---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2135"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2135"
heading: "Time period for disposal of dogs or cats by dealers or exhibitors"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2135"
units:
  - "Chapter 54 — Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals"
---

# §2135. Time period for disposal of dogs or cats by dealers or exhibitors


No [dealer](/usc/7/2132.md?p=f) or [exhibitor](/usc/7/2132.md?p=h) shall sell or otherwise dispose of any dog or cat within a period of five business days after the acquisition of such [animal](/usc/7/2132.md?p=g) or within such other period as may be specified by the [Secretary](/usc/7/2132.md?p=b): Provided, That operators of auction sales subject to [section 2142 of this title](/usc/7/2142.md) shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this section.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–544, § 5, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 351; Pub. L. 91–579, § 6, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1561.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1970—Pub. L. 91–579 inserted references to exhibitors and inserted proviso that operators of auction sales subject to section 2142 of this title shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 91–579 effective one year after Dec. 24, 1970, see section 23 of Pub. L. 91–579, set out as a note under section 2131 of this title.