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legal/us/code/title-39/chapter-26/section-2603.md

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+title: "39 U.S.C. § 2603"
+description: "Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal Service"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 39
+title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
+chapter_number: "26"
+chapter_name: "DEBTS AND COLLECTION"
+section: "2603"
+citation: "39 U.S.C. § 2603"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+---
+
+# 39 U.S.C. § 2603 - Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal Service
+
+## Text
+
+When the Postal Service finds a claim for damage to persons or property resulting from the operation of the Postal Service to be a proper charge against the United States, and it is not cognizable under section 2672 of title 28, it may adjust and settle the claim.
+
+(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745.)
+
+## Notes
+
+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.
+
+Charge Against Postal Revenues for Settlement of Claims for Damages and for Losses Resulting From Unavoidable CasualtyPub. L. 89–57, title II, § 201, June 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 200, provided in part: “That hereafter settlement of claims, pursuant to law, current and prior fiscal years, for damages, and for losses resulting from unavoidable casualty shall be paid from postal revenues.”