§ 604. — Seizing and detaining letters.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 39USC604]
TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
PART I--GENERAL
CHAPTER 6--PRIVATE CARRIAGE OF LETTERS
Sec. 604. Seizing and detaining letters
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.)
