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§ 3002. Nonmailable motor vehicle master keys

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Release point 116-214 · current through 12/05/2020

116-252 is not ingested; this is Title 39 as published at 116-214 (2020-12-05), which is the latest release point at or before it that carries this title.

§ 3002.

Nonmailable motor vehicle master keys

(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.

Source(Pub. L. 91–375,
Aug. 12, 1970
, 84 Stat. 746.)
Notes

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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