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18 USC § 1722 - False evidence to secure second-class rate 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1722"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "18 USC § 1722 - False evidence to secure second-class rate"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1722"
section_name: "False evidence to secure second-class rate"
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. 783; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(30), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)"
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# § 1722. False evidence to secure second-class rate

Whoever knowingly submits to the Postal Service or to any officer or employee of the Postal Service, any false evidence relative to any publication for the purpose of securing the admission thereof at the second-class rate, for transportation in the mails, shall be fined under this title.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 783; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(30), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 780; 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., § 353 (, ).

Reference to persons causing or procuring was omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “principal” in .

Minor verbal change was made.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

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

1970— substituted “the Postal Service or to any officer or employee of the Postal Service” for “any postmaster or to the Post Office Department or any officer 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.