2017 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part I - General
Chapter 6 - Private Carriage of Letters
Sec. 606 - Disposition of seized mail
| 39 U.S.C. § 606 (2017) |
| §606. Disposition of seized mail |
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Every package or parcel seized by 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 deputies, in which a letter is unlawfully concealed, shall be forfeited to the United States. The same proceedings may be used to enforce forfeitures as are authorized in respect of goods, wares, and merchandise forfeited for violation of the revenue laws. Laws for the benefit and protection of customs officers making seizures for violating revenue laws apply to officers and employees making seizures for violating the postal laws. |
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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. 606 - Disposition of seized mail |
| section 606 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| Yes |
| standard |
| 84 Stat. 728 |
| Public Law 91-375 |
