28 USC § 2718 - Interest on balances due department

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s2718"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "28 USC § 2718 - Interest on balances due department"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "2718"
section_name: "Interest on balances due department"
chapter_number: 173
chapter_name: "ATTACHMENT IN POSTAL SUITS"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 86–682, § 9, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 708.)"
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# § 2718. Interest on balances due department

In suits for balances due the Post Office Department may recover interest at the rate of 6 per centum per year from the time of default.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 86–682, § 9, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 708.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was derived from R.S. § 964, which was originally classified to section 788 of former Title 28. Following the general revision and enactment of Title 28 by act , R.S. § 964 was reclassified to . R.S. § 964 was repealed by , , , (section 1 of which revised and enacted Title 39), and reenacted by section 9 thereof as .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

References to Post Office Department, Postal Service, Postal Field Service, Field Postal Service, or Departmental Service or Departmental Headquarters of Post Office Department to be considered references to United States Postal Service pursuant to (), , , set out as a Cross References note preceding , Postal Service.

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , .