§ 2116
Railway or steamboat post office
Official text prohibited actmental stateif conditionpenaltylegal term
Whoever, by violence, enters a post-office car, or any part of any car, steamboat, or vessel, assigned to the use of the mail service, or or assaults or interferes with any postal clerk in the discharge of his duties in connection with such car, steamboat, vessel, or apartment thereof, shall be or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
History: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 797 (PDF, 39 MB); Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §601(a)(8), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)
Simplified explanation
It is a federal crime to violently enter a mail car or part of a train, boat, or ship assigned to mail service, or to willfully or maliciously assault or interfere with a postal clerk working there.