{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-1706","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 1706","heading":"Injury to mail bags","body":"Whoever tears, cuts, or otherwise injures any mail bag, pouch, or other thing used or designed for use in the conveyance of the mail, or draws or breaks any staple or loosens any part of any lock, chain, or strap attached thereto, with intent to rob or steal any such mail, or to render the same insecure, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 83—POSTAL SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"8a8d0047f84bf348e78e557a3af3f416e2b87f088d983d74f3b4a540f47cb034","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-1705","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-1707"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}