# Iowa Code § 162.1: Purpose and scope

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.1

## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 162.1
- **Heading:** Purpose and scope
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title V / Chapter 162 / Section 162.1

## Text

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to accomplish all of the following:

(1) (a) Ensure that all dogs and cats handled by commercial establishments are provided with humane care and treatment.

(1) (b) Regulate the transportation, sale, purchase, housing, care, handling, and treatment of dogs and cats by persons engaged in transporting, buying, or selling them.

(1) (c) Provide that all vertebrate animals consigned to pet shops are provided humane care and treatment by regulating the transportation, sale, purchase, housing, care, handling, and treatment of such animals by pet shops.

(1) (d) Authorize the sale, trade, or adoption of only those animals which appear to be free of infectious or communicable disease.

(1) (e) Protect the public from zoonotic disease.

(2) This chapter does not apply to livestock as defined in section 717.1 or any other agricultural animal used in agricultural production as provided in chapter 717A.

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §162.1]96 Acts, ch 1034, §7; 2010 Acts, ch 1030, §1, 29; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §40

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 162.1 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.1.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.2 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.2.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.2A Application, issuance, and renewal of authorizations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.2A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.2B Fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.2B.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.2C Commercial establishment fund.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.2C.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.3 Operation of a pound certificate of registration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.3.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.4 Operation of an animal shelter certificate of registration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.4.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.4A Operation of a research facility certificate of registration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.4A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.5 Operation of a pet shop state license.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.5.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.5A Operation of a boarding kennel state license.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.5A.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.6 Operation of a commercial kennel state license.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.6.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.7 Operation of a dealer state license or permit.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.7.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.8 Operation of a commercial breeder state license or permit.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.8.md)
- [Iowa Code § 162.9 Boarding kennel operator’s license.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TV_C162_S162.9.md)

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