7 USC § 2259 - Market-inspection certificates as prima facie evidence

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2259"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2259 - Market-inspection certificates as prima facie evidence"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2259"
section_name: "Market-inspection certificates as prima facie evidence"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title IV, § 401(c), 58 Stat. 738.)"
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# § 2259. Market-inspection certificates as prima facie evidence

Market-inspection certificates issued by authorized agents of the Department of Agriculture shall be received in all courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 412, title IV, § 401(c), 58 Stat. 738.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

This section was enacted as part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .