1. In general, express delivery must be signed in person because the waybill signature is Party A’s confirmation that the express transportation contract has been successfully performed (the sender and recipient belong to Party A, and the express delivery company is Party B).

2. The more formal the company, the more emphasis the courier will have on signing for it.

3. Due to the different management levels of express delivery companies and the different personal qualities of couriers, if I sometimes fail to strictly implement the signature, then something goes wrong and it is easy to cause disputes.

4. Strictly speaking, express delivery can allow someone other than the person to sign on his or her behalf (for example, the gatekeepers of government agencies or large factories do not allow couriers to enter at all, so either the recipient will come to the door to sign for the receipt, or the gatekeeper will sign on his behalf) ) When a person other than himself signs for receipt, the waybill should be signed with the name and ID number of the person signing for it

Extended information

Lawyer: Judgment of liability based on whether it is paid

1. Express delivery If the express is placed at the collection point, who will be responsible if the express is damaged or lost? Chen Liping, a lawyer at Guangdong Legal Shengbang Law Firm, believes that if the express is lost, considering that the express delivery point is generally the place where the express company passes the consumer and collects the express. After agreeing, it is used to temporarily store express delivery. It is difficult for consumers to pursue compensation liability from the express delivery company or merchant, but a custody contract relationship is established between the express delivery point and the consumer.

2. According to Article 374 of the "Contract Law", "During the custody period, if the custody object is damaged or lost due to poor storage by the custodian, the custodian shall be liable for damages, but the custody is free of charge. If you prove that you have no gross negligence, you will not be liable for damages."

3. If the storage is paid, the consumer can ask the courier collection point to bear the liability for damages; if the storage is free and the courier collection point can prove that it has no major negligence, and if the storage place has no access management If the measures are taken, the courier collection point does not need to bear the risk of liability.

The latest legal basis is here

Starting from May 1, 2018, my country's first administrative regulation specifically targeting the express delivery industry, the "Interim Regulations on Express Delivery" will be officially implemented. Article 25 of the new regulations is particularly eye-catching: Enterprises operating express delivery services shall deliver the express mail to the agreed upon delivery address, the recipient or the recipient designated by the recipient, and inform the recipient or the recipient Acceptance in person.

The new express delivery regulations

will turn express delivery cabinets into "displays"

1. When I heard that the new express delivery regulations were about to be implemented, Ms. Peng thought: Deliver the express delivery Go to the agreed receiving address, the recipient or the recipient designated by the recipient, and inform the recipient or the recipient to accept it in person. Does the new regulation mean that in the future, couriers must accept the express delivery in person? "Then the express cabinets and express collection points in the community have become decorations."

2. Hubei Ruitong Tianyuan Law Firm Lawyer Zhang Guozhen said this was a misunderstanding of the regulations. In the regulations, "agreed receiving address", "recipient" and "recipient designated by the recipient" are parallel relationships.

3. Therefore, it can be considered that if the recipient himself is unable to sign for the delivery, the courier, after obtaining the consent of the recipient, will use the express locker or collection point to fall within the "agreement" mentioned in the new regulations. the receiving address". At the same time, there is an obligation to notify the recipient for face-to-face acceptance, but if the recipient agrees, face-to-face acceptance is not required.

4. In fact, the "Interim Regulations on Express Delivery" not only do not suppress express delivery lockers, but also encourage them.

Reference materials: People's Daily Online - Express collection? What should I do if I lose it?

Reference materials: Xinhuanet - New express regulations will be implemented on May 1st. Express items cannot be placed directly. Express locker