# Claims Filing Date for Insured Mail
**AGENCY:**
Postal Service.
**ACTION:**
Final rule.
**SUMMARY:**
The Postal Service is amending the *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) subsection 609.1.4 to change the claims filing date for insured mail.
**DATES:**
*Effective Date:* January 18, 2026.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Abdul Bah at (314) 452-2844 or Garry Rodriguez at (202) 268-7281.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On November 26, 2025, the Postal Service published a notice of proposed rulemaking (90 FR 54247-54248) to change the claims filing date for insured mail. The Postal Service did not receive any formal comments.
The Postal Service is re-establishing the “No Sooner Than” filing date of 15 days for filing insured mail claims to re-align the filing thresholds with other mail service and bulk claims.
The Postal Service adopts the described changes to *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), incorporated by reference in the *Code of Federal Regulations.* We will publish an appropriate amendment to 39 CFR part 111 to reflect these changes.
**List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111**
Administrative practice and procedure, Postal Service.
Accordingly, the Postal Service amends *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), incorporated by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations as follows (see 39 CFR 111.1):
**PART 111—GENERAL INFORMATION ON POSTAL SERVICE**
**39 CFR Part 111**
1. The authority citation for 39 CFR part 111 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
5 U.S.C. 552(a); 13 U.S.C. 301-307; 18 U.S.C. 1692-1737; 39 U.S.C. 101, 401-404, 414, 416, 3001-3018, 3201-3220, 3401-3406, 3621, 3622, 3626, 3629, 3631-3633, 3641, 3681-3685, and 5001.
**39 CFR Part 111**
2. Revise *Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service,* Domestic Mail Manual (DMM) as follows:
**Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)**
**600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services**
**609 Filing Indemnity Claims for Loss or Damage**
**1.0 General Filing Instructions**
**1.4 When To File**
File claims as follows:
WHEN TO FILE (FROM MAILING DATE)
No Sooner Than No Later Than
MAIL TYPE OR SERVICE
*[Revise the “No Sooner Than” timeframe for “Insured Mail” line item to read as follows:]*
Insured Mail (including Priority Mail under 503.4.2) 15 days
*[Delete the footnote at the bottom of the table in 1.4 in its entirety.]*
Daria Valan,
Attorney, Ethics and Legal Compliance.