I practice law in South Africa, I’m not sure if it applies to the States.A lien is something you have as of right, but
you will need to perfect your lien by getting a court order.IOW, you have a lien over the horse for as
long as it remains ON YOUR PROPERTY. Once she moves the horse, you have lost the
lien.Tell her she may not move the horse
until she has paid her lien, and then get a Court order against her for payment
of monies owed to you. Out here, that
involves issuing Summons and taking judgement, I don’t know about over
there.You can’t just sell the
horse because you have a lien, you need a judgement first.
Caution : you have to maintain the horse
on your property, including calling a vet in case of problems.Sometimes, it’s not worth it –
whether it is in this case depends on horse and owner.
Good luck.
Regards,
Tracey
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ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mom
Alexander Sent: 10 March 2006 04:32 PM To: ridecamp Subject: [RC] lein on a horse ?
I
board a few horses at my farm, more of a hobby than a business, nothing fancy
just making a little extra horse money and using the extra space that I
have. Well, I have one boarder that has not paid her board in 8 months,
she never comes to see the horse, just calls with "How's she doing?",
and I've had to pay the horse's vet bill, farrier etc., Well,
how do I go about putting a lein on this horse ? Is it a legal thing I
need a lawyer for or do I just send a certified letter to the owner ? She
called saying she is moving her horse to another barn, but didn't say anything
about paying her huge bill. ($ 2800) What do I do in this
situation? Thanks.
