...we are obviously excited to retain you as our expert. ...G. M. Trachtenberg, Levenbaum & Cohen more testimonials... Back to State Equine Agister's/Feed Lien Statutes Main Page If your printer is cutting off information, switch your paper orientation to "landscape". Texas Texas Liens for Service to Horses NOTE: Texas has a breeder's lien, but no lien for veterinarians or farriers. The Texas agister's lien is broad enough to cover residential charges for each of those services. I. Breeder's Lien TEXAS STATUTES AND CODES PROPERTY CODE TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS SUBTITLE B. LIENS CHAPTER 70. MISCELLANEOUS LIENS SUBCHAPTER C. STOCK BREEDER'S LIEN § 70.201. Stock Breeder's Lien An owner or keeper of a stallion, jack, bull, or boar confined to be bred for profit has a preference lien on the offspring of the animal for the amount of the charges for the breeding services, unless the owner or keeper misrepresents the animal by false pedigree. § 70.202. Enforcement of Lien The lien may be enforced in the same manner as a statutory landlord's lien. The lien remains in force for 10 months from the day that the offspring is born, but the lien may not be enforced until five months after the date of birth of the offspring. Texas Liens for the Care of Horses II. Agister's Lien TEXAS STATUTES AND CODES PROPERTY CODE TITLE 5. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND LIENS SUBTITLE B. LIENS CHAPTER 70. MISCELLANEOUS LIENS SUBCHAPTER A. POSSESSORY LIENS § 70.003. Stable Keeper's, Garageman's, Pasturer's, and Cotton Ginner's Lien's (a) A stable keeper with whom an animal is left for care has a lien on the animal for the amount of the charges for the care. (b) An owner or lessee of a pasture with whom an animal is left for grazing has a lien on the animal for the amount of charges for the grazing. (c) A garageman with whom a motor vehicle, motorboat, vessel, or outboard motor is left for care has a lien on the motor vehicle, motorboat, vessel, or outboard motor for the amount of the charges for the care, including reasonable charges for towing the motor vehicle, motorboat, vessel, or outboard motor to the garageman's place of business. (d)(1) A cotton ginner to whom a cotton crop has been delivered for processing or who, under an agreement, is to be paid for harvesting a cotton crop has a lien on the cotton processed or harvested for the amount of the charges for the processing or harvesting. The lienholder is entitled to retain possession of the cotton until the amount of the charge due under an agreement is paid or, if an amount is not specified by agreement, the reasonable and usual compensation is paid. If the cotton owner's address is known and the amount of the charge is not paid before the 31st day after the date the cotton ginner's work is completed or the date payment is due under a written agreement, whichever is later, the lienholder shall request the owner to pay the unpaid charge due and shall notify the owner and any other person having a lien on the cotton which is properly recorded under applicable law with the secretary of state of the fact that unless payment is made not later than the 15th day after the date the notice is received, the lienholder is entitled to sell the cotton under any procedure authorized by Section 9.610, Business & Commerce Code. If the cotton owner's address is not known and the amount of the charge is not paid before the 61st day after the date the cotton ginner's work is completed or the date payment is due under a written agreement, whichever is later, the lienholder is entitled to sell the cotton without notice at a commercially reasonable sale. The proceeds of a sale under this subsection shall be applied first to charges due under this subsection, and any remainder shall be paid in appropriate proportion to: (A) any other person having a lien on the cotton which is properly recorded under applicable law with the secretary of state; and (B) the cotton owner. (2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to place an affirmative burden on the cotton ginner to perform any lien searches except as may be appropriate to provide notices required by this section. § 70.005. Sale of Property (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person holding a lien under this subchapter on property other than a motor vehicle subject to Chapter 501, Transportation Code, or cotton under Section 70.003(d), who retains possession of the property for 60 days after the day that the charges accrue shall request the owner to pay the unpaid charges due if the owner's residence is in this state and known. If the charges are not paid before the 11th day after the day of the request, the lienholder may, after 20 days' notice, sell the property at a public sale, or if the lien is on a garment, at a public or private sale. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if the residence of the owner of property subject to sale under this section is not in this state or not known, the lienholder may sell the property without notice at a public sale after the 60th day after the day that the unpaid charges accrued. (c) A person holding a lien under Section 70.003(a) on an animal fed in confinement for slaughter may enforce that lien in any manner authorized by Sections 9.610-9.619, Business & Commerce Code. (d) The lienholder shall apply the proceeds of a sale under this section to the charges. If the lien is on a garment, the lienholder shall apply the proceeds to the charges and the reasonable costs of holding the sale. The lienholder shall pay excess proceeds to the person entitled to them. § 70.007. Unclaimed Excess (a) If a person entitled to excess proceeds under this subchapter is not known or has moved from this state or the county in which the lien accrued, the person holding the excess shall pay it to the county treasurer of the county in which the lien accrued. The treasurer shall issue the person a receipt for the payment. (b) If the person entitled to the excess does not claim it before two years after the day it is paid to the treasurer, the excess becomes a part of the county's general fund. Back to State Equine Agister's/Feed Lien Statutes Main Page If your printer is cutting off information, switch your paper orientation to "landscape". Back to top of page NAES would like to thank all of the contributing photographers for their generosity in allowing NAES to post photographs throughout this web site. Photo credits are listed, where appropriate. Home - Qualified Equine Appraisals - Advisory Board - NAES' Spotlight - NAES' David D. 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