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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. § 602"
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description: "Foreign letters out of the mails"
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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: "602"
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citation: "39 U.S.C. § 602"
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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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---
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# 39 U.S.C. § 602 - Foreign letters out of the mails
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## Text
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(a) Except as provided in section 601 of this title, the master of a vessel departing from the United States for foreign ports may not receive on board or transport any letter which originated in the United States that—
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(1) has not been regularly received from a United States post office; or
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(2) does not relate to the cargo of the vessel.
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(b) The officer of the port empowered to grant clearances shall require from the master of such a vessel, as a condition of clearance, an oath that he does not have under his care or control, and will not receive or transport, any letter contrary to the provisions of this section.
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(c) Except as provided in section 1699 of title 18, the master of a vessel arriving at a port of the United States carrying letters not regularly in the mails shall deposit them in the post office at the port of arrival.
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(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 727.)
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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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