Postal Regulations
relating to conduct on Postal Property
39CFR232.1(e) Disturbances.
Disorderly conduct, or conduct which creates loud and
unusual noise, or which obstructs the usual use of entrances, foyers,
corridors, offices, elevators, stairways, and parking lots, or which
otherwise tends to impede or disturb the public employees in the
performance of their duties, or which otherwise impedes or disturbs the
general public in transacting business or obtaining the services
provided on property, is prohibited.
39CFR232.1 (h) Soliciting, electioneering,
collecting debts, vending, and advertising.
(1) Soliciting alms and contributions, campaigning for
election to any public office, collecting private debts, soliciting and
vending for commercial purposes (including, but not limited to, the
vending of newspapers and other publications), displaying or
distributing commercial advertising, soliciting signatures on
petitions, polls, or surveys (except as otherwise authorized by Postal
Service regulations), and impeding ingress to or egress from post
offices are prohibited...
(5) ...no tables, chairs, freestanding signs or posters, structures, or furniture of any type may be placed in postal lobbies or on postal walkways, steps, plazas, lawns or landscaped areas, driveways, parking lots, or other exterior spaces.
39CFR232.1 (i) Photographs ...photographs for news purposes may be taken in entrances, lobbies, foyers, corridors, or auditoriums when used for public meetings. Other photographs may be taken only with the permission of the local postmaster or installation head.
Click here for the full text of the law quoted above.
Click here for the poster that is used by the Post Office to comply with the regluation that the Conduct on Postal Property section must be posted at the Post Office. It is called "Poster 7". It is posted conspicuously inside the front lobby of the Rio Linda Post Office, on the immediate left after entering the public door. It has been there for years.