Colorado § 35-80-105 - Pet animal facility - licensure requirements - application - fees - rules.
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§ 35-80-105. Pet animal facility - licensure requirements - application - fees - rules.
(1) Each applicant for a pet animal facility license shall submit an application providing all required information in the form and manner required by the commissioner.
(2) Each location of a pet animal facility shall be separately licensed.
(3) If a pet animal facility operates under more than one business name from a single location:
(a) No additional pet animal facility license shall be required for the different business names;
(b) The pet animal facility operator must maintain separate records pursuant to section 35-80-107 for each such business name; and
(c) The name of each business providing services that are related to those of a pet animal facility shall be listed with the commissioner in the form and manner designated. The commissioner may require that a separate fee be paid for each such business name.
(4) Each applicant for a pet animal facility license shall pay an annual license fee in the amount specified by rule of the commissioner, which amount shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per license.
(5) Each pet animal facility license shall expire on a date specified by the commissioner by rule.
(6) Each licensee shall report to the commissioner, in the form and manner the commissioner shall designate, any change to the information provided in the application or reports previously submitted within fifteen days of any such change.
(7) Licenses issued pursuant to this article shall not be transferable.
(8) Each pet animal facility licensed pursuant to this article shall display in a conspicuous place signage that contains contact information for the office or other appropriate department subdivision that administers this article.
Source: L. 94: Entire article added, p. 1302, § 8, effective July 1. L. 2000: (4) amended, p. 1398, § 6, effective May 30. L. 2003: (4) amended, p. 2095, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2009: (5) amended and (8) added, (SB 09-118), ch. 327, pp. 1742, 1743, §§ 9, 15, effective July 1. L. 2014: (4) amended, (HB 14-1270), ch. 365, p. 1745, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2026: (4) amended, (HB 26-1183), ch. 203, p. 1156, § 5, effective August 12.
ANNOTATION
Mice and rats sold as food for other animals, and not as household pets, fall within the definition of "pet animal". Therefore, a facility in which mice and rats are raised for food is a "pet animal facility" that must be licensed under this article. Salazar v. Kubic, 2015 COA 148, 370 P.3d 342.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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