Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2355 Effect of Defective Execution
Title 7 › CHAPTER 57 — PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION › SUBCHAPTER I — PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION OFFICE › Part B — Legal Provisions as to the Plant Variety Protection Office › § 2355
Summary
The Secretary can accept filings at the Plant Variety Protection Office that have faulty signatures if a correctly signed version is filed within the time the Secretary sets.
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Title 7, §2355
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Any document to be filed in the Plant Variety Protection Office and which is required by any law or regulation to be executed in a specified manner may be provisionally accepted by the Secretary despite a defective execution, provided a properly executed document is submitted within such time as may be prescribed.
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7 U.S.C. § 2355
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102