Is it legal to keep misdelivered packages? What Tennessee law says

The holiday season is a peak-busy period for major U.S. mail carriers.

More than 2.3 billion packages are forecast to be delivered this holiday season, according to ShipMatrix data. But what happens if one of those cardboard boxes or plastic mailers arrives on your doorstep unexpectedly?

While misdelivered packages are not common, it's still possible to receive mail not addressed to you. If 99.9% of deliveries are done correctly, 2.3 million packages will still have ended up at the wrong address.

Is a misdelivered package a holiday gift from the universe? Or is it a crime to keep the package not addressed to you? Here's what Tennessee law says about keeping a package that was delivered to you by mistake.

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