39 USC § 2603 - Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal Service

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title: "39 USC § 2603 - Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal Service"
title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
section_number: "2603"
section_name: "Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal Service"
chapter_number: 26
chapter_name: "DEBTS AND COLLECTION"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745.)"
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# § 2603. Settlement of claims for damages caused by the Postal Service

section 2672 of title 28

When the Postal Service finds a claim for damage to persons or property resulting from the operation of the Postal Service to be a proper charge against the United States, and it is not cognizable under , it may adjust and settle the claim.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See , set out as a note preceding .

### Charge Against Postal Revenues for Settlement of Claims for Damages and for Losses Resulting From Unavoidable Casualty

> “That hereafter settlement of claims, pursuant to law, current and prior fiscal years, for damages, and for losses resulting from unavoidable casualty shall be paid from postal revenues.”

, , , provided in part: