{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-440","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 440","heading":"Mail contracts","body":"Whoever, being a person employed in the Postal Service, becomes interested in any contract for carrying the mail, or acts as agent, with or without compensation, for any contractor or person offering to become a contractor in any business before the Postal Service, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 23—CONTRACTS"],"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":"5ed61f631620d76d26548c048639f35979ab0a510442a1782c37dcfb20f6d9d5","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-438-439","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-441"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}