Inspection Program:
For Pet Dealerships & Kennels

Animal Services manages an inspection program for pet dealerships and kennels. A pet dealer permit has an annual fee of $75. Animal Services inspects dealers and kennels up to twice a year to ensure compliance with Pinellas County Code Chapter-14 (see below).

Please provide the requested information, sign, mail or deliver this application with the $100. fee to Pinellas County Animal Services, 12450 Ulmerton Road, Largo, FL 33774.  Checks should be made payable to:  Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners.  Please allow approximately two weeks for processing and mail delivery.

Pinellas County Code Chapter-14,
Section. 14-29.  Pet Dealerships and Kennels

• (a)   No pet dealership or kennel shall operate without having a valid pet dealer and kennel permit issued by the department.
• (b)   Any person or entity desiring to operate a pet dealership or kennel shall file with the department a permit application on such form as provided by the department.
• (c)   All permits issued under this section shall be annual permits, which shall remain in effect from the date the permit is issued until the same month and day of the following year.
• (d)   In order to cover administrative and enforcement costs associated with this section, there are hereby levied annual permitting fees for pet dealers and kennels in amounts set by resolution of the board of county commissioners.
• (e)   A permit issued under this section is nontransferable from one entity or person to another or from one location to another.
• (f)   Any animal control code enforcement officer shall, at any reasonable hour, have  access to and shall have the right to inspect the premises and records of a pet dealer or kennel to determine compliance with F.S. chs. 585, 767 and 828 and this article.

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