Title 26 — Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73
§6803 Accounting and safeguarding
Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Procedure and Administration › Chapter CHAPTER 69— - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO STAMPS › § 6803
Summary
The Secretary can require a bond, backed by guarantors, to cover unsold adhesive stamps and to make sure monthly payments are made for stamps sold or missing. The Secretary can also create rules to keep those stamps safe and to prevent their illegal use.
Full Legal Text
Title 26, §6803
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(a)In cases coming within the provisions of paragraph (2) of section 6802, the Secretary may require a bond, with sufficient sureties, in a sum to be fixed by the Secretary, conditioned for the faithful return, whenever so required, of all quantities or amounts undisposed of and for the payment monthly for all quantities or amounts sold or not remaining on hand.
(b)The Secretary may from time to time make such regulations as he may find necessary to insure the safekeeping or prevent the illegal use of all adhesive stamps referred to in paragraph (2) of section 6802.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–455 redesignated subsec. (b)(1) as (a), substituted “paragraph (2)” for “paragraph (2) or (3)”, and struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” wherever appearing. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–455 redesignated par. (2) as entire subsection, struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” and substituted “paragraph (2)” for “paragraphs (2) and (3)”. Par. (1) redesignated subsec. (a). 1972—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92–310 repealed subsec. (a) which related to bonds, deposits of receipts, and accounts of postmasters, and which required the Postmaster General to transfer all receipts to the Treasury.
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26 U.S.C. § 6803
Title 26 — Internal Revenue Code
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73