Before You Mail a Money Order to Frank Lee: What Not to Include and Handling Fees

Prohibited Items

• ✓ Cash
• ✓ Letters
• ✓ Photos

Those "do not include" items come straight from the Alabama DOC Money Order Deposit Form instructions. Before you seal the envelope, check the current form language to make sure you're following the exact directions for mailed deposits.

The daily limit for Alabama DOC mailed money order deposits is $900.00. Send more than that in a single day and you risk having the deposit rejected or returned.

Need to send more than $900 in the same day? Use one of the Alabama DOC options that doesn't rely on a mailed money order. Alabama DOC accepts Access Corrections online deposits and phone deposits. The phone deposit number is (866) 345-1884, available 24/7.

If your money order or check gets returned, you'll be hit with a $25 handling fee. Protect your money by double-checking everything before you mail it. Make sure the recipient information is filled out clearly and matches what Alabama DOC expects for deposits.

Mail money order deposits to: Access Corrections – Alabama DOC P.O. Box 12486 St. Louis, MO 63132

• ✓ Use the Alabama DOC money order deposit form that goes with mailed deposits, and follow the form instructions
• ✓ Fill out the recipient information exactly as requested on the form
• ✓ Write clearly so the payment can be matched to the right person
• ✓ Keep your own copy of what you sent (form details and money order receipt)

1. Buy a money order that gives you a receipt. Keep it until the deposit is credited.
2. Consider using trackable mail. If there is a question later, tracking helps you show when it arrived.
3. Keep a copy of what you mailed. Save a photo or scan of the completed paperwork and the money order stub (and remember the mailed daily limit is $900.00).