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7 Treatment of Inbound Mail
710 U.S. Customs Information
711 Customs Examination of Mail Believed to Contain Dutiable or Prohibited Articles
711.1 What Is Subject to Examination
711.2 Treatment of Mail Believed to Contain Dutiable or Prohibited Articles
711.3 Examination of Registered Mail and Sealed Letters
711.4 Extraction of Samples for Advisory Information
711.5 Treatment of Mail Following Customs Examination
711.6 Handling Subsequent to Customs Inspection
712 Customs Clearance and Delivery Fee
712.1 Description
712.2 Articles Exempted From Postal Service Fee
712.3 Amount of Postal Service Fee
712.4 Postal Service Fee Not Refundable
712.5 Customs Duties and Customs Fee Not Exempt
713 Treatment of Dutiable Mail at Delivery Office
713.1 Detection and Dispatch of Dutiable Mail
713.2 Delivery of Dutiable Mail
713.3 Forwarding or Returning Dutiable Mail
713.4 Payment of Duty
713.5 Treatment of Uncollected Items
713.6 Refund of Customs Duty
720 Plant and Animal Quarantine Inspection
721 What Is Subject to Inspection
722 Segregation and Handling
722.1 Treatment of Packages Labeled for Inspection
722.2 Treatment of Packages Exempt From Inspection
722.3 Treatment of Unauthorized Importations
722.4 Packages Containing Prohibited Material
723 Agriculture Inspection Stations and Offices
730 Shortpaid Mail to the United States
731 Computation of Postage Due
732 Shortpaid Letters and Cards From Canada
733 Shortpaid Items Bearing U.S. Postage
740 Irregular Mail
741 Invalid Foreign Postage
742 Stamps Not Affixed
742.1 Marking
742.2 Parcels Without Postage Stamps
743 Parcels Addressed Through Banks or Other Organizations
743.1 Notification of Arrival
743.2 Filing Authorization
744 Foreign Dispatch Notes
744.1 Delivery Instructions
744.2 Undeliverable Parcels
744.3 Dispatch Notes Not Associated With Parcels
750 Extra Services
751 Insured Parcels
751.1 Identification
751.2 Delivery
751.3 Indemnity Claims and Payments
752 Registered Mail
752.1 Identification
752.2 Treatment by Office of Delivery
753 Return Receipt
753.1 Completion of Return Receipt Form
753.2 Foreign Receipt Form Missing
754 Restricted Delivery
754.1 Inbound Registered Mail
754.2 Failed Delivery Attempt
760 Forwarding
761 General Procedures
761.1 Items Addressed to Foreign Countries
761.2 Forwarding to a Third Country
761.3 Endorsement Not to Forward
761.4 Scanning Procedures
762 Mail of Domestic Origin
762.1 Addressee Moved to Another Country
762.2 Undeliverable Domestic Mail Bearing U.S. Postage and a Foreign Return Address
763 Items Mailed Aboard Ships (Paquebot)
763.1 General
763.2 Mail Forwarded by Air
763.3 Mail Posted on a U.S. Ship
763.4 Forwarding Ship Passenger and Crew Mail
764 Mail of Foreign Origin
764.1 Forwarding Within the United States
764.2 Forwarding to Another Country
764.3 Backstamping
765 Directory Service
766 Retention Period
766.1 General Procedure
766.2 Exceptions
770 Undeliverable Mail
771 Mail of Domestic Origin
771.1 General Procedure
771.2 Exceptions
771.3 Endorsements
771.4 Remailing of Returned Mail
771.5 Return Charges for First-Class Mail International
771.6 Return Charges for Priority Mail International
771.7 Handling of Returned Parcels
772 Mail of Foreign Origin
772.1 Marking
772.2 Dutiable Mail
772.3 Disposal
780 Items Mailed Abroad by or on Behalf of Senders in the United States
781 Postage Payment Required
782 Definition of Terms
782.1 Resident
782.2 By or on Behalf
782.3 Place of Business
782.4 Agent
783 Advance Payment Required
783.1 Sample Mailpiece
783.2 Headquarters Notification
784 Advance Payment Not Made
784.1 Return or Disposal of Items
784.2 Mailings Without Advance Payment
785 Report of Mailings
