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18 U.S.C. § 1692

Foreign mail as United States mail

United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

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18 U.S.C. § 1692, Foreign mail as United States mail, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449306
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Every foreign mail, while being transported across the territory of the United States under authority of law, is mail of the United States, and any depredation thereon, or offense in respect thereto, shall be punishable as though it were United States mail.

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