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39 U.S.C. § 3004

Delivery of mail to persons not residents of the place of address

United States · Title 39 — POSTAL SERVICE · Status: effective

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39 U.S.C. § 3004, Delivery of mail to persons not residents of the place of address, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/474012
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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.

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