Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2482 How Issued
Title 7 › CHAPTER 57 — PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION › SUBCHAPTER II — PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION › Part H — Certificates of Plant Variety Protection › § 2482
Summary
A plant variety protection certificate must show it is issued for the United States. It must carry the Plant Variety Protection Office seal, have the Secretary's signature, and be filed in that Office.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2482
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A certificate of plant variety protection shall be issued in the name of the United States of America under the seal of the Plant Variety Protection Office, and shall be signed by the Secretary or have the signature of the Secretary placed thereon, and shall be recorded in the Plant Variety Protection Office.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–349 substituted “the signature of the Secretary” for “his signature”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1994 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 103–349 effective 180 days after Oct. 6, 1994, see section 15 of Pub. L. 103–349, set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2482
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102