7 USC § 1597 - Agent’s acts as binding principal

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s1597"
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title: "7 USC § 1597 - Agent’s acts as binding principal"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "1597"
section_name: "Agent’s acts as binding principal"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "SEEDS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 407, 53 Stat. 1286.)"
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# § 1597. Agent’s acts as binding principal

When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any person, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such person, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association, as well as that of the person employed.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 9, 1939, ch. 615, title IV, § 407, 53 Stat. 1286.)

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