Section 459-603 - Selling, bartering or trading dogs(a) Illegal transfers.-- It shall be unlawful to offer a dog as an inducement to purchase a product, commodity or service. The sale of a dog by a licensed kennel shall not be considered to be an inducement.(b)Illegal to transfer ownership of certain puppies.--It shall be unlawful to barter, trade, raffle, sell, auction or in any way transfer ownership of a dog under eight weeks of age, unless the dog has been orphaned and it becomes necessary to transfer ownership of the orphaned dog to a humane society or association for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or from a humane society or association for the prevention of cruelty to animals with approval by a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine.(c) Illegal for certain persons to transfer dogs.-- It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell, offer to sell, transfer, barter, trade, raffle, auction or rent a dog at any public place in this Commonwealth other than a kennel licensed pursuant to this act, or a dog show, performance event or field trial sponsored by a recognized breed or kennel association or transfer by a rescue network kennel within its own network or to another rescue network kennel. If a purchase, sale, transfer, barter, trade, raffle, auction or rental of a dog occurs at or on the premises of a kennel, the transaction shall be unlawful unless one of the parties to the transaction is an employee, volunteer or other person acting as an authorized representative of the kennel.Amended by P.L. TBD 2023 No. 18, § 4, eff. 1/22/2024.1982, Dec. 7, P.L. 784, No. 225, § 603, added 1996, Dec. 11, P.L. 943, No. 151, § 16, effective in 60 days. Amended 2008, Oct. 9, P.L. 1450, No. 119, §16.2, effective in 60 days [ 12/8/2008].