# § 1743. Demand on postmaster
The certificate of the Postmaster General or the Government Accountability Office of the mailing to a postmaster of a statement of his account and that payment of the balance stated has not been received shall be sufficient evidence of a demand notwithstanding any allowances or credits subsequently made. A copy of such statement shall be attached to the certificate.
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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 948; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
### Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 670 (R.S. § 890; , ).
Provisions in , U.S.C., 1940 ed., that the statement should recite that a letter has been mailed to a described post office and sufficient time has elapsed for it to have reached its destination, was omitted as superfluous.
The last clause of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., was omitted as covered by the phrase “notwithstanding any allowances or credits subsequently made” in the revised section.
Changes were made in phraseology.
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2004— substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Transfer of Functions
The office of Postmaster General of the Post Office Department was abolished and all functions, powers, and duties of the Postmaster General were transferred to the United States Postal Service by , , , set out as a note under , Postal Service.