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What You Need to Know About Mailing a Money Order to Frank Lee (And How to Avoid Delays)

Mailing a money order is allowed, but it's the slowest way to add funds. If you want to avoid delays and rejected deposits, the details matter.

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If you mail a money order with the deposit form, expect it to take up to a week to process. Mailing still makes sense when you only have cash to buy a money order, or when online and phone options don't work for you. The tradeoff is time. If your loved one needs funds by a certain date, mail it early.

Faster options: Besides mailing a money order, you can send money online through Access Corrections, by phone at (866) 345-1884, or with cash at Cash Pay Today locations.

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  • ✓ Complete the Money Order Deposit Form.
  • ✓ Include the deposit form in the envelope with the money order (the form is required to process the deposit).
  • ✓ Keep the money order loose. Do not staple, paper clip, fold, or tape the money order to the form.

Once the form is filled out, mail it together with the money order to: Access Corrections – Alabama DOC, P.O. Box 12486, St. Louis, MO 63132. Sending both to that exact address helps prevent avoidable processing problems.

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  • ✓ Keep your deposit within the daily limit of $900 for mailed money orders.
  • ✓ Put the money order in the envelope with the completed deposit form.
  • ✓ Do not staple, paper clip, fold, or tape the money order to the form.

Plan around limits and timing: Mailed deposits can take up to a week to process, and the daily limit for mailed money orders is $900.

Mail the completed deposit form together with the money order to: Access Corrections – Alabama DOC, P.O. Box 12486, St. Louis, MO 63132.

After you mail the money order and deposit form, processing can take up to a week. Your loved one may not see the funds right away, even if tracking shows the envelope as delivered.

  1. Give it time - mailed deposits can take up to a week to process.
  2. Use a faster method next time if timing is tight - you can send money online through Access Corrections, by phone at (866) 345-1884, or with cash at Cash Pay Today locations.

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