§ 3003. — Mail bearing a fictitious name or address.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 39USC3003]
TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
PART IV--MAIL MATTER
CHAPTER 30--NONMAILABLE MATTER
Sec. 3003. Mail bearing a fictitious name or address
(a) Upon evidence satisfactory to the Postal Service that any person
is using a fictitious, false, or assumed name, title, or address in
conducting, promoting, or carrying on or assisting therein, by means of
the postal services of the United States, an activity in violation of
sections 1302, 1341, and 1342 of title 18, it may--
(1) withhold mail so addressed from delivery; and
(2) require the party claiming the mail to furnish proof to it
of the claimant's identity and right to receive the mail.
(b) The Postal Service may issue an order directing that mail,
covered by subsection (a) of this section, be forwarded to a dead letter
office as fictitious matter, or be returned to the sender when--
(1) the party claiming the mail fails to furnish proof of his
identity and right to receive the mail; or
(2) the Postal Service determines that the mail is addressed to
a fictitious, false, or assumed name, title, or address.
(Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 746.)
