Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§1692 Foreign Mail as United States Mail
Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 83 — POSTAL SERVICE › § 1692
Summary
Treats foreign mail that is being carried through the United States with legal permission as if it were United States mail. Any damage, theft, or other crime against that mail is punished the same way as if it were U.S. mail.
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Title 18, §1692
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Every foreign mail, while being transported across the territory of the United States under authority of law, is mail of the United States, and any depredation thereon, or offense in respect thereto, shall be punishable as though it were United States mail.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 359 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 229, 35 Stat. 1134). Minor changes were made in phraseology and obvious surplusage omitted.
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18 U.S.C. § 1692
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102