This site will be continually under construction and changing as the states, counties and municipals continually change their regulations and laws. These are the current regulations for 1996 that we have received to date. If you have other information, please let us know the citations of those laws or regulations, the state and when the changes went or will go into effect by sending e-mail to lawschange@monkeymaddness.com.

The Florida code, as it is written, is very strict, classifying animals as Class I, II, and III. No pet permits are allowed for Class 1, which includes chimpanzees, gorillas, gibbons, and baboons. For a personal use wildlife permit, there is no cost for class III (this is for spiders, capuchins, woollys), but you must have though 1000 hours of experience. For marmosets and squirrel monkeys you need no experience but still must apply for the permit so that inspectors can see that you have met the cage requirements. A license to sell or exhibit wildlife costs only $5.00. There are no Class I or Class II permits being issued in the State of Fla. any longer. No one can get a Class I permit unless you are renewing your old one. Due to the number of primates in Florida, many advocates recommend that the State require all primates be permanently identified with tattoos or epidermal micro-chips.