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title: "39 U.S.C. § 3004"
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# 39 U.S.C. § 3004 - Delivery of mail to persons not residents of the place of address
## Text
Whenever the Postal Service determines that letters or parcels sent in the mail are addressed to places not the residence or regular business address of the person for whom they are intended, to enable the person to escape identification, the Postal Service may deliver the mail only upon identification of the person so addressed.
(Pub. L. 91375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 747.)
## 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.