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title: "9 CFR §2.53"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-9/section-2.53"

title_number: "9"

volume_number: "1"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "A"

subchapter_subject: "ANIMAL WELFARE"

part_code: "2"

part_subject: "REGULATIONS"

subpart_code: "E"

subpart_subject: "Identification of Animals"

section_number: "2.53"

section_subject: "Use of tags."

cfr_reference: "9 CFR 2.53"

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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Official tags obtained by a dealer, exhibitor, or research facility, shall be applied to dogs or cats in the manner set forth in § 2.50 and in as close to consecutive numerical order as possible. No tag number shall be used to identify more than one animal. No number shall be repeated within a 5-year period.

§2.53 - Use of tags.