Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 47-1733

  • Animal: means any live dog, cat, rabbit, rodent, nonhuman primate, bird or other warm-blooded vertebrate or any fish, snake or other cold-blooded vertebrate. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
  • Animal breeder: means any person who operates an animal breeder premises. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
  • Animal breeder premises: means any premises where all or part of six or more litters of dogs or cats, or both, or 30 or more dogs or cats, or both, are sold, or offered or maintained for sale, primarily at wholesale for resale to another. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
  • Commissioner: means the animal health commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
  • Person: means any individual, association, partnership, corporation or other entity. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as or be an animal breeder unless such person has obtained from the commissioner an animal breeder license for each animal breeder premises operated by such person. Application for each such license shall be made in writing on a form provided by the commissioner. The license period shall be for the license year ending on September 30 following the issuance date.

(b) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas pet animal act.