[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR74.1]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 74_PROHIBITION OF INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF LAND TORTOISES--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec. 74.1  General prohibition.




    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301-8317; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.


    The interstate movement of leopard tortoise (Geochelone pardalis), 
African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata), and Bell's hingeback 
tortoise (Kinixys belliana) is prohibited except when tortoises are 
accompanied by either a health certificate or a certificate of 
veterinary inspection. The health certificate or certificate of 
veterinary inspection must be signed by an accredited veterinarian 
within 30 days prior to the interstate movement and must state that the 
tortoises have been examined by that veterinarian and found free of 
ticks.

[66 FR 37128, July 17, 2001]

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