18 U.S.C. § 1707 — Theft of property used by Postal Service
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 84 words · no verdicts yet
Stealing, misusing, or carrying away property used by the Postal Service is punishable by a fine, imprisonment up to three years, or both. If the property is worth $1,000 or less, imprisonment is limited to one year.
A person who steals, takes, or embezzles Postal Service* property; uses it for that person’s or another’s improper purpose; or carries it away in a way that hinders or harms the public service may be fined under this title, imprisoned up to three years, or both. If the property’s value is no more than $1,000, the person may instead be fined, imprisoned up to one year, or both.
Whoever steals, purloins, or embezzles any property used by the Postal Service*, or appropriates any such property to his own or any other than its proper use, or conveys away any such property to the hindrance or detriment of the public service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; but if the value of such property does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 779; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(18), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 778; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(G), (H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3511.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 779
- 1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-375 · 84 Stat. 778
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-294 · 110 Stat. 3511
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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