---
type: restriction
id: usps-intoxicating-liquors-exempt-federal-state-agency-mailings
asset: shipping-restrictions-by-class
title: "intoxicating liquors - exempt federal/state agency mailings — Postal shipping restrictions by item category"
sources:
  - https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_006.htm
source_quote: "Intoxicating liquor is exempt from the prohibition and may be mailed between federal or state agency employees for official use (e.g., for testing purposes)."
generated: true
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
item_category: "intoxicating liquors - exempt federal/state agency mailings"
carrier: "USPS"
restriction_type: "allowed"
scope: "between federal or state agency employees for official use"
conditions: "Intoxicating liquor is exempt from the prohibition when mailed between federal or state agency employees for official use such as testing purposes"
verified: false
unverified_fields: item_category
---
**Item category:** intoxicating liquors - exempt federal/state agency mailings

**Carrier:** USPS

**Restriction type:** allowed

**Scope:** between federal or state agency employees for official use

**Conditions:** Intoxicating liquor is exempt from the prohibition when mailed between federal or state agency employees for official use such as testing purposes

> Intoxicating liquor is exempt from the prohibition and may be mailed between federal or state agency employees for official use (e.g., for testing purposes).

Source: <https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_006.htm>