Delivery of mail to persons not residents of the place of address
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/us/usc/t39/s3004
Title
39 — Postal Service
Chapter
PTIV/CH30
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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Whenever the Postal Service determines that letters or parcels sent in the mail are addressed to places not the residence or regular business address of the person for whom they are intended, to enable the person to escape identification, the Postal Service may deliver the mail only upon identification of the person so addressed.
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 747.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection 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.
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