{"topic_id":"kr_animal_protection_business_registration","category":"kr-animal-protection","context":"---\ntopic_id: kr_animal_protection_business_registration\ncategory: kr-animal-protection\ntitle: \"Act on Animal Protection (동물보호법) Articles 73 & 79 — Business Registration & Pre-Sale Animal Registration\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Act on Animal Protection (동물보호법), current consolidated text, law.go.kr DRF Open API (lawService.do?ID=000412), retrieved 2026-07-29\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/kr-2026/animal_protection_act_000412.json\nsource_type: kr_law_json\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 280\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 12\nsource_document: \"Korea 동물보호법 (Animal Protection Act), 법령ID 000412, 시행일 2026-07-07\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Animal Protection Act\"\n  title: \"Act on Animal Protection (동물보호법) Articles 73 & 79 — Business Registration & Pre-Sale Animal Registration\"\n  url: \"https://www.law.go.kr/lsSc.do?menuId=1&query=%EB%8F%99%EB%AC%BC%EB%B3%B4%ED%98%B8%EB%B2%95\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"law.go.kr DRF Open API lawService.do?OC=test&target=law&ID=000412&type=JSON\"\n  doc_type: \"official statute (JSON, first-hand)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Act on Animal Protection (동물보호법) Articles 73 & 79 — Business Registration & Pre-Sale Animal Registration\n\nSource: Act on Animal Protection (동물보호법), Korea Law Information Center (law.go.kr), DRF Open API, retrieved 2026-07-29.\n\nThis topic covers the **business-registration** chapter of the Animal Protection Act — obligations on commercial animal businesses (exhibition, boarding, grooming, transport) and on animal producers/importers/sellers to register the animal before sale. It is distinct from Article 15 (owner registration of pet dogs), which is covered by a separate topic.\n\n## Article 73 — Registration of businesses (영업의 등록)\n\nRequires any person wishing to operate an animal-related business to register with the competent mayor/governor, lists the covered business types, and sets change-of-registration duties.\n\n### Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file — original Korean verbatim; English in parentheses)\n- `제73조(영업의 등록)`   (EN: Article 73 — Registration of businesses.)\n- `① 동물과 관련된 다음 각 호의 영업을 하려는 자는 농림축산식품부령으로 정하는 바에 따라 특별자치시장ㆍ특별자치도지사ㆍ시장ㆍ군수ㆍ구청장에게 등록하여야 한다.`   (EN: Any person wishing to operate any of the following animal-related businesses must register with the competent mayor/governor as prescribed by MAFRA ordinance.)\n- `1.  동물전시업`   (EN: 1. Animal exhibition business.)\n- `2.  동물위탁관리업`   (EN: 2. Animal boarding/care business.)\n- `3.  동물미용업`   (EN: 3. Animal grooming business.)\n- `4.  동물운송업`   (EN: 4. Animal transport business.)\n- `② 제1항 각 호에 따른 영업의 세부 범위는 농림축산식품부령으로 정한다.`   (EN: The detailed scope of the businesses in paragraph (1) is prescribed by MAFRA ordinance.)\n- `③ 제1항에 따른 영업의 등록을 신청하려는 자는 영업장의 시설 및 인력 등 농림축산식품부령으로 정하는 기준을 갖추어야 한다.`   (EN: An applicant for business registration must meet facility and staffing standards prescribed by MAFRA ordinance.)\n- `④ 제1항에 따라 영업을 등록한 자가 등록사항을 변경하는 경우에는 변경등록을 하여야 한다. 다만, 농림축산식품부령으로 정하는 경미한 사항을 변경하는 경우에는 특별자치시장ㆍ특별자치도지사ㆍ시장ㆍ군수ㆍ구청장에게 신고하여야 한다.`   (EN: A registrant changing registered matters must file a change-of-registration; minor changes prescribed by MAFRA ordinance need only be reported to the mayor/governor.)\n\n## Article 79 — Registration application upon sale of registration-subject animals (등록대상동물의 판매에 따른 등록신청)\n\nRequires animal producers, importers and sellers to explain the registration method to the buyer and register the animal in the buyer's name before sale.\n\n### Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file — original Korean verbatim; English in parentheses)\n- `제79조(등록대상동물의 판매에 따른 등록신청)`   (EN: Article 79 — Registration application upon sale of registration-subject animals.)\n- `① 동물생산업자, 동물수입업자 및 동물판매업자는 등록대상동물을 판매하는 경우에 구매자(영업자를 제외한다)에게 동물등록의 방법을 설명하고 구매자의 명의로 특별자치시장ㆍ특별자치도지사ㆍ시장ㆍ군수ㆍ구청장에게 동물등록을 신청한 후 판매하여야 한다.`   (EN: Animal producers, importers and sellers, when selling a registration-subject animal, must explain the registration method to the buyer (excluding business buyers) and register the animal in the buyer's name before the sale.)\n- `② 제1항에 따른 등록대상동물의 등록신청에 대해서는 제15조를 준용한다.`   (EN: Article 15 applies mutatis mutandis to the registration application under paragraph (1).)\n","sources":["Animal Protection Act — Act on Animal Protection (동물보호법) Articles 73 & 79 — Business Registration & Pre-Sale Animal Registration (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"Animal Protection Act","title":"Act on Animal Protection (동물보호법) Articles 73 & 79 — Business Registration & Pre-Sale Animal Registration","url":"https://www.law.go.kr/lsSc.do?menuId=1&query=%EB%8F%99%EB%AC%BC%EB%B3%B4%ED%98%B8%EB%B2%95","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Korea 동물보호법 (Animal Protection Act), 법령ID 000412, 시행일 2026-07-07","verification_file":"pdf-raw/kr-2026/animal_protection_act_000412.json"},"source_document":"Korea 동물보호법 (Animal Protection Act), 법령ID 000412, 시행일 2026-07-07","source_file":"pdf-raw/kr-2026/animal_protection_act_000412.json","tokens_estimated":280,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}