18 USC § 1713 - Issuance of money orders without payment

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1713"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 1713 - Issuance of money orders without payment"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1713"
section_name: "Issuance of money orders without payment"
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. 781; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(23), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 779; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)"
---


# § 1713. Issuance of money orders without payment

Whoever, being an officer or employee of the Postal Service, issues a money order without having previously received the money therefor, shall be fined under this title.

---

**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 781; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(23), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 779; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

### Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 333 (, ).

Minor change was made in phraseology.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $500”.

1970— substituted “an officer or employee of the Postal Service” for “a postmaster or other person employed in any branch of the Postal Service”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Amendment by  effective within 1 year after , on date established therefor by Board of Governors of United States Postal Service and published by it in Federal Register, see , set out as an Effective Date note preceding , Postal Service.