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7 U.S.C. 2134: Valid license for dealers and exhibitors requiredText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 7-AGRICULTURECHAPTER 54-TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
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§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, § 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

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.