Title 39 — Postal ServiceRelease 119-73
§2605 Suits to recover wrongful or fraudulent payments
Title 39 › Part PART III— - MODERNIZATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 26— - DEBTS AND COLLECTION › § 2605
Summary
The Postal Service must ask the Attorney General to sue and get back, with interest, any Postal payments or credit made because of mistake, fraud, collusion, or misconduct by a Postal officer or employee.
Full Legal Text
Title 39, §2605
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The Postal Service shall request the Attorney General to bring a suit to recover with interest any payment made from moneys of, or credit granted by, the Postal Service as a result of— (1)
(2)fraudulent representations;
(3)collusion; or
(4)misconduct of an officer or employee of the Postal Service.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.
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Citation
39 U.S.C. § 2605
Title 39 — Postal Service
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73