50 CFR § 14.171 - Consignment to carrier.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s14.171"
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title: "50 CFR § 14.171 - Consignment to carrier."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "14.171"
section_name: "Consignment to carrier."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS"
part_number: "14"
part_name: "IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, AND TRANSPORTATION OF WILDLIFE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 668, 704, 712, 1382, 1538(d)-(f), 1540(f), 3371-3378, 4223-4244, and 4901-4916; 18 U.S.C. 42; 31 U.S.C. 9701; Pub. L. 115-334, 132 Stat. 4490."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 56673, Aug. 25, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 14.171 Consignment to carrier.

(a) A personally owned pet bird originally transported from the United States and being returned to this country with its original United States certificate of veterinary inspection within 60 days of departure may be accepted by a carrier without a new veterinary examination.

(b) No carrier shall accept for transport to the United States any bird that was captured in the wild unless a qualified veterinarian, authorized by the national government of the country from which the bird is being exported, certifies that the bird has been held in captivity for at least 14 days.