When the wrong package shows up on your doorstep, what should you do with it? What if it's addressed to you?

The holiday season is in full swing and an estimated 2.3 billion packages will be shipped in the 2025 holiday season, according to ShipMatrix . That means there's an excellent chance some of them will go awry and you'll get the Labubu, vacuum food sealer, blanket with feet or overpriced headphones meant for someone else.

Can you keep it?

It depends on who sent it, who delivered it, who it was addressed to, and what you do next.

Is it illegal to keep a package meant for someone else?

Receiving or taking possession of a misdelivered package is not illegal per se.

However, Florida law considers knowingly taking someone else's mail from a mailbox or from a carrier or acqu

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