§3002 — Title 39 Postal Service | U.S. Code

Summary

The U.S. Postal Service must not carry or deliver by mail any motor vehicle master key, any pattern, impression, or mold used to make one, or any advertisement offering them for sale, unless the Postal Service decides to allow an exception. A motor vehicle master key is any key—except the original key from the maker, a key supplied with a replacement lock, or an exact duplicate of those—that is made to operate two or more different motor vehicle ignition, door, or trunk locks.

Title 39, §3002

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any motor vehicle master key, any pattern, impression, or mold from which a motor vehicle master key may be made, or any advertisement for the sale of any such key, pattern, impression, or mold, is nonmailable matter and shall not be carried or delivered by mail.

(b)The Postal Service is authorized to make such exemptions from the provisions of subsection (a) of this section as it deems necessary.

(c)For the purposes of this section, “motor vehicle master key” means any key (other than the key furnished by the manufacturer with the motor vehicle, or the key furnished with a replacement lock, or any exact duplicate of such keys) designed to operate 2 or more motor vehicle ignition, door, or trunk locks of different combinations.

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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.

§3002 Nonmailable Motor Vehicle Master Keys

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Title 39, §3002

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