18 U.S.C. § 1731 : US Code - Section 1731: Vehicles falsely labeled as carriers
Search 18 U.S.C. § 1731 : US Code - Section 1731: Vehicles falsely labeled as carriers
It shall be unlawful to paint, print, or in any manner to place
upon or attach to any steamboat or other vessel, or any car,
stagecoach, vehicle, or other conveyance, not actually used in
carrying the mail, the words "United States Mail", or any words,
letters, or characters of like import; or to give notice, by
publishing in any newspaper or otherwise, that any steamboat or
other vessel, or any car, stagecoach, vehicle, or other conveyance,
is used in carrying the mail, when the same is not actually so
used.
Whoever violates, and every owner, receiver, lessee, or managing
operator who suffers, or permits the violation of, any provision of
this section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not
more than six months, or both.
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