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§3681 Reimbursement

Title 39 › Part IV— MAIL MATTER › Chapter 36— POSTAL RATES, CLASSES, AND SERVICES › Subchapter VI— GENERAL › § 3681

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Mailers cannot get refunded for money they already paid if the rate or fee they paid is later found unlawful after the procedures in sections 3662–3664. They also cannot be refunded if that rate or fee is later replaced by a lower one under subchapter II.

Full Legal Text

Title 39, §3681

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No mailer may be reimbursed for any amount paid under any rate or fee which, after such payment, is determined to have been unlawful after proceedings in accordance with the provisions of sections 3662 through 3664 of this title, or is superseded by a lower rate or fee established under subchapter II of this chapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–435 substituted “sections 3662 through 3664” for “section 3628”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 20, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–10 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. § 3681

Title 39 — Postal Service

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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