If there are any NH pet owners reading on this list
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT NOTICE .

It is currently being enforced... therefore before you transfer
ownership of any house pet please make sure all vaccinations are up to
date and it has a health certificate issued within 14 days of transfer!

437:1 License Required. -- No person, firm, corporation or other entity
shall engage in the business of selling or the business of placing or
giving away, with or without a fee or donation required, to the public,
live animals or birds customarily used as household pets unless the
premises on which they are housed, harbored or displayed for such
purposes are duly licensed and inspected by the department of
agriculture, markets, and food of the state of New Hampshire. This
section shall also apply to commercial kennels and to any person, firm,
corporation, or other entity engaged in the business of, including
activity as a broker, selling, placing, giving away, or importing live
animals or birds customarily used as household pets for sale, resale,
or transfer to the public, with or without a fee required, and whether
or not a physical facility is owned by the licensee in New Hampshire
when transfer to the final owner occurs within New Hampshire. These
provisions shall not effect the provisions of RSA 437:7.

Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:4, eff. July 23, 1995. 2004, 107:1,
eff. Jan. 1, 2005. 2007, 160:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2007.

437:7 Exception. -- The license provisions of this subdivision shall
not apply to breeders of dogs licensed under the provisions of RSA
466:6; veterinarians; owners and operators of horse riding stables;
and auctioneers, breeders or keepers of farm livestock.

[Posted in FML 6027]