---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 2147"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "2147"
heading: "Inspection by legally constituted law enforcement agencies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/2147"
units:
  - "Chapter 54 — Transportation, Sale, and Handling of Certain Animals"
---

# §2147. Inspection by legally constituted law enforcement agencies


The [Secretary](/usc/7/2132.md?p=b) shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring [dealers](/usc/7/2132.md?p=f), [exhibitors](/usc/7/2132.md?p=h), [research facilities](/usc/7/2132.md?p=e), and operators of auction sales subject to [section 2142 of this title](/usc/7/2142.md) to permit inspection of their [animals](/usc/7/2132.md?p=g) and records at reasonable hours upon request by legally constituted law enforcement agencies in search of lost [animals](/usc/7/2132.md?p=g).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–544, § 17, Aug. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 352; Pub. L. 91–579, § 18, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1564.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1970—Pub. L. 91–579 substituted “promulgate rules and regulations requiring dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, and operators of auction sales subject to section 2142 of this title” for “issue rules and regulations requiring licensed dealers and research facilities”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 91–579 effective 30 days after Dec. 24, 1970, see section 23 of Pub. L. 91–579, set out as a note under section 2131 of this title.