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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "39 U.S.C. § 604"
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description: "Seizing and detaining letters"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 39
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title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
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chapter_number: "6"
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chapter_name: "PRIVATE CARRIAGE OF LETTERS"
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section: "604"
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citation: "39 U.S.C. § 604"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc39@119-100.zip"
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source_identifier: "/us/usc/t39/s604"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
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confidence: "official"
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tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
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---
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# 39 U.S.C. § 604 - Seizing and detaining letters
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## Text
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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.
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(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 728.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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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.
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