Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73not60
§1736 Restrictive Use of Information
Title 18 › Part I— CRIMES › Chapter 83— POSTAL SERVICE › § 1736
Summary
Prevents using information or proof gained because a person followed the postal reporting requirement or its rules, or using the fact they complied, as evidence against that person in a criminal case. The protection does not stop prosecutions for giving false information.
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Title 18, §1736
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(a)No information or evidence obtained by reason of compliance by a natural person with any provision of section 3010 of title 39, or regulations issued thereunder, shall, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, be used, directly or indirectly, as evidence against that person in a criminal proceeding.
(b)The fact of the performance of any act by an individual in compliance with any provision of section 3010 of title 39, or regulations issued thereunder, shall not be deemed the admission of any fact, or otherwise be used, directly or indirectly, as evidence against that person in a criminal proceeding, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section.
(c)Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not preclude the use of any such information or evidence in a prosecution or other action under any applicable provision of law with respect to the furnishing of false information.
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Effective Date
Section effective on first day of sixth month which begins after Aug. 12, 1970, see section 15(b) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service.
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18 U.S.C. § 1736
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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