7 CFR § 97.177 - Method of payment.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s97.177"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 97.177 - Method of payment."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "97.177"
section_name: "Method of payment."
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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# 97.177 Method of payment.

Payments can be submitted through the electronic Plant Variety Protection system or pay.gov. Checks or money orders shall be made payable to the Treasurer of the United States. Remittances from foreign countries must be payable and immediately negotiable in the United States for the full amount of the prescribed fee. Money sent by mail to the Office shall be sent at the sender's risk.

[85 FR 432, Jan. 6, 2020]