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topknot · 08-12-2006, 06:31 AM

Has anyone heard about this California Pedigree Law, which states:

Dog Pedigree / Registration Disclosure
It's the Law!
California law (Chapter 530, Statutes of 1991) requires that dog dealers and dog breeders who sell a dog represented to be registered or registerable with a dog pedigree registry provide the buyer with a notice that pedigree registration does not guarantee a healthy dog, the quality of the lineage, the accuracy of the lineage recorded, nor that the dog is purebred.

This law defines dog breeder as any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other association which breeds and sells dogs at wholesale or retail.
Therefore, as a breeder you are required by law to give your buyer a Dog Pedigree Registration Disclosure statement on a SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER FROM OTHER FORMS.

If you do not comply with this disclosure requirement, you are liable to the buyer for civil damages equal to three times the cost of the dog. The buyer must make his/her claim for payment within one year from the date the dog was sold.
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I do not live in California and always sell my pups with a contract and give out their litter perigree and go over what it means.
The reason I wanted to share this is that some people are out there buying these pups up without the statement and then actually suing for the 3 times amount. They do not really care for the pup. So what is happening to these pups?
T.

08-12-2006, 06:31 AM	#1
topknot Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: GA Posts: 3,787	California Pedigree Law Has anyone heard about this California Pedigree Law, which states: Dog Pedigree / Registration Disclosure It's the Law! California law (Chapter 530, Statutes of 1991) requires that dog dealers and dog breeders who sell a dog represented to be registered or registerable with a dog pedigree registry provide the buyer with a notice that pedigree registration does not guarantee a healthy dog, the quality of the lineage, the accuracy of the lineage recorded, nor that the dog is purebred. This law defines dog breeder as any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other association which breeds and sells dogs at wholesale or retail. Therefore, as a breeder you are required by law to give your buyer a Dog Pedigree Registration Disclosure statement on a SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER FROM OTHER FORMS. If you do not comply with this disclosure requirement, you are liable to the buyer for civil damages equal to three times the cost of the dog. The buyer must make his/her claim for payment within one year from the date the dog was sold. ------------------------------------------------------- I do not live in California and always sell my pups with a contract and give out their litter perigree and go over what it means. The reason I wanted to share this is that some people are out there buying these pups up without the statement and then actually suing for the 3 times amount. They do not really care for the pup. So what is happening to these pups? T.