USPS POM 645: Missing Mail & GPS Delivery Verification
Understand how Postal Operations Manual (POM) Section 645 forces USPS to provide GPS geofencing logs to prove where a package was actually delivered.
USPS Postal Operations Manual (POM) Section 645 governs delivery confirmation procedures and the carrier's obligation to verify actual delivery location. When USPS marks a package "Delivered" but the recipient never received it — a so-called ghost delivery — POM 645 is the lever that forces USPS to produce evidence of where the scan actually occurred.
Under POM 645, carriers must maintain GPS-tagged delivery records. This means that every "Delivered" scan is associated with a latitude/longitude timestamp. When you cite POM 645 in your claim, you are formally requesting that USPS reconcile the GPS data from the carrier's handheld scanner with the destination address. If the scan occurred in a parking lot, a neighboring address, or on the opposite side of the street, POM 645 forces USPS to acknowledge the discrepancy.
Shippers and recipients who cite POM 645 specifically — rather than filing a generic "package not received" complaint — see substantially higher resolution rates. The reason is mechanical: a GPS verification request creates a paper trail that USPS's automated denial system is not equipped to handle without human review.
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