---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 1738"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "1738"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 106–578, § 4, Dec. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 3076"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/1738"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 83 — Postal Service"
---

# [§1738. Repealed. Pub. L. 106–578, § 4, Dec. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 3076 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, added Pub. L. 97–398, § 4(a), Dec. 31, 1982, 96 Stat. 2011; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147, related to mailing private identification documents without a disclaimer.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Repeal effective 90 days after Dec. 28, 2000, see section 5 of Pub. L. 106–578, set out as an Effective Date of 2000 Amendment note under section 1028 of this title.