Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2141 Marking and Identification of Animals
Title 7 › CHAPTER 54 — TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS › § 2141
Summary
Dealers and exhibitors must mark animals in commerce humanely per Secretary; research facilities must mark only live dogs and cats.
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Title 7, §2141
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All animals delivered for transportation, transported, purchased, or sold, in commerce, by a dealer or exhibitor shall be marked or identified at such time and in such humane manner as the Secretary may prescribe: Provided, That only live dogs and cats need be so marked or identified by a research facility.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1976—Pub. L. 94–279 substituted “in commerce” for “affecting commerce”. 1970—Pub. L. 91–579 applied marking and identification requirements to dealers and exhibitors for animals, as defined, instead of only to dogs and cats when movements are affecting commerce, but limited such requirements for research facilities to only live 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.
Reference
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 2141
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102