---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 U.S.C. § 2605"
title: "39"
title_heading: "Postal Service"
number: "2605"
heading: "Suits to recover wrongful or fraudulent payments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/39/2605"
units:
  - "Part III — Modernization and Fiscal Administration"
  - "Chapter 26 — Debts and Collection"
---

# §2605. Suits to recover wrongful or fraudulent payments


The [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) shall request the Attorney General to bring a suit to recover with interest any payment made from moneys of, or credit granted by, the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1) as a result of—

- (1) mistake;
- (2) fraudulent representations;
- (3) collusion; or
- (4) misconduct of an officer or employee of the [Postal Service](/usc/39/102.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 745.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.