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title: "9 CFR §2.153"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-9/section-2.153"

title_number: "9"

volume_number: "1"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "A"

subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL WELFARE"

part_code: "2"

part_subject: "REGULATIONS"

subpart_code: "J"

subpart_subject: "Importation of Live Dogs"

section_number: "2.153"

section_subject: "Dogs refused entry."

cfr_reference: "9 CFR 2.153"

title_name: "Title 9"

title_subject: "Animals and Animal Products"

parts_covered: "Parts 1 to 199"

revised_date: "Revised as of January 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of January 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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Any dog refused entry into the continental United States or Hawaii for noncompliance with the requirements of this subpart may be removed from the continental United States or Hawaii or may be seized and the person intending to import the dog shall provide for the care (including appropriate veterinary care), forfeiture, and adoption of the dog, at his or her expense.

§2.153 - Dogs refused entry.