[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR2.55]

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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 E_Identification of Animals
 
Sec. 2.55  Removal and disposal of tags.

    (a) Where a dog or cat to which is affixed or which is identified by 
an official tag is euthanized, or dies from other causes, the dealer or 
exhibitor shall remove and retain the tag for the required period, as 
set forth in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) All official tags removed and retained by a dealer or exhibitor 
shall be held until called for by an APHIS official or for a period of 1 
year.
    (c) When official tags are removed from animals for disposal, the 
tags must be disposed of so as to preclude their reuse for animal 
identification. No animal identification number shall be used within any 
5-year period following its previous use.