2014 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service (Sections 101 - 5605)
Part I - General (Sections 101 - 606)
Chapter 6 - Private Carriage of Letters (Sections 601 - 606)
Sec. 603 - Searches authorized
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE PART I - GENERAL CHAPTER 6 - PRIVATE CARRIAGE OF LETTERS Sec. 603 - Searches authorized |
| Contains | section 603 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 727. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 84 Stat. 727 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 91-375 |
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The Postal Service may authorize any officer or employee of the Postal Service to make searches for mail matter transported in violation of law. When the authorized officer has reason to believe that mailable matter transported contrary to law may be found therein, he may open and search any—
(1) vehicle passing, or having lately passed, from a place at which there is a post office of the United States;
(2) article being, or having lately been, in the vehicle; or
(3) store or office, other than a dwelling house, used or occupied by a common carrier or transportation company, in which an article may be contained.
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 727.)
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