---
kind: "unit"
title: "39"
title_heading: "Postal Service"
key: "ptI/ch4"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 4"
heading: "General Authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/39/ptI-ch4"
sections_count: 17
---

# Chapter 4 — General Authority

Title 39 — Postal Service › Part I — General

## Sections

- [§401. General powers of the Postal Service](/usc/39/401.md)
- [§402. Delegation of authority](/usc/39/402.md)
- [§403. General duties](/usc/39/403.md)
- [§404. Specific powers](/usc/39/404.md)
- [§404a. Specific limitations](/usc/39/404a.md)
- [§405. Printing of illustrations of United States postage stamps](/usc/39/405.md)
- [§406. Postal services at Armed Forces installations](/usc/39/406.md)
- [§407. International postal arrangements](/usc/39/407.md)
- [§408. International money-order exchanges](/usc/39/408.md)
- [§409. Suits by and against the Postal Service](/usc/39/409.md)
- [§410. Application of other laws](/usc/39/410.md)
- [§411. Cooperation with other Government agencies](/usc/39/411.md)
- [§412. Nondisclosure of lists of names and addresses](/usc/39/412.md)
- [§413. Postal services at diplomatic posts](/usc/39/413.md)
- [§414. Special postage stamps](/usc/39/414.md)
- [§415. Prohibition on restriction or elimination of services](/usc/39/415.md)
- [§416. Authority to issue semipostals](/usc/39/416.md)