18 U.S.C. § 1725
Postage unpaid on deposited mail matter
Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits any mailable matter such as statements of accounts, circulars, sale bills, or other like matter, on which no postage has been paid, in any letter box established, approved, or accepted by the Postal Service for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any mail route with intent to avoid payment of lawful postage thereon, shall for each such offense be fined under this title.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1978–2024 · leading case: United States Postal Serv. v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations, 453 U.S. 114 (1981).
United States Postal Serv. v. Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations, 453 U.S. 114 (1981). “We noted probable jurisdiction to decide whether the United States District Court for the Southern District of *116 New York correctly determined that 18 U. S. C. § 1725 , which prohibits the deposit of unstamped "mailable matter" in a letterbox approved by the United States…”
The Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations & the Saw Mill Valley Civic Ass'n v. The United States Postal Serv., 586 F.2d 935 (2d Cir. 1978). “JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge: Two “non-partisan civic organizations,” threatened with prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 1725 1 for depositing unstamped notices and pamphlets in approved letter boxes of private homes, sought declaratory and injunctive relief on first amendment grounds…”
United States v. Bernard Gelb, 881 F.2d 1155 (2d Cir. 1989). “That Gelb alternatively could have been charged under other criminal statutes, namely 18 U.S.C. § 1725 (1982), which criminalizes “depositpng] any mailable matter .”
Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations v. United States Postal Serv., 490 F. Supp. 157 (S.D.N.Y. 1980). “Security of the mails Four postal inspectors testified that enforcement of 18 U.S.C. § 1725 was marginally useful in the enforcement of the statutes relating to “internal” mail theft (i.”
Council of Greenburgh Civic Associations v. United States Postal Serv., 448 F. Supp. 159 (S.D.N.Y. 1978). “” 18 U.S.C.A. § 1725 (Pocket Part 1977) 2 Plaintiffs contend that the statute does not apply to non-commercial matter.”
Galliano v. United States Postal Serv., 669 F. Supp. 488 (D.D.C. 1986). “The appellees, two civil organizations, submitted that the statute could not be applied to them “because it was intended to bar the deposit of commercial materials only.”
Joe Starks Jr. v. the State of Texas, 686 S.W.3d 779 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2024). “See 18 U.S.C.A. § 1725 . Under Section 31.20, “[a] person commits an offense if the person intentionally appropriates mail from another person’s mailbox or premises without the effective consent of the addressee and with the intent to deprive that addressee of the mail.”
Com. v. Bell, A., No. 3055 EDA 2016 (Pa. Super. Ct. June 28, 2018). “§ 1705 , stating that any person who willfully or maliciously breaks open a mailbox or defaces or destroys any mail will be fined or imprisoned for not more than three years; and 18 U.S.C. § 1725 , imposing a fine on any individual who deposits mailable matter into a mailbox…”
Oats, Sr. v. McHenry Cnty. Animal Control & Its Officers & Admin., No. 3:22-cv-50113 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 15, 2024). “• 18 U.S.C. § 1708 imposes criminal liability on anyone who “steals, takes, or abstracts .”
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