---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 540.23"
title: "28"
number: "540.23"
heading: "Inmate funds received through the mails."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/540.23"
---

# §540.23. Inmate funds received through the mails.


Except as provided for in [part 506](/cfr/28/part506.md) of this chapter, funds enclosed in inmate correspondence are to be rejected. Deposits intended for the inmate's commissary account must be mailed directly to the centralized commissary account (see [28 CFR part 506](/cfr/28/part506.md)).


## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 40317, July 2, 2004]

### Source

Source: 50 FR 40109, Oct. 1, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 551, 552a; 18 U.S.C. 1791, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, Sec. 12003(c).

### Amendments

[69 FR 40317, July 2, 2004]