Receiving: Standards & Policies

Inbound Package Addressing Standards

Inbound packages and shipments are received at:

Central Receiving
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819

Addressing Standards

<Employee Name>
<Department Name> MS - <Campus ZIP>
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819

When providing senders with your Mail-to or Ship-to address be sure they include:

• Your Name
• Your Department Name
• Your Campus ZIP with preceding letters MS

By including these details in the address block you help us make the final internal delivery to your department office.

Personal Items Policy

Faculty and staff are reminded that State resources may not be used to ship or receive personal packages or mail.

Personal items will be refused by Receiving and returned to the sender, such as flowers, chocolates, and alcohol.

To help minimize loss or delays of personal items, please ensure that senders have your correct home or mailing address. If you have ordered an item that will appear to be personal, but is for official university business, please email Receiving and we will ensure your item is not refused and that it will be delivered in a timely manner.

Thank you for understanding.

Unclaimed Packages

Central Receiving makes every effort to correctly deliver all packages to campus departments. During the course of the year we receive packages that do not have a correct or indefinable department delivery address. We hold “recipient unknown” packages for 60 days.

What we do to find the campus recipient:

• Employee search in Sacramento State online directory if a name is listed.
• Open the box and read packing slip for additional information that may not be on the outside of the box.
• Contact auxiliary organizations (Hornet Mail Center, Union, UEI, etc.) to see if they are the recipient.
• Call the vendor to get additional information that was not provided in the shipment.

What we do with the unclaimed packages after 60 days:

• Return to vendor.
• Contact other departments that may have a use for the item(s).
• Sell at Public Surplus Auction.
• Trash.

If you think you may have a missing package please contact us with the tracking number.