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type: "LegalText"
title: "39 U.S.C. § 2605"
description: "Suits to recover wrongful or fraudulent payments"
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: "2605"
citation: "39 U.S.C. § 2605"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 39 U.S.C. § 2605 - Suits to recover wrongful or fraudulent payments
## Text
The Postal Service shall request the Attorney General to bring a suit to recover with interest any payment made from moneys of, or credit granted by, the Postal Service as a result of—
(1) mistake;
(2) fraudulent representations;
(3) collusion; or
(4) misconduct of an officer or employee of the Postal Service.
(Pub. L. 91375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745.)
## Notes
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective DateSection effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 719 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.