7 CFR § 97.17 - Papers of completed application to be retained.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s97.17"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 97.17 - Papers of completed application to be retained."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "97.17"
section_name: "Papers of completed application to be retained."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "COMMODITY LABORATORY TESTING PROGRAMS"
part_number: "97"
part_name: "PLANT VARIETY AND PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Plant Variety Protection Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2321"
regulatory_source: "58 FR 42435, Aug. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "97"
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# 97.17 Papers of completed application to be retained.

The papers submitted with a completed application shall be retained by the Office except as provided in § 97.23(c). After issuance of a certificate of protection the Office will furnish copies of the application and related papers to any person upon payment of the specified fee.