2017 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part I - General
Chapter 6 - Private Carriage of Letters
Sec. 604 - Seizing and detaining letters
| 39 U.S.C. § 604 (2017) |
| §604. Seizing and detaining letters |
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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. |
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(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 728.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE PART I - GENERAL CHAPTER 6 - PRIVATE CARRIAGE OF LETTERS Sec. 604 - Seizing and detaining letters |
| section 604 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 84 Stat. 728 |
| Public Law 91-375 |
