N.Y. General Business Law § 753-c: Animal pedigree registration

§ 753-c. Animal pedigree registration. 1. Representation regarding

animal's pedigree registration. Any pet dealer who states, promises, or

represents that an animal is registered or capable of registration with

an animal pedigree registry organization shall provide the purchaser

with the appropriate documents necessary for such registration within

one hundred twenty days following sale of the animal. If the purchaser

notifies the pet dealer in writing on or before such time that he or she

has not received the appropriate registration documents, the pet dealer

shall have, in addition to the one hundred twenty days, sixty more days

in which to provide the appropriate documents.

2. If a pet dealer fails to provide documents as required under

subdivision one of this section, the purchaser, upon written notice to

the pet dealer, may keep the animal and receive a partial refund of

seventy-five percent of the purchase price, in which event the pet

dealer shall not be required to provide registration documents.

Acceptance by the purchaser of appropriate registration documents,

whether or not within the time periods set forth in subdivision one of

this section, shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a partial refund

pursuant to this subdivision.

3. Registration notice-disclosure statement. (a) A pet dealer that

sells animals registered or registrable with a pedigree registry shall

post conspicuously within close proximity to those animals a notice that

states: "Pedigree registration means that the particular registry

maintains information on the parentage and identity of the animal".

(b) For every animal sold by a pet dealer that is sold with the

representation that the animal is registered or registrable with an

animal pedigree registry organization, the following fully completed

disclosure shall be made by the pet dealer in writing on a sheet

separate from any other statement in substantially the following form:

"Disclosure of Animal pedigree registration: Description of animal: The

animal you are purchasing is registered/registrable (circle one) with

the (enter name of registry). Registration means that (enter name of

registry) maintains information regarding the parentage and identity of

this animal. Persons buying animals represented by a pet dealer as being

registrable are entitled to the papers necessary to effect such

registration within 120 days of purchase. Failure to provide such papers

entitles the purchaser to remedies under law. However, if the purchaser

notifies the pet dealer within the 120 day period that he or she has not

received such papers, the pet dealer shall have an additional 60 days

commencing at the end of the 120 day period in which to provide the

documents. Acknowledged: Date: Purchaser's Signature."

(c) The disclosure shall be signed and dated by the purchaser of the

animal, acknowledging receipt of a copy of the statement. The pet dealer

shall retain a copy of the signed disclosure.