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title: "7 U.S.C. § 2322"
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title_number: 7
title_name: "AGRICULTURE"
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chapter_name: "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION"
section: "2322"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2322"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 2322 - Seal

## Text

The Plant Variety Protection Office shall have a seal with which documents and certificates evidencing plant variety protection shall be authenticated.

(Pub. L. 91–577, title I, § 2, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1542.)