[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR2.77]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 2--REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart G--Records
 
Sec. 2.77  Records: Carriers and intermediate handlers.

    (a) In connection with all live animals accepted for shipment on a 
C.O.D. basis or other arrangement or practice under which the cost of an 
animal or the transportation of an animal is to be paid and collected 
upon delivery of the animal to the consignee, the accepting carrier or 
intermediate handler, if any, shall keep and maintain a

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copy of the consignor's written guarantee for the payment of 
transportation charged for any animal not claimed as provided in 
Sec. 2.80, including, where necessary, both the return transportation 
charges and an amount sufficient to reimburse the carrier for out-of-
pocket expenses incurred for the care, feeding, and storage of the 
animal. The carrier or intermediate handler at destination shall also 
keep and maintain a copy of the shipping document containing the time, 
date, and method of each attempted notification and the final 
notification to the consignee and the name of the person notifying the 
consignee, as provided in Sec. 2.80.
    (b) In connection with all live dogs, cats, or nonhuman primates 
delivered for transportation, in commerce, to any carrier or 
intermediate handler, by any dealer, research facility, exhibitor, 
operator of an auction sale, broker, or department, agency or 
instrumentality of the United States or of any state or local 
government, the accepting carrier or intermediate handler shall keep and 
maintain a copy of the health certification completed as required by 
Sec. 2.79, tendered with each live dog, cat, or nonhuman primate.