18 USC § 1716B - Nonmailable plants

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title: "18 USC § 1716B - Nonmailable plants"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1716B"
section_name: "Nonmailable plants"
chapter_number: 83
chapter_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–574, § 1(b)(1), Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2893.)"
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# § 1716B. Nonmailable plants

section 3014(b) of title 39

Whoever knowingly deposits for mailing or delivery, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail, according to the direction thereon, or at any place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, anything declared nonmailable by , unless in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Postal Service under section 3014(c) of such title, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–574, § 1(b)(1), Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2893.)

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