Pub. L. 100-690, tit. VII, subtit. B, sec. 7090

NONMAILABILITY OF LOCKSMITHING DEVICES.

EnactedYear: 1988Length: 367 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 7090. NONMAILABILITY OF LOCKSMITHING DEVICES. (a) In General.—Title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 3002 the following: “§ 3002a. Nonmailability of locksmithing devices. “(a) Any locksmithing device is nonmailable mail, shall not be carried or delivered by mail, and shall be disposed of as the Postal Service directs, unless such device is mailed to— “(1) a lock manufacturer or distributor; “(2) a bona fide locksmith; “(3) a bona fide repossessor; or “(4) a motor vehicle manufacturer or dealer. “(b) For the purpose of this section, ‘locksmithing device’ means— “(1) a device or tool (other than a key) designed to manipulate the tumblers in a lock into the unlocked position through the keyway of such lock; 102 STAT. 4410 “(2) a device or tool (other than a key or a device or tool under paragraph (1)) designed for the unauthorized opening or bypassing of a lock or similar security device; and “(3) a device or tool designed for making an impression of a key or similar security device to duplicate such key or device.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 3002 the following: “3002a. Nonmailability of locksmithing devices.”. (c) Penalties.—Section 1716A of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “locksmithing devices and” before “motor vehicle” in the section heading; (2) by inserting “(a)” before “Whoever”; and (3) by striking out “fined not more than $1,000, or” and inserting “under this title”; and (4) by adding at the end the following: “(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 fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”. (d) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections for chapter 83 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section 1716A and inserting the following: “1716A. Nonmailable locksmithing devices and motor vehicle master keys.”.
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