§ 2140. — Recordkeeping by dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, intermediate handlers, and carriers.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 7USC2140]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 54--TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND HANDLING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS
Sec. 2140. Recordkeeping by dealers, exhibitors, research
facilities, intermediate handlers, and carriers
Dealers and exhibitors shall make and retain for such reasonable
period of time as the Secretary may prescribe, such records with respect
to the purchase, sale, transportation, identification, and previous
ownership of animals as the Secretary may prescribe. Research facilities
shall make and retain such records only with respect to the purchase,
sale, transportation, identification, and previous ownership of live
dogs and cats. At the request of the Secretary, any regulatory agency of
the Federal Government which requires records to be maintained by
intermediate handlers and carriers with respect to the transportation,
receiving, handling, and delivery of animals on forms prescribed by the
agency, shall require there to be included in such forms, and
intermediate handlers and carriers shall include in such forms, such
information as the Secretary may require for the effective
administration of this chapter. Such information shall be retained for
such reasonable period of time as the Secretary may prescribe. If
regulatory agencies of the Federal Government do not prescribe
requirements for any such forms, intermediate handlers and carriers
shall make and retain for such reasonable period as the Secretary
may prescribe such records with respect to the transportation,
receiving, handling, and delivery of animals as the Secretary may
prescribe. Such records shall be made available at all reasonable times
for inspection and copying by the Secretary.
(Pub. L. 89-544, Sec. 10, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91-579,
Sec. 11, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1562; Pub. L. 94-279, Sec. 8, Apr. 22,
1976, 90 Stat. 418.)
Amendments
1976--Pub. L. 94-279 struck out ``, upon forms supplied by the
Secretary'' after ``ownership of animals as the Secretary may
prescribe'' and inserted provisions dealing with the records required to
be maintained by intermediate handlers and carriers relating to the
transportation, receiving, handling and delivery of animals.
1970--Pub. L. 91-579 extended recordkeeping requirements to include
exhibitors and to include animals, as defined, rather than only dogs and
cats, except that research facilities shall continue to keep required
records only for live 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2143, 2146, 2154 of this
title.
