Mycatisregisteredwithanotherassociation.CanIstillregisteritwithCFA
REGISTRATIONVIAPEDIGREE
Undercertaincircumstances,acatregisteredwithanotherrecognizedassociationmaybeeligibleforCFAregistrationwithoutpriorCFAlitterregistrationbythebreeder.Applicationforregistrationcanbemadeviacertifiedpedigreefromanapprovedorganizationwiththeappropriatenumberofgenerationsincludedwiththeapplication*
Note:theserulesapplyonlytocatsbeingtransferredtoCFAfromotherassociations/registriesrecognizedbyCFA.Toobtainregistrationforcatseligibleunderthispolicy,a5-generationcertifiedpedigree(seeNotebelowforexceptionstothe5-generationrequirement),issuedbytheregistraroftheassociationinwhichthecatiscurrentlyregistered,mustbesubmittedforCFAfiles,eitherbymailoremail.A5-generationcertifiedpedigreeincludesthecattoberegisteredplusfivegenerationsofbackground.A4-generationcertifiedpedigreeincludesthecattoberegisteredplusfourgenerationsofbackground.Pedigreesusedforthistypeofregistrationwillonlybeacceptedfrompreviouslyapprovedregistrationassociations(seeNotebelow).PhotocopiesandemailedcopiesofthecertifieddocumentswillbeacceptedaslongastheyareclearandcompleteandCFAcandeterminefromthedataprovidedthatthepedigreeiscertified.Keeptheoriginaldocumentsforyourfiles.
Wheneverpossible,thecatnameissuedatthetimeofCFAregistrationwillbethesameasthenameassignedtothecatwhenitwasoriginallyregistered(asprintedonthepedigree).Exceptfortheuseofthebreeder'sCFA-registeredcatterynameandfortheadditionofthenewowner'scatterysuffixwhereapplicable,signedpermissionofthecat'sbreederwouldberequiredforustomakeanychangestothename.CFARulesforRegistrationwouldapplywithregardtotheallowablelengthofcatnameandwithregardtotheuseofanycatterynameregisteredwithCFAinthenameofthecat'sbreeder.
NOTE:Pedigreesfromselectedassociationsareacceptedforregistrationpurposesaslongasthepedigreeiscertified(signedbytheregistrarand/orstampedwithanassociationseal),providesallrequiredinformation,andcontainstherequirednumberofgenerationsofbackgroundrequiredbythebreedtoberegistered.Requiredinformationincludesthename,color(orcolorcode),andregistrationnumberforallcatsinthebackground.ThebreedandcolorsofthosebackgroundcatsmustconformtoCFArequirementsfortheparticularbreedofcatbeingregistered.Ifyouarenotsurewhetheraparticularassociation'spedigreewillbeaccepted,contactCentralofficewiththenameandlocationoftheassociationbeforepurchasingthecatand/orthepedigree.
Ifapedigreecannotbeobtainedfromthecurrentassociationthatincludesalloftherequirednumberofgenerationsofbackgroundneededtoregisterthatparticularbreed,CFAwillacceptmorethanonecertifiedpedigreeinordertoobtaintherequireddocumentation.Wewillacceptacertifiedpedigreeoraphotocopyoftheregistrationcertificateforthesubjectcatpluscertifiedpedigreesforeachoftheparents(orforcatsfurtherbackinthepedigreeasneeded).
RECORDEDCATS:Catsmaybeindividuallyrecordedforbreedingpurposesonly,notforshowing.Therequirementsforrecordingareidenticaltothoseforindividualregistrationviapedigree,exceptthatonelessgenerationofancestryisrequired.RecordedcatsmaynotbeshownatCFAshows.Thismaybeaviableoptionforthecatwhichhasonlya4-generationpedigree.
AOV(AnyOtherVariety)REGISTRATIONS:Incertaininstances,acat'sbackground(colorsand/orbreeds)maycausethecattoberegisteredinCFAasadifferentbreedthanwhatiscurrentlylistedasthebreedinanothercatregistry.Forexample,acatregisteredasaSiameseinanotherregistrybutwhosepedigreereflectscolors/breedsinthebackgroundthatCFAdoesnotacceptforregistrationintheSiamesebreed,willberegisteredinCFAunderabreedotherthanSiamese.
NOTE:Thefollowingbreedsrequirecertifiedpedigreesforthenumberofgenerationsindicatedinparenthesesafterthebreedname:Abyssinian(8),AmericanWirehair(4),Balinese(3or5),Burmilla(4),Chartreux(4),DevonRex(3),EuropeanBurmese(8-NorthAmericanRegistriesonly),Korat(3),Persian(8),Ragdoll(3),RussianBlue(8),ScottishFold(4),SelkirkRex(canberegisteredusingcertificateofregistrationonly,nopedigreerequired),Siamese(8),Siberian(3),Sphynx(3),Tonkinese(3)andTurkishAngora(3).Allotherbreedsrequire5generations.
TitlesandawardswoninotherassociationswillnotberecordedorshownonCFArecords.
Todetermineifyournon-CFAregisteredcatcanberegisteredwithus,pleasemailoremailatleasta4-generationpedigreeforthecatyouwishtoregisterandincludeanoterequestingregistrationinformation.Forinitialreviewpurposes,thepedigreeneednotbecertifiedanditmaybeaphotocopy.PleasebeawarethatanofficialregistrycertifiedpedigreemaylaterberequiredinordertoapplyfortheactualregistrationprocesswithCFAoncethecathasbeendeterminedtobeeligibleforregistrationviapedigree.
Forthereviewpurposesonly,thepedigreeinformationmaybeobtainedfromthebreederofthecatorfromtheassociationinwhichthecatisnowregistered.Thepedigreemustincludecatnames,registrationnumbersandcolors(orbreed/colorcodes)forallcatsinthepedigree.Ifyoudonothaveanypedigreeinformationavailableanditisnecessaryforyoutopurchaseacertifiedpedigreefromtheregistryinwhichthecatiscurrentlyregistered,pleasebeawarethat,althoughCFAonlyneedstoseethefirst4generationsforreviewpurposes,furthergenerationsmayberequiredtocompletetheactualregistrationprocess.Ifapplicable,youcanasktheregistryassociationfortheirfeesforupgradingacertifiedpedigreeto5or8generationsfromthe4generationsthatwereoriginallypurchased.
MailoremailtoCFAaphotocopyofthepedigreeforthecatyouwishtoregisterandaphotocopyofthecat'sregistrationcertificatefromtheassociationinwhichthecatiscurrentlyregistered.Includealetterrequestingregistrationinformation.Thepedigreewillbereviewedandeitherreturnedtoyouorwewillcontactyoubyemailwithfurtherinstructions.Thereisa$15feeforthisreviewprocess.Feesforactualregistrationwillbeexplainedinthereturncorrespondence,whichwillalsoincludeanyformsyouwillneedtocompletethecat'sCFAregistration.
IfitisdeterminedthecatcanberegisteredinCFAusingacertifiedpedigree,thefeetoregisteracatviapedigreeis$40.00.IfyourcatcannotberegisteredwithCFA,CFAwillretain$15.00ofthe$40.00fee.CFAacceptscreditcardsforpaymentofallservices.Ifpayingbycard,pleaseinclude: