{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-702","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 2-702","heading":"Permitted categories of official mail.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a government employee may not mail, as official mail, any matter, article, material, or document for any reasons other than the following:\n\n(1)\nA request for the matter, article, material, or document has been previously received by the agency;\n\n(2)\nThe mailing of the document is required by law;\n\n(3)\nThe material or matter requests information pertinent to the conduct of the official business of the agency;\n\n(4)\nThe material contains information relating to the activities of the agency or to the availability of agency publications or other documents;\n\n(5)\nThe enclosures are forms, blanks, cards, or other documents necessary or beneficial to the administration of the agency;\n\n(6)\nThe materials are copies of federal, state or local laws, rules, regulations, orders, instructions, or interpretations thereto; or\n\n(7)\nThe materials are being mailed to federal, state, or other public authorities.","path":["Title 2. Government Administration.","Chapter 7. Official Correspondence."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/2-702","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f87cae9e77f20dffd3ca22f450c39d3f49591e44366bdb312d4200f64f068b97","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-701","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}