2023 New York Laws › GBS - General Business › Article 35-D - Sale of Dogs and Cats › 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.