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Health and Safety Code § 122220

ARTICLE 2. Retail Sale of Dogs and Cats

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 122220Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.

(a) Every pet dealer shall post conspicuously within close proximity to the cages of dogs offered for sale, a notice containing the following language in 100-point type:


“Information on the source of these dogs, and veterinary treatments received by these dogs is available for review.”


“You are entitled to a copy of a statement of consumer rights.”

(b) Every pet dealer shall, upon request for information regarding a dog, make immediately available to prospective purchasers all of the information required to be disclosed to purchasers pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 122140 and pursuant to Section 122190.