Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2569 Nonresident Proprietors; Service and Notice
Title 7 › CHAPTER 57 — PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION › SUBCHAPTER III — PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION AND RIGHTS › Part L — Remedies for Infringement of Plant Variety Protection, and Other Actions › § 2569
Summary
Owners outside the U.S. may file at the Plant Variety Protection Office a written designation naming a U.S. person and address to receive legal papers. If that person cannot be found or none was named, the U.S. District Court for D.C. will act, can order notice by publication or other means, and has the same authority as if the owner were present.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2569
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Every owner not residing in the United States may file in the Plant Variety Protection Office a written designation stating the name and address of a person residing within the United States on whom may be served process or notice of proceedings affecting the plant variety protection or rights thereunder. If the person designated cannot be found at the address given in the last designation, or if no person has been designated, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction and summons shall be served by publication or otherwise as the court directs. The court shall have the same jurisdiction to take any action respecting the plant variety protection, or rights thereunder that it would have if the owner were personally within the jurisdiction of the court.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2569
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102