The Social Security Administration cannot provide you with an address of someone without his or her permission. However, SSA has a letter forwarding service that can be used to attempt to contact a missing person. The Social Security Administration can attempt to forward a letter to a missing person under circumstances involving a matter of great importance, such as a death or serious illness in the missing person's immediate family, or a sizable amount of money that is due the missing person. Also, the circumstances must concern a matter about which the missing person is unaware and would undoubtedly want to be informed.
Because this service is not related in any way to a Social Security program, its use must be limited so that it does not interfere with regular Internal Revenue Service program activities. There is no charge for forwarding letters that have a humanitarian purpose. However, there is a $25 fee to cover our costs when the letter is to inform the missing person of money or property due him or her. This fee is not refundable. The fee should be paid by a check that is made payable to the Social Security Administration.
The Social Security Administration must read each letter forwarded to ensure that it contains nothing that could prove embarrassing to the missing person if read by a third party. The Social Security Administration does not believe that it would be proper to open a sealed letter; therefore, a letter that is sent for forwarding should be in a plain, unstamped, unsealed envelope showing only the missing person's name.
Nothing of value should be enclosed. To try to locate an address in SSA records, the Social Security Administration needs the missing person's Social Security number or identifying information to help find the number. The identifying information needed is the person's date and place of birth, the father's name, and the mother's full birth name.
If you would like the Social Security Administration to attempt to forward a letter, you must send the SSA a written request. Be sure to include the following: the missing person's name and the identifying information discussed above; your reason for wanting to contact the missing person; the last time the person was seen; and information about other attempts you have made to contact the person. Enclose the letter to be forwarded in a plain, unstamped, unsealed envelope.
Mail your request to:
Social Security Administration Letter Forwarding
P.O. Box 33022
Baltimore, MD 21290-3022
There are no assurances that a letter will be delivered or that a reply will be received, nor can The Social Security Administration advise you of the results of Internal Revenue Service search. Also, The Social Security Administration cannot make a second attempt to locate the missing person. If you have any questions about Internal Revenue Service letter forwarding service, you may call a toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213. People who are deaf or hard of hearing may call a "TTY" number, 1-800-325-0778, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on business days.
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