2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 122300-122315 Article 3. Dog Pedigree Registries

122300.  For purposes of this article:
   (a) "Dog dealer" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation,
or other association that engages in the acquisition of dogs for
retail sale to the public.  "Dog dealer" does not include duly
incorporated nonprofit humane societies dedicated to the care of
unwanted animals that make animals available for adoption, whether or
not a fee for the adoption is charged, or pet dealers who do not in
the normal course of business sell dogs, but who sometimes exhibit
dogs for adoption.
   (b) "Dog breeder" means any person, firm, partnership,
corporation, or other association that breeds and sells dogs at
wholesale or retail.
   (c) "Dog pedigree registry" means any of various private agencies
that serve to keep track of the breed, lineage, physical
characteristics, and historical data regarding dogs that are
registered with the agency.
122305.  Every dog dealer that sells registered dogs or that claims
that the dogs being sold are registered or are registerable with a
dog pedigree registry shall post conspicuously within close proximity
to the dogs offered for sale, a notice containing the following
language in at least 100-point type:
"Pedigree registration does not assure proper breeding conditions,
health, quality, or claims to lineage."
122310.  (a) For every dog sold by a dog dealer or dog breeder that
is sold with any representation that the dog is registered or
registerable with a dog pedigree registry, the following fully
completed disclosure shall be made, orally and in writing on a
separate sheet from any other statements, including, but not limited
to, the name of the dog dealer or breeder and the name of the
relevant dog pedigree registry:
"Disclosure by
      DOG PEDIGREE REGISTRATION DISCLOSURE
Description of dog:  ____________
______________________
The dog you are purchasing is registered/registerable (circle one)
with the __________ (enter name of registry).
Registration means only that __________ (enter name of registry)
maintains information regarding the parentage and identity of this
dog, it does not guarantee the quality or health of this dog, and it
does not guarantee quality lineage.  Since dog pedigree registries
depend in large part on the honesty and accuracy of persons
registering dogs, registration does not guarantee the accuracy of the
lineage recorded nor that this dog is purebred.
Acknowledged: ________________________________    ________________"
                Retail purchaser's signature            Date
   (b) The disclosure in subdivision (a) shall be signed and dated by
the retail purchaser of the dog acknowledging receipt of a copy of
the statement and the dog dealer or dog breeder shall retain a copy.
122315.  (a) Any dog dealer or dog breeder who fails to comply with
the disclosure requirements in Section 122305 or 122310, as the case
may be, shall be liable to the retail purchaser for civil damages in
an amount equal to three times the cost of the dog.  Claim for
payment under this section shall be made within one year from the
date of purchase of the dog.
   (b) The remedies provided in this section shall be in addition to
any other remedies or penalties authorized by other provisions of
law.