---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 243.5"
title: "25"
number: "243.5"
heading: "Who can own imported reindeer, and what limitations apply?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/243.5"
---

# §243.5. Who can own imported reindeer, and what limitations apply?

- (a) Anyone, including non-Natives, may own imported reindeer in Alaska for any legitimate purpose, subject to State and Federal animal health laws and regulations.
- (b) Imported reindeer must not be intermingled with, or be bred to, Alaskan reindeer without our written consent. Any offspring resulting from a mating with Alaskan reindeer are considered Alaskan reindeer and a non-Native owner may not maintain these reindeer alive in Alaska.
- (c) This paragraph applies if a non-Native owner of imported reindeer in Alaska contracts with a Native reindeer owner to keep and manage the imported reindeer. The non-Native owner must:
  - (1) Distinguish the imported reindeer from the Alaskan reindeer by applying a distinctly different permanent earmark or tattoo on all imported reindeer; and
  - (2) **Register the earmark or tattoo with the State Division of Agriculture book of livestock brand marks.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 12, 50 Stat. 902; 25 U.S.C. 500K; and Sec. 701, Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 599.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 2429, Jan. 13, 2006, unless otherwise noted.