18 USC § 1692 - Foreign mail as United States mail

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title: "18 USC § 1692 - Foreign mail as United States mail"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1692"
section_name: "Foreign mail as United States mail"
chapter_number: 83
chapter_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 776.)"
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# § 1692. Foreign mail as United States mail

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

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 359 (, ).

Minor changes were made in phraseology and obvious surplusage omitted.