---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 241.1"
title: "39"
number: "241.1"
heading: "Post offices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/241.1"
---

# §241.1. Post offices.


Post Offices are established and maintained at locations deemed necessary to ensure that regular and effective postal services are available to all customers within specified geographic boundaries. A Post Office may be operated or staffed by a postmaster or by another type of postal employee at the direction of the postmaster, including when the postmaster is not physically present. A Remotely Managed Post Office (RMPO) is a Post Office that offers part-time window service hours, is staffed by a Postal Service employee under the direction of a postmaster, and reports to an Administrative Post Office. A Part-Time Post Office (PTPO) is a Post Office that offers part-time window service hours, is staffed by a Postal Service employee, and reports to a district office. Unless otherwise specified, all references to “Post Office” include RMPOs and PTPOs.


## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 46950, Aug. 7, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 101, 401, 403, 404, 410, 1001.

### Amendments

[77 FR 46950, Aug. 7, 2012]