{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-97.17","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 97.17","heading":"Papers of completed application to be retained.","body":"The papers submitted with a completed application shall be retained by the Office except as provided in § 97.23(c). After issuance of a certificate of protection the Office will furnish copies of the application and related papers to any person upon payment of the specified fee.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER I—AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER E—COMMODITY LABORATORY TESTING PROGRAMS","PART 97—PLANT VARIETY AND PROTECTION"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"1f50eb11cafdd91fcf0087ef788efaa836e0279aeb926432ac1c148059570b8b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-97.16","next":"us/7-cfr-97.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}