Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§2134 Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 54— - TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS › § 2134
Summary
Dealers and exhibitors covered by this law must have a valid license from the Secretary before they sell, buy, or transport animals for research, exhibition, as pets, or in transfers with other dealers. They may not do any of those things if their license is suspended or revoked.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2134
Agriculture — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
No dealer or exhibitor shall sell or offer to sell or transport or offer for transportation, in commerce, to any research facility or for exhibition or for use as a pet any animal, or buy, sell, offer to buy or sell, transport or offer for transportation, in commerce, to or from another dealer or exhibitor under this chapter any animals, unless and until such dealer or exhibitor shall have obtained a license from the Secretary and such license shall not have been suspended or revoked.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–279 substituted “in commerce” for “affecting commerce” in two places. 1970—Pub. L. 91–579 inserted references to exhibitors, offers to sell, and offers to transport, and substituted references to animals for references to dogs and cats.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1970 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 91–579 effective one year after Dec. 24, 1970, see section 23 of Pub. L. 91–579, set out as a note under section 2131 of this title.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2134
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73