South Branch Valley Paws

Class A — Breeder Active License

At a Glance

South Branch Valley Paws is a USDA Class A Breeder located in Petersburg, West Virginia. Certificate 54-A-0016 expires 4/21/2029. We have records of 5 USDA APHIS inspections for this licensee since 2014, most recently on 2026-03-16.

Certificate54-A-0016

License ClassClass A — Breeder

LocationPetersburg, WV

Expires4/21/2029

Total Inspections5

Total Violations (all inspections)0

USDA Inspection History

USDA APHIS conducts routine, re-license, and focused inspections of licensed facilities under the Animal Welfare Act. Below are all recorded inspections for certificate 54-A-0016. Click a date to view the full inspection report.

5 inspections on record

5 clean

Date	Type	Violations	Report
2026-03-16	RE-LICENSE INSPECTION	no violations	—
2025-02-03	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2024-03-18	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2023-07-06	ROUTINE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report
2023-04-13	PRE-LICENSE INSPECTION	no violations	View Report

How to Verify This License

To confirm South Branch Valley Paws's current USDA license status directly with the federal government, search certificate 54-A-0016 on the USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (opens in new tab). Our data is refreshed monthly; for the latest status, the APHIS tool is authoritative.

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Related Resources

All USDA-Licensed Breeders in West Virginia — Browse the full directory for this state.
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USDA License Lookup — Search all 2,928 active USDA-licensed breeders and dealers.

Data sources: Licensee data comes from the USDA APHIS Animal Care Public Search Tool (opens in new tab). Inspection reports are sourced from the Data Liberation Project (opens in new tab) (CC BY-SA 4.0), which compiles USDA APHIS inspection data from 2014 to present. Both are updated monthly. For the most current information, verify directly with USDA APHIS. This is not an official USDA tool.