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title: "7 U.S.C. § 2140"
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# 7 U.S.C. § 2140 - Recordkeeping by dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, intermediate handlers, and carriers
## Text
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. 89544, § 10, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91579, § 11, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1562; Pub. L. 94279, § 8, Apr. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 418.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1976—Pub. L. 94279 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. 91579 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.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1970 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 91579 effective one year after Dec. 24, 1970, see section 23 of Pub. L. 91579, set out as a note under section 2131 of this title.