---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 700.551"
title: "25"
number: "700.551"
heading: "Franking privilege and official stationery."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/700.551"
---

# §700.551. Franking privilege and official stationery.


An employee is strictly prohibited from using Government franked envelopes with or without applied postage, or official letterhead stationery for personal business. ([18 U.S.C. 1719](/usc/18/1719.md))


## Notes

### Source

Source: 47 FR 11858, Mar. 19, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 99-590; Pub. L. 93-531, 88 Stat. 1712 as amended by Pub. L. 96-305, 94 Stat. 929, Pub. L. 100-666, 102 Stat. 3929 (25 U.S.C. 640d).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 2092, Jan. 14, 1982, unless otherwise noted.