Igonrance of the Law

It would appear that the proprietors of "Meet The Need Landscaping", Kendrick Hackler and Edna Cooper, hailing from Shaw, Mississippi, need to visit with their corporate attorney to discuss the use of mailboxes as receptacles of their advertising handbills.

In particular, Indianola's Code of Ordinances, Article II, Chapter 4 states:

No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by handing or transmitting such handbill directly to the owner, occupant or other person then present in or upon such private premises; provided, however, that in case of inhabited private premises which are not posted, such person, unless requested by anyone upon such premises not to do so, may place or deposit such handbill in or upon such premises if such handbill is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent such handbill from being blown or drifted about such premises or sidewalks, streets or other public places, and except that mailboxes may not be so used when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulation. (writer's emphasis added)

Furthermore, United States Code, Title 18, Section 1725 states:

Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits any mailable matter such as statements of accounts, circulars, sale bills, or other like matter, on which no postage has been paid, in any letter box established, approved, or accepted by the Postal Service for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any mail route with intent to avoid payment of lawful postage thereon, shall for each such offense be fined under this title. 

The postage-paid junk mail that does get in my box is bad enough, let alone flyers and handbills.  Snazzy font, by the way.  I wonder if having "free estimates" in quotation marks gets extra attention.  And I can't help but wonder if I have to rake my own leaves, since it's not listed under the Services Provided section?