What is certified post?

ScouseMouse

Hello everyone.

IF someone says they sent me a certified letter a while back, but I didn't know anything about it. and I asked my postman what it was, and he didnt know, what would happen.

Everything thats signed would have to come through me so I would know I didnt get it.

What is certified post? and if this guy wasn't winding me up, if it was notice of a "mention" in a district court, what would be the consequence of me not getting it. Its would be over a disputed debt of 1000 euro.

Thanks all.

sophia25

Certified post is where the postman who delivers signs to say that he delivered the letter to the property. It is not like registered post were someone needs to sign for it and better than ordinary post as someone can't claim the letter got lost. The postman has certified that he posted the letter through the letterbox so it has been delivered.

MagicSean

superscouse wrote: »

Hello everyone. I asked my postman what it was, and he didnt know

That's a poor reflection on An Post.

McCrack

Certified post is when the sender fills out a Certificate of Postage slip at a post office and they stamp it when the envelope is handed over the counter.

It's basically An Post certifying that they have carriage of a particular item of post addressed to a particular address.

coylemj

sophia25 wrote: »

Certified post is where the postman who delivers signs to say that he delivered the letter to the property. It is not like registered post were someone needs to sign for it and better than ordinary post as someone can't claim the letter got lost. The postman has certified that he posted the letter through the letterbox so it has been delivered.

Which is basically certifying that it's been delivered.

McCrack wrote: »

Certified post is when the sender fills out a Certificate of Postage slip at a post office and they stamp it when the envelope is handed over the counter.

It's basically An Post certifying that they have carriage of a particular item of post addressed to a particular address.

Which is certifying that it's been posted.

I just checked and there's nothing on the An Post website about 'Certified Post'.

source

coylemj wrote: »

Which is certifying that it's been posted.

I just checked and there's nothing on the An Post website about 'Certified Post'.

An post just call it registered post, you can get it with or without signature.

With signature requires someone at the address to sign for the letter.

Without signature, the postman just scans the barcode on the envelope and puts it through the letter box, certifying it has been delivered.

Our man in Havana

Judges tend to want the signed for type when dealing with things like summonses.

blueythebear

Certified Post is only a Certificate of posting. The Post Office merely confirm that it was put in their post box. It wouldn't guarantee delivery and there's no scanned barcode confirming delivery.

Certified posting would generally not be adequate for service of a summons. However, to the OP, an order for substituted service would allow for certified posting so I would not ignore the comments this individual made to you. It is very easy to get a judge to grant an order of substituted service unfortunately and then you could have summary judgement against you.

ScouseMouse

As per charter this would be hypothetical of course

The letter would be about a "mention" in a district court of an alledged debt. What is a mention? and why? It reads quite poorly. The typed year was wrong and was changed with a blue biro with a couple of spelling mistakes, its like a child wrote it.

I guess I would need to hammer it out with the company involved. If it existed of course !!

Our man in Havana

Send the master the letter, I am sure he will get a laugh.

bath handle

superscouse wrote: »

As per charter this would be hypothetical of course

The letter would be about a "mention" in a district court of an alledged debt. What is a mention? and why? It reads quite poorly. The typed year was wrong and was changed with a blue biro with a couple of spelling mistakes, its like a child wrote it.

I guess I would need to hammer it out with the company involved. If it existed of course !!

When a notice of intention to defend is served in a district court case, the case is put in for mention to fix a hearing date. The letter advising the defendant of the mention date will not matter a damn. judgement plus costs against puts the laugh on the other side of their faces.

BornToKill

superscouse wrote: »

It reads quite poorly. The typed year was wrong and was changed with a blue biro with a couple of spelling mistakes, its like a child wrote it.

If I may say so, that's a quite precise description of the hypothetical letter in this hypothetical example.