2023 New York Laws › AGM - Agriculture and Markets › Article 26-A - Care of Animals by Pet Dealers › 403 - Licenses.

§  403.  Licenses.  1.  No person shall operate as a pet dealer unless
  such person  holds  a  license  issued  therefor  by  the  commissioner.
  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing, a pet dealer, in operation on or before
  the effective date of this section, who has filed an application for  an
  initial  license  under  this  article  shall  be  authorized to operate
  without such license until the commissioner grants or, after notice  and
  opportunity   to   be  heard,  declines  to  grant  such  license.  Each
  application for a license shall be  made  on  a  form  supplied  by  the
  department  and shall contain such information as may be required by the
  department. Renewal applications shall be submitted to the  commissioner
  at least thirty days prior to the commencement of the next license year.
2. The commissioner may delegate his or her authority pursuant to this
  section to issue pet dealer licenses to the county or city where the pet
  dealer  seeking  licensure is located. Such delegation shall be pursuant
  to an agreement entered into  by  the  commissioner  and  such  city  or
  county.
* 3.  Each  application  for  a  license  shall  be  accompanied  by a
  nonrefundable fee of one hundred dollars, except that those pet  dealers
  who engage in the sale of less than twenty-five animals in a year, shall
  pay a nonrefundable fee of twenty-five dollars.
* NB Effective until December 15, 2025
* 3.  Each  application  for  a  license  shall  be  accompanied  by a
  nonrefundable fee of one hundred fifty dollars.
* NB Effective December 15, 2025
4. The moneys received by the commissioner pursuant  to  this  section
  shall  be  deposited  in  the  "pet  dealer  licensing fund" established
  pursuant to section ninety-seven-rr of the state finance law.
5. Where the authority to issue pet dealer licenses  is  delegated  to
  the  county  or  city  pursuant to subdivision two of this section, that
  county or city shall, on or before the fifth day of each month, remit to
  the appropriate municipal financial officer one hundred percent  of  all
  license  fees collected during the preceding month. The remittance shall
  be accompanied by a report of license sales made during  such  month.  A
  copy  of  such  report shall simultaneously be sent to the commissioner.
  All license fees so remitted shall be the property of the  municipality,
  and  shall  be used solely for the purpose of carrying out and enforcing
  the provisions of this article  and  of  article  thirty-five-D  of  the
  general business law.
6.  Inspection  in  accordance  with section four hundred five of this
  article, the results of which establish compliance with  the  provisions
  of  this article and with the provisions of article thirty-five-D of the
  general business law regarding  recordkeeping  and  consumer  disclosure
  requirements  for  pet  dealers,  shall precede issuance of a license or
  renewal thereof under this section.
7.  Upon  validation  by  the  commissioner  or  the  county  or  city
  authorized  under  this  section  to  issue  pet  dealer  licenses,  the
  application shall become the license of the pet dealer.
8. The commissioner shall provide a copy of the  license  to  the  pet
  dealer.  The  commissioner  shall  also retain a copy of the license. In
  those counties  where  the  commissioner  has  delegated  the  licensing
  authority  to  the  county  or city that county or city shall, provide a
  copy of the license to the pet dealer and a copy  to  the  commissioner.
  The  county  or  city shall also retain a copy of the license in its own
  records.
9. No pet dealer shall publish or advertise the sale  or  availability
  of any dog or cat unless the publication or advertisement is accompanied
  by the pet dealer's license number. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a pet
  dealer,  in  operation  on or before the effective date of this section,

  who has filed an application for an initial license under  this  article
  may  publish  or  advertise  the  sale or availability of any dog or cat
  without the publication or advertisement being accompanied  by  the  pet
  dealer's  license  number until the commissioner grants or, after notice
  and opportunity to be heard, declines to grant such license.
10. Such license  shall  be  renewable  annually,  together  with  the
  payment  of  a nonrefundable fee of one hundred dollars, or upon payment
  of a nonrefundable fee of twenty-five dollars for those pet dealers  who
  engage in the sale of less than twenty-five animals in a year.
11.  Pet  dealers  shall  conspicuously  display  their license on the
  premises where the animals are kept for sale so that they may be readily
  seen by potential consumers.