{"data":{"id":"us/39-cfr-501.9","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"39 CFR 501.9","heading":"Demonstration or test Postage Evidencing Systems.","body":"(a) A demonstration or test postage evidencing system is any system that produces an image that replicates a postage indicium for which the Postal Service has not received payment for postage. The following procedures must be followed to implement controls over demonstration or test Postage Evidencing Systems:\n(1) A demonstration or test Postage Evidencing System may print only specimen or test indicia. A specimen or test indicia must clearly indicate that the indicia does not represent valid postage.\n(2) A demonstration or test Postage Evidencing System must be recorded as such on internal provider inventory records and must be tracked by model number, serial number, and physical location.\n(3) A demonstration or test Postage Evidencing System must remain under the provider's direct control. A demonstration or test Postage Evidencing System may not be left in the possession of a customer under any circumstance.\n(b) All indicia printed by a demonstration or test Postage Evidencing System must be collected and destroyed daily.","path":["Title 39—Postal Service","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE","SUBCHAPTER G—POSTAGE PROGRAMS","PART 501—AUTHORIZATION TO MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTE POSTAGE EVIDENCING SYSTEMS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-39.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:51Z","sha256":"826d0f17e170f92d85079a9f345e302c6e7884bad9ce3f3ca544177c73f32efe","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/39-cfr-501.8","next":"us/39-cfr-501.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}