"Papers"

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I wanted to start a different thread here because of what I brought up on another thread that seemed to be taken over by the subject. I asked another member if they got papers for a snake, and there was a lot of different opinions and views on papers. It is something I am used to here in Germany, maybe its not the same everywhere in Germany, but it is around here. I have papers for almost every snake I own, and some other reptiles, such as my monitor. The only snakes I do not have papers for are the ones I have from a friend, who if i NEED them will produce them for me, so no concerns. The papers with my monitor, well I have to have them because he has to be registered with the city. But back to the balls.



That is a good example of what papers here look like, they are not all exact, but they all have the basic information.

Its called a proof or origin, or Herkunftsnachweis.

As you can see it has the type of animal, sex, morph, and where/when it was bred. DNZ meaning Deutsche Nachzucht or bred in Germany, you sometimes see stuff like ENZ or CNZ saying what country it came from, or FZ meaning Farmzucht or farm bred, i.e. wild caught from Africa. Below that it states if its from their collection, or from their breeding, in this case they did not produce the animal, but were selling it.

It then states that the animal is visually good and is visually free from sickness. Then it says that its being sold without any known disease, that if it dies or is sick that they take no responsibility. That the sex is correct to the best of their knowledge but they have no guarantee on it. Then it finally says that the new owner understands the above and accepts the terms with their signature and that there is not return on the animal. And as you see it has my wifes and the breeders signature there.

Its basically a TOS, but its a binding contract. It technically is something one could sue over I suppose, and this is to cover the breeder. Even when not recieving animals in person I have gotten these in email and had to sign and send back. I think its good, its a legal binding contract between the seller and buyer. Maybe something that should be implemented in the states, give buyers and sellers some piece of mind.