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. 604 - Seizing and detaining letters
| 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. 604 - Seizing and detaining letters |
| Contains | section 604 |
| 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. 728. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 84 Stat. 728 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 91-375 |
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An officer or employee of the Postal Service performing duties related to the inspection of postal matters, a customs officer, or United States marshal or his deputy, may seize at any time, letters and bags, packets, or parcels containing letters which are being carried contrary to law on board any vessel or on any post road. The officer or employee who makes the seizure shall convey the articles seized to the nearest post office, or, by direction of the Postal Service or the Secretary of the Treasury, he may detain them until 2 months after the final determination of all suits and proceedings which may be brought within 6 months after the seizure against any person for sending or carrying the letters.
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 728.)
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