---
title: PS 1583 Customer-Assembly Preparation Kit
description: Prepare PS 1583 online and receive an unsigned printed kit for your own final review, hand-signing, assembly, and submission.
seotitle: PS 1583 Customer-Assembly Preparation Kit
seo-description: Prepare PS 1583 online and receive an unsigned printed kit for your own final review, hand-signing, assembly, and submission.
group: resources
indexable: true
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og-image: /forms/ps-1583/thumbnail
og-image-alt: USPS PS Form 1583 — Delivery of Mail Through Agent generated form preview
published: 2026-07-12
updated: 2026-07-12
tags:
  - usps
  - virtual mailbox
  - cmra
  - mail service
path: /forms/ps-1583
---
# PS 1583 Customer-Assembly Preparation Kit

Prepare PS 1583 online and receive an unsigned printed kit for your own final review, hand-signing, assembly, and submission.

## How it works
1. **Answer the guided questions and review the prepared form information.** - 
2. **PostalForm prints the official form with signature areas left blank and sends the customer-assembly kit only to your verified address.** - 
3. **After delivery, follow the cover instructions, hand-sign where required, and add every original, certified record, payment, witness, certification, companion form, or other physical item.** - 
4. **Verify the current deadline and destination, then personally complete final submission through the official channel.** -


## Form summary
This workflow helps you prepare USPS Form 1583 for execution with the customer’s commercial mail receiving agency. PostalForm prepares the official form and delivers the unsigned preparation kit only to your verified address. PostalForm does not file, serve, or submit it. Complete identity verification and witnessing or notarization with the selected CMRA, have the customer and CMRA representative hand-sign and date the form, and let the CMRA file it through the required USPS process.

## What you need
- Your mailbox provider's (CMRA's) address and your PMB number
- Your legal name and actual home address
- One government-issued photo ID and one address-proof document (a driver's license can count for only one of the two)
- Copies of both IDs attached to the form
- Signature witnessed by the CMRA (in person or live audio/video) or acknowledged before a notary
- Hand-sign the printed form after the preparation kit is delivered
- Copies of your photo ID and address-proof document (optional) — USPS requires copies of both IDs to accompany the form (and the authorized individual's two IDs, if you added one). Your CMRA reviews the originals when witnessing your signature.
- Court order (protected individuals only) (optional) — Attach a copy of the court order if you answered Yes to the protected-individual question.

## Data collected
- Residential vs. business use
- CMRA/provider address and PMB number
- Applicant name, contact details, and home address
- Photo ID and address-proof document details (two IDs required)
- Optional authorized individual and their two IDs
- Optional transfer/forwarding address
- Business name, address, and place of registration (business use)

## Where it gets mailed
PostalForm mails the unsigned preparation kit only to the customer or authorized signer at the verified delivery address entered during checkout.

Final submission: Complete identity verification and witnessing or notarization with the selected CMRA, have the customer and CMRA representative hand-sign and date the form, and let the CMRA file it through the required USPS process.

## Packet order
- Customer assembly instruction cover (remove and keep before final submission)
- Prepared unsigned form (signature and reserved third-party fields blank)
- Printed reference attachments

## Common mistakes
- Mailing the form to USPS — the CMRA files it electronically in USPS's registration database; USPS has no mailing address for customer 1583s.
- Using a driver's license as both the photo ID and the address-proof ID — it can only count once.
- An address-proof document that doesn't match the home address on the form.
- Only one adult in a household filing — for residential use, each adult using the PMB completes their own PS Form 1583.
- Assuming a notary is always required — signing in the provider's physical or live audio/video presence also satisfies USPS's witnessing rule.

## Agent summary
Customer-assembly workflow for PS 1583. It prepares the form and sends an unsigned kit only to the customer. It must never be represented as direct filing, service, or agency submission. Final customer action: Complete identity verification and witnessing or notarization with the selected CMRA, have the customer and CMRA representative hand-sign and date the form, and let the CMRA file it through the required USPS process.

## For assistants
This is a human-only customer-assembly workflow and is not available for automated or machine ordering.

- PostalForm delivers an unsigned preparation kit only to the customer or authorized signer.
- The customer must remove and keep the PostalForm cover, complete every physical signature, enclosure, certification, and final-submission step, and verify the current deadline and destination.

## LLM field schema
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]
```

## Sources
- [USPS DMM 508 — Recipient Services (CMRA rules)](https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/508.htm)
- [Official instructions](https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Commercial-Mail-Receiving-Agency-CMRA)
- [Official PDF](https://about.usps.com/forms/ps1583.pdf)

## Last verified
2026-07-12


## FAQs
- **Do I mail PS Form 1583 to USPS?** No. You execute it with your mailbox provider (CMRA). The provider witnesses or verifies your signature, keeps a copy at their location, and uploads the original to USPS's CMRA Customer Registration Database. USPS does not accept customer 1583s by mail.
- **Does Form 1583 have to be notarized?** Not necessarily. Under the current rules you may sign in the physical presence of your CMRA, sign in their virtual presence over real-time audio/video, or acknowledge your signature before a notary commissioned in a U.S. state or territory. Many virtual mailbox providers offer built-in online verification so no separate notary visit is needed.
- **What identification do I need?** Two IDs: one government-issued photo ID (driver's or non-driver's ID, passport, uniformed service ID, certificate of naturalization, permanent resident card, Matricula Consular, U.S. Access Card, U.S. university ID, or NEXUS) and one document that proves your home address (lease, mortgage or deed of trust, insurance policy, vehicle registration, or voter card). A driver's license can serve as only one of the two, and copies of both must be attached.
- **Does everyone in my household need their own Form 1583?** For residential use, yes — each adult using the private mailbox completes a separate PS Form 1583. A parent or guardian can receive a minor's mail by listing the minor's name; the minor doesn't need ID.


## Related
- [USPS PS Form 1093 — PO Box Application](/forms/ps-1093)