PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Agricultural Experiment
Circular No. 45
LaFayette, Ind., October, 1914
STALLION ENROLLMENT
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STALLION SERVICE LIENS AND SALE OF BRED MARES
D. O. Thompson
Section 10 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law relates to the stallion service lien and the sale of mares and foals. This section makes it possible for stallioners to force a collection of fees. Several inquiries have come to this office relative to this section.
“Sec. 10. Having complied with the provisions of this act, the owner of any stallion shall have a lien for the sum stipulated to he paid for the services thereof, upon the offspring of such stallion by filing at any time within eighteen months after the date of service, a statement of the account thereof, together with a description as to color, and white markings of the female served, and the name of the owner at the date of the service, in the county recorder’s office of the county wherein owner of said female resided at time of service. Such lien shall exist for a period of one year from the date of foaling of said colt, or if credit is given, from the expiration of the credit, and shall have priority over all other liens and encumbrances upon the offspring. Neither the mare nor the foal shall be sold within eighteen months after the date of service unless the service fee shall be paid, unless such sale shall be agreed to and approved in writing by the owner of the stallion at the time of the sale or transfer of the mare or foal. At any time after the offspring has been foaled, any person having such lien may enforce the same by filing his complaint before any justice of the peace, or in the circuit court or superior court of the county where the said notice of lien is filed, at any time within one year from the date of foaling of said colt, or if credit be given, from the expiration of the credit; and if the lien shall not be enforced within the time prescribed by this section the same shall be null and void; and the court rendering judgment shall order the sale of the offspring to be made, and the officer making the sale shall sell the offspring without relief from valuation or appraisement laws.”
In order to answer these inquiries as to the form of notice to be served, the Stallion Enrollment Board has had the following form prepared. This form should be filed in the County Recorder’s office of the county wherein the owner of the mare resided at the time of service. Before filing, all blanks should be filled in in complete detail.
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