18 USC § 1735 - Sexually oriented advertisements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t18/s1735"
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title: "18 USC § 1735 - Sexually oriented advertisements"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1735"
section_name: "Sexually oriented 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"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(37)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 781; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), (L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)"
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# § 1735. Sexually oriented advertisements

**(a)** Whoever—

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, for the first offense, and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, for any second or subsequent offense.

**(1)** willfully uses the mails for the mailing, carriage in the mails, or delivery of any sexually oriented advertisement in violation of section 3010 of title 39, or willfully violates any regulations of the Board of Governors issued under such section; or

**(2)** sells, leases, rents, lends, exchanges, or licenses the use of, or, except for the purpose expressly authorized by section 3010 of title 39, uses a mailing list maintained by the Board of Governors under such section;

**(b)** For the purposes of this section, the term “sexually oriented advertisement” shall have the same meaning as given it in section 3010(d) of title 39.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(37)(A), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 781; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), (L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a). , in concluding provisions, substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000” after “shall be” and for “fined not more than $10,000” after “and shall be”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on first day of sixth month which begins after , see , set out as a note preceding , Postal Service.