Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§2147 Inspection by legally constituted law enforcement agencies
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 54— - TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS › § 2147
Summary
Secretary must require animal businesses to allow law enforcement, on request and during reasonable hours, to inspect animals and records to find lost animals.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2147
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The Secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and operators of auction sales subject to section 2142 of this title to permit inspection of their animals and records at reasonable hours upon request by legally constituted law enforcement agencies in search of lost animals.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1970—Pub. L. 91–579 substituted “promulgate
Rules and Regulations
requiring dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and operators of auction sales subject to section 2142 of this title” for “issue
Rules and Regulations
requiring licensed dealers and research facilities”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1970 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 91–579 effective 30 days 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. § 2147
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73