§ 2134. — Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC2134]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 54--TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
Sec. 2134. Valid license for dealers and exhibitors required
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.
(Pub. L. 89-544, Sec. 4, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91-579,
Sec. 5, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1561; Pub. L. 94-279, Sec. 5, Apr. 22,
1976, 90 Stat. 418.)
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.
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.
