39 USC § 3205 - Accounting for penalty covers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t39/s3205"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "39 USC § 3205 - Accounting for penalty covers"
title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
section_number: "3205"
section_name: "Accounting for penalty covers"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "PENALTY AND FRANKED MAIL"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "MAIL MATTER"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 753.)"
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# § 3205. Accounting for penalty covers

Executive departments and agencies, independent establishments of the Government of the United States, and organizations and persons authorized by law to use penalty mail, shall account for all penalty covers through the Postal Service.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 753.)

## 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 .