39 USC § 3405 - Markings

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identifier: "/us/usc/t39/s3405"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "39 USC § 3405 - Markings"
title_number: 39
title_name: "POSTAL SERVICE"
section_number: "3405"
section_name: "Markings"
chapter_number: 34
chapter_name: "ARMED FORCES AND FREE POSTAGE"
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. 758.)"
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# § 3405. Markings

All matter relating to blind or other handicapped persons mailed under section 3403 or 3404 of this title, shall bear the words “Free Matter for the Blind or Handicapped”, or words to that effect specified by the Postal Service, in the upper right-hand corner of the address area.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 758.)

## 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 .