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Cal. Health & Safety Code § 122365 — Prohibition of Animal Sales by Broker

Cal. Health & Safety Code § 122365

Type: Statute
Source: California Health and Safety Code
Jurisdiction: California
Date: 2026-01-01
Current through: Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

For purposes of this chapter, all of the following terms have the following meanings:

Citator

Cal. Health & Safety Code § 122365 — Prohibition of Animal Sales by Broker is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

For purposes of this chapter, all of the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “Animal rescue group” means any not-for-profit organization that has tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, whose mission and practice is, in whole or significant part, the rescue and placement of animals into permanent homes, and that meets both of the following:

(1) Does not breed animals.

(2) Does not obtain animals in exchange for payment or compensation from any person that breeds or brokers animals.

(b) “Broker” means a person or business that sells, arranges, negotiates, or processes, either in person or online, the sale of dogs, cats, or rabbits bred by another for profit. This includes facilitating the transfer of a dog, cat, or rabbit for profit.

(c) “Public animal control agency or shelter” means any facility operated by or under contract with any governmental entity for the purpose of impounding or harboring seized, stray, homeless, abandoned, or unwanted dogs, cats, rabbits, or other animals.