18 USC § 1734 - Editorials and other matter as “advertisements”

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1734"
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title: "18 USC § 1734 - Editorials and other matter as “advertisements”"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1734"
section_name: "Editorials and other matter as “advertisements”"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 86–682, § 7, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)"
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# § 1734. Editorials and other matter as “advertisements”

Whoever, being an editor or publisher, prints in a publication entered as second class mail, editorial or other reading matter for which he has been paid or promised a valuable consideration, without plainly marking the same “advertisement” shall be fined under this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 86–682, § 7, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 706; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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