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LegalText 18 U.S.C. § 1733 Mailing periodical publications without prepayment of postage us united_states_code code_section 18 CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 83 POSTAL SERVICE 1733 18 U.S.C. § 1733 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip /us/usc/t18/s1733 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-18/usc18.xml 599d4f0f24568ca582d88024ce4a8e70394655a4769f19e7f89437864c1bf7d2 1a1bbbbdb59e376ada4eb7ad1056fd68d396679ee7ab59f0561af15006122708 13db56256a9ccfa21279d031c32bbae8d2a5b7e0b4571daa0bc97d4b1703e5dc 2026-07-04 official
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18 U.S.C. § 1733 - Mailing periodical publications without prepayment of postage

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Whoever, except as permitted by law, knowingly mails any periodical publication without the prepayment of postage, or, being an officer or employee of the Postal Service, knowingly permits any periodical publication to be mailed without prepayment of postage, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

(Added Pub. L. 86682, § 7, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 705; amended Pub. L. 91375, § 6(j)(36)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 103322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”. 1970—Pub. L. 91375 substituted “Mailing periodical publications without prepayment of postage” for “Affidavits relating to second class mail” as section catchline, struck out subsec. (a) penalty provision for fine of not more than $1,000 for each refusal to make affidavits relating to second class mail when tendering for mailing such mail without any affidavits, and reenacted subsec. (b) as the section without any subsection designation, inserting “, except as permitted by law,” and substituting “periodical publication” for “second class mail” in two places, “prepayment of postage” for “payment of postage” where first appearing, and “officer or employee of the Postal Service” for “postmaster or postal official”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1970 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 91375 effective within 1 year after Aug. 12, 1970, on date established therefor by Board of Governors of United States Postal Service and published by it in Federal Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91375, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.

Effective DateSection effective Sept. 1, 1960, see section 11 of Pub. L. 86682, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 708.