§ 753-c. Animal pedigree registration.
1.Representation regarding\nanimal's pedigree registration. Any pet dealer who states, promises, or\nrepresents that an animal is registered or capable of registration with\nan animal pedigree registry organization shall provide the purchaser\nwith the appropriate documents necessary for such registration within\none hundred twenty days following sale of the animal. If the purchaser\nnotifies the pet dealer in writing on or before such time that he or she\nhas not received the appropriate registration documents, the pet dealer\nshall have, in addition to the one hundred twenty days, sixty more days\nin which to provide the appropriate documents.\n 2. If a pet dealer fails to provide documents as required under\nsubdivision one of this section, the
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§ 753-c. Animal pedigree registration. 1. Representation regarding\nanimal's pedigree registration. Any pet dealer who states, promises, or\nrepresents that an animal is registered or capable of registration with\nan animal pedigree registry organization shall provide the purchaser\nwith the appropriate documents necessary for such registration within\none hundred twenty days following sale of the animal. If the purchaser\nnotifies the pet dealer in writing on or before such time that he or she\nhas not received the appropriate registration documents, the pet dealer\nshall have, in addition to the one hundred twenty days, sixty more days\nin which to provide the appropriate documents.\n 2. If a pet dealer fails to provide documents as required under\nsubdivision one of this section, the purchaser, upon written notice to\nthe pet dealer, may keep the animal and receive a partial refund of\nseventy-five percent of the purchase price, in which event the pet\ndealer shall not be required to provide registration documents.\nAcceptance by the purchaser of appropriate registration documents,\nwhether or not within the time periods set forth in subdivision one of\nthis section, shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a partial refund\npursuant to this subdivision.\n 3. Registration notice-disclosure statement. (a) A pet dealer that\nsells animals registered or registrable with a pedigree registry shall\npost conspicuously within close proximity to those animals a notice that\nstates: "Pedigree registration means that the particular registry\nmaintains information on the parentage and identity of the animal".\n (b) For every animal sold by a pet dealer that is sold with the\nrepresentation that the animal is registered or registrable with an\nanimal pedigree registry organization, the following fully completed\ndisclosure shall be made by the pet dealer in writing on a sheet\nseparate from any other statement in substantially the following form:\n"Disclosure of Animal pedigree registration: Description of animal: The\nanimal you are purchasing is registered/registrable (circle one) with\nthe (enter name of registry). Registration means that (enter name of\nregistry) maintains information regarding the parentage and identity of\nthis animal. Persons buying animals represented by a pet dealer as being\nregistrable are entitled to the papers necessary to effect such\nregistration within 120 days of purchase. Failure to provide such papers\nentitles the purchaser to remedies under law. However, if the purchaser\nnotifies the pet dealer within the 120 day period that he or she has not\nreceived such papers, the pet dealer shall have an additional 60 days\ncommencing at the end of the 120 day period in which to provide the\ndocuments. Acknowledged: Date: Purchaser's Signature."\n (c) The disclosure shall be signed and dated by the purchaser of the\nanimal, acknowledging receipt of a copy of the statement. The pet dealer\nshall retain a copy of the signed disclosure.\n