Act on Animal Protection (동물보호법) Articles 73 & 79 — Business Registration & Pre-Sale Animal Registration
Source: Act on Animal Protection (동물보호법), Korea Law Information Center (law.go.kr), DRF Open API, retrieved 2026-07-29.
This 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.
Article 73 — Registration of businesses (영업의 등록)
Requires 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.
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file — original Korean verbatim; English in parentheses)
제73조(영업의 등록)(EN: Article 73 — Registration of businesses.)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.)1. 동물전시업(EN: 1. Animal exhibition business.)2. 동물위탁관리업(EN: 2. Animal boarding/care business.)3. 동물미용업(EN: 3. Animal grooming business.)4. 동물운송업(EN: 4. Animal transport business.)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.)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.)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.)
Article 79 — Registration application upon sale of registration-subject animals (등록대상동물의 판매에 따른 등록신청)
Requires animal producers, importers and sellers to explain the registration method to the buyer and register the animal in the buyer's name before sale.
Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file — original Korean verbatim; English in parentheses)
제79조(등록대상동물의 판매에 따른 등록신청)(EN: Article 79 — Registration application upon sale of registration-subject animals.)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.)② 제1항에 따른 등록대상동물의 등록신청에 대해서는 제15조를 준용한다.(EN: Article 15 applies mutatis mutandis to the registration application under paragraph (1).)