SECTIONS 122300-122315 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 122300-122315

122300. For purposes of this article:
(a) "Dog dealer" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation,
or other association that engages in the acquisition of dogs for
retail sale to the public. "Dog dealer" does not include duly
incorporated nonprofit humane societies dedicated to the care of
unwanted animals that make animals available for adoption, whether or
not a fee for the adoption is charged, or pet dealers who do not in
the normal course of business sell dogs, but who sometimes exhibit
dogs for adoption.
(b) "Dog breeder" means any person, firm, partnership,
corporation, or other association that breeds and sells dogs at
wholesale or retail.
(c) "Dog pedigree registry" means any of various private agencies
that serve to keep track of the breed, lineage, physical
characteristics, and historical data regarding dogs that are
registered with the agency.

122305. Every dog dealer that sells registered dogs or that claims
that the dogs being sold are registered or are registerable with a
dog pedigree registry shall post conspicuously within close proximity
to the dogs offered for sale, a notice containing the following
language in at least 100-point type:
"Pedigree registration does not assure proper breeding conditions,
health, quality, or claims to lineage."

122310. (a) For every dog sold by a dog dealer or dog breeder that
is sold with any representation that the dog is registered or
registerable with a dog pedigree registry, the following fully
completed disclosure shall be made, orally and in writing on a
separate sheet from any other statements, including, but not limited
to, the name of the dog dealer or breeder and the name of the
relevant dog pedigree registry:
"Disclosure by
DOG PEDIGREE REGISTRATION DISCLOSURE
Description of dog: ____________
______________________
The dog you are purchasing is registered/registerable