Title 39, Postal ServiceRelease 119-102
§3681 Reimbursement
Title 39 › PART IV — MAIL MATTER › CHAPTER 36 — POSTAL RATES, CLASSES, AND SERVICES › SUBCHAPTER VI — GENERAL › § 3681
Summary
Mailers cannot be repaid for amounts paid under rates later found unlawful (sections 3662–3664) or later lowered under subchapter II.
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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been unlawful after proceedings in accordance with the provisions of sections 3662 through 3664 of this title, or is superseded by a lower rate or fee established under subchapter II of this chapter.
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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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39 U.S.C. § 3681
Title 39, Postal Service
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102