Nonmailable locksmithing devices and motor vehicle master keys
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
(a) Whoever knowingly deposits for mailing or delivery, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail according to the direction thereon, or at any place to which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any matter declared to be nonmailable by section 3002 of title 39, shall be or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
(b) Whoever knowingly deposits for mailing or delivery, causes to be delivered by mail, or causes to be delivered by any interstate mailing or delivery other than by the United States Postal Service, any matter declared to be nonmailable by section 3002a of title 39, shall be , imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
History: (Added Pub. L. 90–560, §2(1), Oct. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 997; amended Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, §6(j)(26), 84 Stat. 780 (PDF, 12 MB); Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, §7090(c), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4410 (PDF, 56 MB); Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, §3551, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4926 (PDF, 27 MB).)
Simplified explanation
It is a federal crime to knowingly mail locksmithing devices or motor vehicle master keys that federal postal law (39 U.S.C. 3002 and 3002a) bans from the mail. Shipping banned master keys by private interstate carriers is also covered.