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§ 1702. Obstruction of correspondence
Whoever takes any letter, postal card, or package out of any post office or any authorized depository for mail matter, or from any letter or mail carrier, or which has been in any post office or authorized depository, or in the custody of any letter or mail carrier, before it has been delivered to the person to whom it was directed, with design to obstruct the correspondence, or to pry into the business or secrets of another, or opens, secretes, embezzles, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
18 U.S.C.A. § 1702
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∙ 14y agoA package that is sent via the United States Postal Service is covered by the Federal Laws listed here. HOWEVER, a package sent via UPS, DHL, FedEx is NOT covered by Federal POSTAL laws as they are NOT Federal organizations. They are Private businesses and not subject to Postal laws.
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