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The Fanciers’ Association, Inc. World’s Largest Registry of Pedigreed 1805 Atlantic Avenue, PO Box 1005 • Manasquan, New Jersey 08736-0805 Phone: 732-528-9797 • Fax: 732-528-7391 • www.cfa.org Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (eastern time) Rules for Registratio n© (Effective August 1, 2010) A vertical line next to a section indicates a change/addition. A double vertical line denotes a deletion.

The following are basic general rules for registration. For more detailed National/Regional Point Info (per cat) ...... $15.00 instructions regarding each service, please refer to the information printed Show Rules (includes S&H) ...... $7.00 on each application and certificate. Please call the Central Office at the Show Standards (includes S&H) ...... Complete Set/Booklet $9.00 phone number above with specific questions and/or areas not covered in Single Breed Free these rules. Clerking Manual (includes S&H) ...... $4.00 Forms for Litter Registration ...... No charge ARTICLE I - FEES Returned Check Service Charge ...... $20.00 Section 1 - Fees ON-LINE ALMANAC (12 months) ...... $49.00 Cat/ Registration at time of litter registration ...... $10.00 http://secure.cfa.org Cat/Kitten Registration prepaid with litter registration ...... $10.00 CFA YEARBOOK - Contact the Central Office regarding prices and availability Early Bird Registration of Cat/Kitten with Blue Slip- of current and previous editions. received in Central Office within 30 days from Date of Sale ...... $12.00 CFA has a wide variety of books, videos, and pamphlets available for pur - Regular registration of Cat/Kitten with Blue slip ...... $17.00 chase. Contact the Central Office with your specific needs and interests. Cat/Kitten Registration via Pedigree ...... $40.00 Early Bird Litter Registration - received in Central Office within Section 2 - Payment: Domestic Orders: Payment for services and publica - 4 calendar months of birthdate ...... $10.00 tions can be made by personal check, bank check, money order or credit card Regular Litter Registration ...... $15.00 (VISA/Mastercard/American Express, include expiration date). Early Bird Transfer Ownership/Supplemental Transfer- Foreign Orders: Payment can be made with an international money order received in Central Office within 30 days from Date of Sale ...... $10.00 in U. S. funds drawn on a U. S. bank or credit card (Visa/Mastercard/ Regular Transfer of Ownership/Supplemental Transfer ...... $15.00 American Express, include expiration date). Expedited Handling Fee (in addition to registration fees) ...... $25.00 Credit Slips: CFA Credit Slips, issued previously due to an over payment of CFA will provide a registration number within 24 hours of receipt provided fees, may be applied to the fee for any CFA service or publication. The origi - that: 1. the $25 expedited fee is paid; 2. appropriate registration fees are nal credit slip must be returned to the Central Office when applying for cred - paid, and; 3. the paperwork is sent to the office via overnight mail. it or a refund. Lease Recording (see Leases under Article II, Section 1) ...... $10.00 PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH THROUGH THE MAIL. Cattery Name Registration/Addition of Cattery Owner ...... $75.00 ARTICLE II - REGISTRATION Cattery Name Suffix Addition/Deletion ...... $8.00 General: a breed may have specific policies regarding allowable ancestry, Cattery name Renewal Fee ...... $25.00 import requirements, colors and other characteristics. For complete regis - Duplicate Certificate ...... $10.00 tration information regarding a breed, contact the CFA Central Office. Corrected Certificate ...... $10.00 Certified Pedigree - 3 generations ...... $20.00 Section 1 - Litter Registration: A litter application MUST be completed and 4 generations ...... $30.00 submitted by the breeder of the litter (see Section 11), with the following 5 generations ...... $45.00 exceptions: 6 generations ...... $60.00 Exception #1: A litter application may be submitted by the new owner of Additional charge for shipping pedigrees unfolded/rolled ...... $3.00 record of the dam of the litter, provided the proper breeder information and signatures are completed on the application. Pedigree Information - Non-Certified (per record) ...... $2.00 Exception #2: Someone other than the breeder may submit a litter appli - CFA will fill in a missing cat record, cat name, color, number, on an existing cation if a letter of permission and instruction, signed by the breeder, accom - pedigree. panies the litter application. Cattery Offspring Report ...... $10.00 Both sire and dam must be registered or recorded with CFA. Only one sire A computerized printout of the cats produced and registered from your cat - may be recorded for any one litter (see Section 10). tery, complete from 1978. Litter forms may be obtained at no charge from the Central Office. Reverse Pedigree Report (fee/deposit based on age of cat) CFA will question any litter where a parent cat is under the age of 7 A computerized 3-generation printout of your cat’s children, grandchildren, months (210 days) at the time the litter is born. and great grandchildren, complete from 1978. Additional charges may apply Although there is no limit on the number of litters allowable per year from based on length of report. any one female, each litter must be at least 65 days apart. 15 years or less ...... $20.00 The breeder of a litter is the registered owner of the dam at the time of 16-25 years ...... $100.00 mating, or the lessee of the dam. 26+ years ...... $1,000.00 LEASES. A lease must be recorded with CFA if the owner(s) of record Final cost is $10 per printed page for the 16-25 and 26+ year categories up to leases a sire or dam to an individual(s) with the intent the registered owner’s the maximum fee paid. A credit will be issued if applicable. name(s) be excluded from all transactions during the specified lease period. Championship or Premiership Confirmation ...... $15.00 The lease recording fee and a copy of the lease agreement to include the Championship Certificate for Framing/ Gramd Certificate/ name and registration number of the cat, name of lessee(s), lease period Distinguished Merit Certificate ...... $10.00 (from-to) and signatures of ALL registered owner(s) must be sent to CFA Combination Confirmation and Certificate For Framing ...... $15.00 prior to or in conjunction with the processing of the first transaction. 1 of 4 • August 2010 If any or all of the registered owners are to be included as lessees on a lit - requirements and documentation needed to begin the registration process. ter registration, complete the lease section on the litter application form Titles and awards won in other associations will not be recorded or only, it is not necessary to file a formal lease for this purpose (no additional shown on CFA records. fee is required). Section 4 - Cat Names: A cat’s entire name, including cattery prefix and suf - Section 2 - Individual Registration/Transfer: The name of the owner of a cat fix (see Section 6), if any, letters, punctuation, spaces, numbers, and words is limited to 30 spaces, including punctuation and blanks. Long names or more such as “of,” “de,” “the,” etc., may not exceed 35 spaces. than one owner must be abbreviated as necessary. Changes to a registered cat’s name may be made only if: 1) The cat has The owner of a cat can be shown as actual persons only, no company never earned a title (e.g. CH, GRP, DM) or received a National/Regional names, Mr. and Mrs., or “and family.” The designation “and/or” may not be award; 2) No national/regional points have been earned in the current used when there is a co-ownership. show season; 3) No litters have been CFA registered listing the cat as a A cat/kitten will be registered as a breeding cat ONLY if the pin number is parent; 4) You are the current registered owner of the cat. If the cat was provided by the breeder in the appropriate section of the blue and/or yellow previously individually registered in the breeder’s name, you must provide slip. If the pin number is not present, the cat will be registered as “Not For CFA with a signed statement of agreement from the breeder allowing the Breeding” regardless of whether the breeder is also the owner. The pin num - name change. ber or the breeder’s signed and notarized permission is required to remove a Exceptions: Addition or deletion of a cattery name suffix and, under cer - Not For Breeding restriction. The breeder’s signed and notarized statement tain conditions, when a correction is being made to a cat’s sex and/or color. is required to change an altered cat (neutered or spayed) to unaltered. The words “Champion” and “Champ” may not be used in a cat’s name. To ensure the correct recording of the owner for a cat leaving the U.S., Profanity is not permitted. CFA recommends that the U.S. breeder/owner complete and submit any reg - CFA makes every effort to issue the first choice cat name whenever pos - istration or transfer application. The cat will then already be registered to sible. The issuing of the second choice name, and/or changes made to the the new owner when the papers are sent overseas. The Central Office will first or second choice name, is done only when the chosen cat name con - send the completed Certificate of Registration directly to the overseas flicts with CFA Rules For Registration regarding cat name and/or cattery owner, if requested by the applicant. name usage. Titles – One or more official CFA titles, as outlined below, may appear as Section 3 - Registration via Certified Pedigree:Under certain circumstances, part of a cat’s name. a cat registered with another recognized association may be eligible for CFA CH: Champion, the title given to an adult cat which competed at CFA cat registration without prior CFA litter registration by the breeder. Application shows and received 6 winners ribbons. This is the first title a cat can achieve. for registration can be made via certified pedigree if the cat’s records meet PR: Premier, an altered (neutered or spayed) adult cat which received 6 win - the following requirements*: ners ribbons at CFA cat shows. Equivalent to the title of Champion. GC: 1. The sire or dam is not CFA litter or individually registered, AND 2. The Grand Champion, the title awarded to an adult cat which continued to com - breeder is not currently a CFA registered breeder. pete at CFA shows and received 200 points in its competition category. GP: A cat is not eligible for individual registration by pedigree if: Grand Premier, equivalent title to Grand Champion for an altered cat. NW: 1. The parents are both CFA registered, AND 2. The breeder is a CFA regis - National Winner, the highest and most prestigious title a cat (adult cat, kit - tered breeder. ten or altered cat) can achieve by competing at CFA shows. BW: Breed Note: these rules apply only to cats being transferred to CFA from other Winner, similar to the title of National Winner, but for adult cats which have RW: associations in the U.S. or from Japan. achieved a best of breed win (not 2nd or 3rd). Regional Winner, similar to *Except . A Selkirk Rex registered in another is eligi - the title of National Winner but at a regional level. DW: Divisional Winner, ble for CFA registration. A copy of the registration certificate must be pro - similar to the title of Regional Winner but reserved for cats competing only DM: vided to CFA with the request for registration. The “registration via pedi - in the CFA International Division. Distinguished Merit, the title given to a gree” fee applies. cat which has produced the required number of Grand Champions, Grand To obtain registration for cats eligible under this policy, a 5-generation Premiers or Distinguished Merit Cats (5 for females and 15 for males). AC AW AM AG certified pedigree (see “Note” for exceptions to the 5-generation require - (Agility Competitor), (Agility Winner), (Agility Master), (Agility Grand Master): levels of achievement in CFA Feline Agility competition. ment), issued by the registrar of the association in which the cat is current - ly registered, must be submitted for CFA files. Pedigrees used for this type Section 5 - Cattery Names: The purpose of a cattery name is to identify the of registration will be accepted only from previously certified associations. breeder and/or owner of a cat or kitten and to identify the line of breeding. RECORDED CATS: Cats may be individually recorded for breeding purpos - Cattery names will not be duplicated. A newly registered cattery name es only. The requirements for recording are identical to those for individual must be at least a minimum of two letters different from any existing regis - registration via pedigree, except that one less generation of ancestry is tered cattery name. Double letters (tt, ee, ss, etc.) count as one letter. The required. Recorded cats may not be shown at CFA shows. use or non-use of an “s” indicating plural at the end of a word does not con - NOTE : The following breeds require certified pedigrees for the number of stitute a letter difference. generations indicated in parentheses after the breed name: Abyssinian (8), A cattery name, including punctuation and blanks, may not exceed 12 (4), Balinese* (3 or 5), Burmese (8), (4), spaces. (3), (3), European Burmese (8), (3), An official CFA cattery name application form is required to apply. (3), (8), (4), Selkirk Rex (no pedigree A given (Christian) name - Marie, John, Frank, Helen for example - cannot required, see * at beginning of Section 3), Siamese (8), Siberian (3), Sphynx be used. (3), Tonkinese (3) and (3). All other breeds require 5 genera - Titles, such as Princess, Earl, or Madam may not be used. tions. Award titles (see Section 4 - Titles) are not permitted. *Only certain outcrossed Balinese/Javanese are eligible to be registered A cattery name may not be the name of a recognized breed. using a 3 generation pedigree. Contract the CFA Central Office for details. Words or names that have been used extensively in naming individual Individuals planning to import a cat or register a cat from a domestic cats, such as “Ming” or “Pyewacket,” may not be used. association should contact the Central Office for information regarding Profanity is not permitted. 2 of 4 • August 2010 A cattery name may not be registered in the possessive, with ’s at the Correction to an existing CFA record due to changes from the original end of the name. application may be made by the applicant by contacting the Central Office Cattery names will be registered and shown on all certificates in capital detailing the changes to be made, returning the incorrect documents, sub - letters, no lower case. mitting corrected documents and signatures where required, and paying the For cattery names issued on or after January 1, 1988: Once a cattery appropriate correction fee. name is registered, a breeder(s) other than the original applicant(s) may be DUPLICATE BLUE and/or YELLOW SLIP: If lost or destroyed, a duplicate added to the registration upon submission of a new cattery application may be requested from the Central Office by the breeder at no charge. A signed by ALL current registered owners of the cattery. Payment of the fee duplicate will be issued to the breeder only and not sent to any other person, in effect for a cattery registration will apply. The registration period will even with the permission of the breeder. extend for five years from the date of re-registration. For cattery names DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE: A duplicate cat certificate may be requested issued before January 1, 1988: A breeder(s) other than the original appli - only by the registered owner of the cat accompanied by the appropriate fee. cant(s) may be added to the registration upon submission of a letter signed When a request is submitted for a correction to a litter record, CFA will by ALL current registered owners of the cattery. Payment of the fee in issue new blue slips only in the number of slips submitted to the Central effect for a cattery registration will apply, however, the cattery will not be Office for correction. subject to renewal rules. Section 8 - Certified and Reverse Pedigrees/Cattery Offspring Reports: A Section 6 - Use of Cattery Names: PREFIX: The breeder’s registered cattery complete Certified Pedigree will be issued only when three or more genera - name, if any, is required as a prefix to a cat’s name. At no time can a cattery tions of ancestry are registered or recorded with CFA. prefix be removed or changed even with the permission of the breeder. A Certified Pedigree will be issued on an individually registered cat only, SUFFIX ADDITION/DELETION: The new owner of record of a cat may add not on a litter. A Certified Pedigree can be issued to any applicant. The his/her cattery name as a suffix (preceded by “o f ”) provided that the cat’s owner’s permission is not required. name will not then exceed the limit of 35 spaces. An already existing suffix A Reverse Pedigree can be produced for an individually registered cat and will automatically be removed at the time the new suffix is added or if a new can be issued to any applicant. The owner’s permission is not required. owner(s) is not the owner of the existing suffix. Only the registered owner of a cattery may obtain a Cattery Offspring No more than two cattery names (one prefix, one suffix) are permitted Report, except with signed permission of the registered owner. with any cat name. Section 9 - Signature Requirements: LITTER REGISTRATION: Litter applica - An identifying word or name may not be used as either a cat name suffix tions must be signed by both the owner of the sire and the owner of the dam. or prefix unless registered with CFA as a cattery name. If a parent cat is co-owned, the signature of only one owner is required. Abbreviations or variations of a registered cattery name are not permit - When the sire of a litter is on lease, a copy of the lease agreement, ted. The word “o f ” must be used with a cattery name suffix, and cannot be signed by the registered owner of the cat, must accompany each litter appli - shortened or changed to “de” or other foreign designations denoting “of.” To cation. avoid misinterpreting certain phrases as a cattery name suffix, dashes are TRANSFER: All owner signatures are required to effect the transfer of a used in conjunction with the word “of” in a cat’s name (e.g. Duke-of-Earl). cat. When the dam of a litter is co-owned by two or more breeders each hav - CATTERY: The signatures of all current registered owners are required in ing a registered cattery name, only one cattery name prefix may be used in order to add an owner to an existing cattery record. The notarized permis - naming ALL in any one litter. sion of the person being removed is required in order to remove an owner RENEWAL: Cattery names issued after January 1, 1988, are subject to a from the record. renewal fee every 5 years. Cattery names not renewed by the required date In the case of a deceased person, CFA can complete a service at the will not be eligible for use as either a cat name prefix or suffix until the signed request of the person handling the estate upon receipt of proof of renewal fee has been received by the Central Office. Cattery names not authority to sign and/or proof of death, which can include: renewed are subject to reissuance to another breeder. Application for a per - 1. A copy of the death certificate. manent cattery name can be submitted. 2. Public notice of death (newspaper). PERMANENT CATTERY NAMES: The owner(s) of an existing CFA regis - 3. A copy of the will detailing cat ownership and executor. tered cattery name can apply for permanent registration if the following cri - teria is met: Section 10 - Registration Screening: Registration for a kitten of an accepted 1. Cattery must have produced a minimum of 10 grand champions, grand characteristic (such as color, pattern, coat length) for that breed, but occur - premiers or distinguished merit cats. There must be a minimum of five grand ring from parents whose genetic makeup would not be expected to produce champions within the group of 10. that characteristic, will be issued a restricted Not For Breeding registration. 2. Cattery must have registered a minimum of 10 litters born during a 10- Registration requested for a kitten demonstrating a recessive year period with the birthdate of the oldest litter being at least 10 years prior characteristic not accepted within the breed will not be registered based to the application for a permanent cattery name and the birthdate of the upon the assumption that recessive characteristics demonstrate hybridiza - youngest litter being at least 10 years after that of the oldest litter. tion other than that permitted for that breed. This information accompanied by the $100 filing fee is to be submitted to Registration requested for a kitten demonstrating a dominant the CFA Central Office. characteristic which would not be expected to occur within a specific breed will not be registered. However, littermates with permissible characteris - Section 7 - Corrections/Duplicate Certificates: When a certificate is issued tics within the breed will be registered, but those kittens will be registered that is incorrect due to Central Office error, or if the cat name issued is with a Not For Breeding restriction. different than the two choices requested by the registrant, the certificate When a double breeding has occurred, one male should be chosen as the should be returned with corrections noted. If possible under the CFA Rules sire of record and only those kittens that could genetically have been pro - For Registration, the changes will be made and a new certificate issued. duced from that male should be registered. The remaining kittens should not Request for correction should be made as soon as possible after the date of be registered. issue. Correction without incurring a fee cannot be guaranteed after 6 months from the date of issue. Section 11 - General: The Cat Fanciers’ Association, Inc. reserves the right to 3 of 4 • August 2010 cancel or correct any registration erroneously recorded or recorded in viola - details. tion of these rules, together with any registrations that have been issued Bombay : Bombay, Black , or Sable Burmese. for any descendants of said cats. Colorpoint Shorthair : Colorpoint Shorthair or Siamese. Application for registration must be made on the official CFA application Exotic : Exotic or Persian. Kittens born after April 15, 2009 may only be form. Other documents required for registration, such as export certificates, from Exotic (Shorthair) to Exotic (Shorthair), Exotic (Shortair) to Exotic certified pedigrees, and lease agreements, and must be attached to the CFA Longhair or Exotic (Shorthair) to Persian. Exotic Longhair to Exotic Longhair application form. Keep a copy for your records. If you wish the return of an or Exotic Longhair to Persian breedings are not registerable. original document other than the CFA application, the original plus one pho - : Ocicat or Abyssinian. Kittens born on or after January 1, 2015 may tocopy should be submitted. Notarized photocopies will also be accepted. have only Ocicat parents. Documents requiring signatures will not be accepted via fax or email. Oriental (longhair & shorthair) : Siamese or Colorpoint Shorthair (also, CFA has made every effort to protect the purity of bloodlines through its Balinese or Javanese for the longhair division). Effective with Oriental lit - system of registration, but the purity of bloodlines for cats registered by ters born after June 15, 2010, no Oriental litters (SH Division) that result certified pedigree from other associations and their descendants cannot be from a pointed to pointed breeding (i.e. any cross between a pointed guaranteed. The possibility does exist that a throw-back to another breed or Oriental (shorthair division) and Siamese or a Colorpoint Shorthair or a color will occur. In such cases, the throw-back is non-registerable. The pointed Oriental), will be permitted. Such matings will not be registrable remainder of the litter that does conform to the accepted standard is regis - for litters born after June 15, 2010. terable. Ragamuffin : Ragamuffin, Ragdoll and Persian. Kittens born after July 15, When the ancestry of a hybrid litter might permit registration of the kit - 2006 may have only Ragamuffin parents. Kittens born on or before July 15, tens in more than one breed classification, the breeder must list the breed 2001 may show a domestic longhair parent. under which the kittens are to be registered, and all kittens in that litter and Section 4 - Mutations: The natural offspring of a natural breed showing def - future litters will be registered under the originally designated breed. inite characteristics that may be continued by breeding between specimens Incorrect or incomplete applications or applications with insufficient of the mutation and/or the natural breed from which it originated. A pedigree fees will be returned uncompleted by the Central Office. In the case of insuf - may show only the breeds listed. ficient fees, the Central Office may complete as much as possible given the American Bobtail (longhair & shorthair) : American Bobtail. Kittens born fees received without returning all applications. on or before January 1, 2002 may also have domestic and naturally bobtailed There are no rules against closely related breedings of any kind nor any parents. Contact Central Office for information regarding the registration of restrictions on the pedigree relationship of the prospective sire and dam. domestic shorthair or longhair cats with a natural bobtail for cats born This includes mother/son, sire/daughter, siblings, etc. between January 1, 2002 and Janaury 1, 2015. There is no rule pertaining to the maximum age allowable for breeding. (shorthair and longhair) : American Curl, Domestic Longhair, There is no time limit requirement for the submission of cat registration or Domestic Shorthair. Kittens born on or after January 1, 2015 may have applications, litter applications, or transfer requests. only American Curl parents. American Wirehair : American Wirehair or American Shorthair. ARTICLE III - BREED CLASSIFICATION : curly or straight-coated Cornish Rex. The word BREED is used in all these rules to mean natural breeds, estab - Devon Rex : Devon Rex, American Shorthair, or . Kittens lished breeds, mutations, and hybrids. born on or after May 1, 2013 may have only Devon Rex parents. General: a breed may have specific policies regarding allowable ancestry, LaPerm (longhair & shorthair) : LaPerm, domestic longhair and domestic import requirements, colors and other characteristics. For complete regis - shorthair. Kittens born on or before May 1, 2002 may also have AOV Ocicat tration information regarding a breed, contact the CFA Central Office. parents. Kittens born on or after January 2015 may have only LaPerm par - Section 1 - Natural Breeds:Both parent cats and all ancestors must be of the ents. breed as the cat to be registered. The following natural breeds are recog - Scottish Fold (shorthair and longhair) : Scottish Fold, British Shorthair, or nized for registration: Abyssinian, American Shorthair, Chartreux, Chinese Li American Shorthair. Hua, , (shorthair and longhair), Korat, Maine Selkirk Rex (longhair and shorthair) : Selkirk Rex, British Shorthair, Coon Cat, Manx (shorthair and longhair), , Persian, Persian, or Exotic. Kittens born before January 1, 1998 may also show Russian Blue, Siamese, Siberian, Singapura, Turkish Angora, and . American Shorthair. Kittens born on or after January 1, 2015 may have only Section 2 - Established Breeds: The result of the mating of two or more Selkirk Rex parents. specified breeds that may be continued by breeding between specimens of Somali : Somali or Abyssinian. the particular established breed. Both parent cats must be specimens of the Sphynx : Sphynx, American Shorthair, Domestic Shorthair/Domestic established breed, and the pedigree may show only specimens of the estab - Sphynx Outcross. Sphynx born on or after December 31, 2015 may have only lished breed and/or breeds used to produce the established breed. The Sphynx parents. following established breeds are recognized for registration: , British Shorthair, Burmese, European Burmese, Havana Brown*, Ragdoll and Tonkinese. *Certain limited outcrossing is permissible for the Havana Brown. Contact the CFA Central Office for details. Section 3 - Hybrids:The result of the mating of two or more breeds specified or unspecified in the rules, whether mediately or immediately. The pedigree may show only the breeds listed used to develop the particular hybrid and/or specimens of the hybrid. Balinese : Balinese, Javanese*, Colorpoint Shorthair, Siamese or **. *Javanese is a division of the Balinese breed effective May 1, 2008. **Certain limited outcrossing is permissible to the Oriental Longhair, on litters born on or prior to 12/31/2015. Contact the CFA Central Office for

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