or manifest known as form 3877. Private companies like Certified Mail Envelopes provide everything including the online free software to help you quickly address and mail certified articles. You will even save postage since the Electronic Return Receipt costs less that the traditional green card Return Receipt and is much easier to manage and administer.
