Documents
Document models
Contracts and notices to adopt, buy, hand over or foster an animal, and to inform the register. Each clause names the article of the law it comes from.
These are guidance models, pending legal review. Ley 7/2023 leaves the minimum clauses of adoption and sale contracts to a regulation: once published, they will need adapting. Clauses the law does not require are marked as proposals.
Adopting
Buying or selling
- Sale contractTo buy a dog, cat or ferret from a registered breeder. Only the breeder may sell it, with no intermediaries.Ley 7/2023, arts. 24, 54 y 55 · Código Civil, arts. 1484 y siguientes
- Written information before the saleWhat the seller must give you in writing before selling the animal. They must keep proof for at least three years.Ley 7/2023, art. 55.5
Handing over an animal between private people
Compulsory notices
- Notice of loss or theftThe law requires loss or theft to be reported to the competent authority within 48 hours. Ask your town hall or your region’s pet register where to send it.Ley 7/2023, art. 24.g
- Notice of change of keeper, loss or deathThe law requires a change of keeper, loss or death to be reported. Many regions have their own form: use it if there is one.Ley 7/2023, art. 24.i