2021 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 54 - Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals
Sec. 2134 - Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required

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Citation 7 U.S.C. § 2134 (2021)
Section Name §2134. Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required
Section Text

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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 89–544, §4, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91–579, §5, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1561; Pub. L. 94–279, §5, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 418.)


Editorial Notes 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 AMENDMENT

Amendment 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.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 54 - TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
Sec. 2134 - Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required
Contains section 2134
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 80 Stat. 351
84 Stat. 1561
90 Stat. 418
Public Law References Public Law 89-544, Public Law 91-579, Public Law 94-279
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