Authorizations at Swiss Post
Collection by third parties in the branch
Important information
An authorization entitles the authorized agents to collect all notified consignments from the post office counter, including debt collection and court documents, outpayment orders and outpayment slips with reference number. The authorized agents legally confirm receipt of the postal item with their signature. Only in the case of consignments with the “personal delivery” value-added service can no authorization be issued. They must be collected by the addressee in person.
Permanent authorization
Authorization to collect several consignments
You do not want to or are unable to collect your missed consignments yourself from the post office counter? Private and business customers can establish a permanent authorization for the collection of consignments quickly and easily online or in the branch.
Single authorization
Authorization to collect a specific consignment
Have you missed a consignment and received a collection note to collect the consignment in a branch? Private customers can create a single authorization for the collection of a specific consignment quickly, easily and free of charge online or over the phone. You also have the option of having the consignment delivered a second time, having it forwarded to another address or extending the collection period.
Prices
Representative regulation
Authorizations
Permanent authorization
- Basic price (Internet)
- 24.00
- Basic price (in the branch)
- 30.00
- Adding an authorized agent (Internet)
- Free of charge
- Adding an authorized agent (in the branch)
- 12.00
- Deleting an authorized agent
- Free of charge
Single authorization
- Only possible for private individuals
- Free of charge
Prices in CHF incl. VAT
Other authorizations
Swiss Post also recognizes other options for an authorization. You can find these in the “Authorizations” factsheet.
Alternatives to authorizations
FAQs
If a mail item cannot be directly handed out at the door, the recipient is notified by Swiss Post that the consignment can be picked up at the branch counter. At the branch counter, Swiss Post verifies the authorization of the person collecting the consignment.
The person collecting the consignment must present the collection note − the so-called “notification” − and, for signature for parcels and registered letters, also identify themselves in one of the following ways:
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as the actual recipient of the mail item
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as an authorized agent in possession of a single authorization or a permanent authorization on file
Swiss Post accepts personal ID with a photo, for example:
- Passport
- Identity card
- Swiss driver's licence
- Foreigner's residence permit
The ID must be an original document.
For security reasons, documents such as a family record book, marriage and partnership certificates or similar documents are not deemed to be valid ID.
No. Family members with the same name (including double names) do not need an authorization in order to collect consignments at the branch counter by mutual agreement.
Yes. If the name of the person collecting does not correspond to the name on the mail item, an authorization is required. This applies for example to married couples with different last names, cohabiting couples in a registered partnership and persons living in shared accommodation. Swiss Post cannot conclude that an affiliation exists if the last names are different. The security requirements will not have been met.
For security reasons, the single authorizations can only be issued over the phone for consignments addressed to natural persons. For security reasons, verification of the authorization cannot be performed over the phone for business customers. Recommendation for business customers: permanent authorization.