Papers and Identification
When you buy
a dog represented as AKC registerable, you should receive an AKC dog
Registration Application form properly filled out by the seller. When you
complete your portion and submit it with the proper fee, this form will enable
you to register the dog. When the application has been processed, you will
receive an AKC Registration Certificate.
Under AKC Rules, any person who sells dogs represented as AKC registerable, must
maintain records that make it possible to give full identifying information with
every dog delivered even though AKC "papers" are not yet available. Do not
accept a promise of later identification.
The Rules and Regulations of the American Kennel Club stipulate that whenever
someone sells or delivers a dog registerable with AKC, the dog must be
identified by providing the buyer with a properly completed AKC Dog Registration
Application for a dog not yet individually registered or a properly completed
AKC Registration Certificate for a registered dog. If neither of these is
available, the person delivering or shipping the dog must furnish the person
acquiring the dog with a bill of sale or written statement, signed by the
seller, giving all of the identifying information listed below.
For a Dog Not Yet Individually Registered
Breed
Sex and color and markings
Date of birth
Litter number (when available)
Names and numbers of sire and dam
Name of breeder
Date sold or delivered
For a Registered Dog
Breed
Registered name
Registration number
Date sold or delivered
This identifying information must be supplied with the dog even though
AKC papers are not yet available, and even to a person who takes the dog only
for resale as an agent or on consignment, and the same information must be
passed on by him when he disposes of it. When you do receive the properly
completed AKC registration papers, verify the papers against your bill of sale
to ensure that all the information is correct. Please be advised that a dog
will not be registered or transferred without the proper AKC registration papers.
If you are buying a dog that is supposed to be registerable with the AKC you
should realize it is your responsibility to obtain complete identification of
the dog or you should not buy the dog. Failure to get AKC "registration
papers" causes more grief for buyers of pure-bred registerable dogs than any
other problem except sickness. It has long been common practice to explain the
inability saying "AKC hasn't sent the papers yet." The essence of this and
similar excuses is that because the American Kennel Club is at fault, papers are
not available. The fact is that the processing of any AKC registration item
takes approximately three weeks. If a breeder is doing his paperwork in a
regular, careful manner, there is ample time to obtain the necessary "papers"
from AKC prior to sale of any puppy. When "papers" are not available at the time
of delivery, it is a red-flag warning sign to exercise extreme caution.
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