Title 39, Postal ServiceRelease 119-102
§412 Nondisclosure of Lists of Names and Addresses
Title 39 › PART I — GENERAL › CHAPTER 4 — GENERAL AUTHORITY › § 412
Summary
Postal Service employees must not make public lists of patron names or addresses unless another law allows it. The Postal Service must give address and delivery data, including delivery codes, to the Secretary of Commerce for Census Bureau use on agreed terms, including payment.
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Title 39, §412
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(a)Except as specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law, no officer or employee of the Postal Service shall make available to the public by any means or for any purpose any mailing or other list of names or addresses (past or present) of postal patrons or other persons.
(b)The Postal Service shall provide to the Secretary of Commerce for use by the Bureau of the Census such address information, address-related information, and point of postal delivery information, including postal delivery codes, as may be determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for any census or survey being conducted by the Bureau of the Census. The provision of such information under this subsection shall be in accordance with such mutually agreeable terms and conditions, including reimbursability, as the Postal Service and the Secretary of Commerce shall deem appropriate.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–430 substituted “(a) Except as specifically provided by subsection (b) or other law,” for “Except as specifically provided by law,” and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
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.
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Citation
39 U.S.C. § 412
Title 39, Postal Service
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102