Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§1691 Laws Governing Postal Savings
Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 83 — POSTAL SERVICE › § 1691
Summary
All laws that protect government money and punish crimes tied to postal and money-order funds also apply to postal savings accounts, their funds, and related business. This covers stealing or misusing money; filing false postal or money-order reports; and forging, counterfeiting, altering, or improperly using forms, vouchers, accounts, records, and the printing plates or dies used to make them.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §1691
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All the safeguards provided by law for the protection of public moneys, and all statutes relating to the embezzlement, conversion, improper handling, retention, use, or disposal of postal and money-order funds, false returns of postal and money-order business, forgery, counterfeiting, alteration, improper use or handling of postal and money-order blanks, forms, vouchers, accounts, and records, and the dies, plates, and engravings therefor, with the punishments provided for such offenses are extended and made applicable to postal savings depository business and funds and related matters.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on section 765 of title 39, U.S.C., 1940 ed., The Postal Service (June 25, 1910, ch. 386, § 15, 36 Stat. 818). Changes of phraseology were made without change of substance.
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 1691
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102