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DMM Revision: Revised Standards for Shipments of Cremated Remains

Effective December 26, 2013, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) 601.12 to require mailers to use only Priority Mail Express™ service when shipping cremated remains. The Postal Service will no longer authorize cremated remains to be sent using Registered Mail™ service. Although these revisions will not be published in the DMM until January 26, 2014, these standards are effective immediately.

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

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600 Basic Standards For All Mailing Services

601 Mailability

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12.0 Other Restricted and Nonmailable Matter

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12.9 Liquids and Powders

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12.9.3 Cremated Remains

[Revise the last sentence of 12.9.3 to read as follows:]

***Mailpieces sent to domestic addresses must be sent using Priority Mail Express service.

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We will incorporate these revisions into the January update of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.

— Product Classification,
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