18 USC § 1691 - Laws governing postal savings

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1691"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 1691 - Laws governing postal savings"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1691"
section_name: "Laws governing postal savings"
chapter_number: 83
chapter_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 776.)"
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# § 1691. Laws governing postal savings

All the safeguards provided by law for the protection of public moneys, and all statutes relating to the embezzlement, conversion, improper handling, retention, use, or disposal of postal and money-order funds, false returns of postal and money-order business, forgery, counterfeiting, alteration, improper use or handling of postal and money-order blanks, forms, vouchers, accounts, and records, and the dies, plates, and engravings therefor, with the punishments provided for such offenses are extended and made applicable to postal savings depository business and funds and related matters.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 776.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., The Postal Service (, ).

Changes of phraseology were made without change of substance.