7 USC § 2482 - How issued

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identifier: "/us/usc/t7/s2482"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "7 USC § 2482 - How issued"
title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
section_number: "2482"
section_name: "How issued"
chapter_number: 57
chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PROTECTABILITY OF PLANT VARIETIES AND CERTIFICATES OF PROTECTION"
part_number: "H"
part_name: "Certificates of Plant Variety Protection"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 82, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1551; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(l), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)"
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# § 2482. How issued

A certificate of plant variety protection shall be issued in the name of the United States of America under the seal of the Plant Variety Protection Office, and shall be signed by the Secretary or have the signature of the Secretary placed thereon, and shall be recorded in the Plant Variety Protection Office.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–577, title II, § 82, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1551; Pub. L. 103–349, § 13(*l*), Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3143.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “the signature of the Secretary” for “his signature”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by  effective 180 days after , see , set out as a note under .