9 CFR 590.404
§ 590.404 Erasures or alterations made on official certificates.
United States · 9 CFR — Animals and Animal Products · Status: effective
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- 9 CFR 590.404, § 590.404 Erasures or alterations made on official certificates, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/35619
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Erasures or alterations shall be initialed by the issuing inspector on the original certificate and any copy thereof. All certificates made useless through clerical error or otherwise and all certificates canceled for whatever cause shall be voided and initialed and the original and all other copies shall be forwarded as prescribed by the Administrator.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.