39 C.F.R. § 912.4
Place of filing
Claims should be filed with the Tort Claims Coordinator for the Postal Service District Office where the accident occurred, but may be filed at any office of the Postal Service, or sent directly to the Chief Counsel, Torts, General Law Service Center, USPS National Tort Center, 1720 Market Street, Room 2400, St. Louis, MO 63155-9948.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1982–2026 · leading case: Dexter Dodd v. Patrick R. Donahoe, 715 F.3d 151 (6th Cir. 2013).
Dexter Dodd v. Patrick R. Donahoe, 715 F.3d 151 (6th Cir. 2013). “Dodd’s amended complaint also states that he filed his FTCA claim with the Chief Counsel of the USPS National Tort Center on May 29, 2009, pursuant to 39 C.F.R. § 912.4 . He notes that this fulfills the FTCA’s exhaustion requirement because he has not heard back from the USPS…”
Plourde v. United States Postal Serv., 721 F. Supp. 218 (D. Minnesota 1989). “…in view of the fact that a claim against the United States Postal Service may be presented at any local post office. 39 C.F.R. § 912.4 .”
Williams v. United States Post Off., 866 F. Supp. 1320 (D. Kan. 1994). “” 39 C.F.R. 912.4. The regulations within Part 912 specify the form of the administrative claim, what evidence and information to be submitted with the claim, and the procedure for the Postal Service's final denial of an administrative claim.”
Valdez v. United States, 365 F. Supp. 3d 1181 (D.N.M. 2019). “5 (a), is "filed with the Tort Claims Coordinator for the Postal Service District Office where the accident occurred, but may be filed at any office of the Postal Service, or sent directly to the Chief Counsel, Torts, General Law Service Center, USPS National Tort Center," 39…”
Hernandez v. United States (S.D. Fla. 2025). “ied by supportive documentation; • instructing Plaintiffs that a Standard Form 95 is typically used to file a claim, but “other written notification” with the requisite material may be submitted instead of the SF-95; • enclosing a copy of an SF-95 form; • directing Plaintiffs,…”
Kokaras v. United States, 791 F. Supp. 35 (D.N.H. 1992). “See Complaint at ¶ 12 ("On June 2, 1987, pursuant to 39 CFR § 912.4 and 28 U.S.C. § 2675 , Plaintiff filed an administrative claim in an undetermined sum with the Postmaster of the Hampton Branch.”
Owens v. United States, 531 F. Supp. 532 (N.D. Ga. 1982). “First, pursuant to 39 C.F.R. § 912.4 , plaintiff can properly present his claim “at any office of the Postal Service”, which clearly includes the downtown Atlanta post office.”
New 75th & Cottage Currency Exch., Inc. v. United States Postal Serv. (N.D. Ill. 2018). “See 39 C.F.R. § 912.4 (“[C]laims … may be filed at any office of the Postal Service.”
Chaba v. US Post Off. (N.D. Ill. 2023). “*** Should you decide to file a valid claim with the United States Postal Service, the claim should be submitted in accordance with the standards set forth in 39 CFR Part 912.4. Nothing in this letter should be interpreted as the Postal Service waiving the time limits contained…”
Joseph v. United States of Am. (E.D.N.Y 2024). “See 39 C.F.R. § 912.4 . And because Plaintiffs’ claims accrued on November 16, 2019, the date of the accident, they were required to complete service by November 16, 2021.”
Rapid Enter. v. United States Postal Serv. (D. Utah 2023). “See 39 C.F.R. § 912.4 . But USPS represents that it could not find any administrative record of a tort claim filed by Rapid Enterprises or Express One.”
Rapid Enter., LLC v. United States Postal Serv. (10th Cir. 2025). “The parties dispute whether the PCSC is “any office of the Postal Service” within the scope of 39 C.F.R. 912.4. But even assuming without deciding that the PCSC is “any office of the postal service,” Express One’s letter to the PCSC did not make a “claim for money damages in a…”
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