272 THE HORSE BOOK. 



APPENDIX. 



STATE AND TERRITORIAL STALLION SERVICE LAWS 



Most of the states now have laws granting liens on 

 mare and foal, or both, resulting from the services of 

 properly advertised stallions. These laws, as an examina- 

 tion of the following pages will disclose, differ very ma- 

 terially in the various commonwealths. Stallion owners 

 will find it very much to their advantage to comply abso- 

 lutely with the provisions of these laws as they relate to 

 the obligations imposed upon them, and in all cases to 

 seek protection under their terms. For a stallion owner to 

 file his list of mares, in order to perfect his liens, does 

 not imply distrust of his customers. Taking such action 

 is merely an evidence of sound business sense. When the 

 lien is perfected those who will not pay voluntarily may 

 be forced to pay and those whom the stallioner may desire 

 to favor are none the worse off. The wording of some of 

 the statutes is not clear; in such cases the advice of a 

 local lawyer should be sought. 



ALABAMA. 



"The owner of every stallion, jack, bull, ram, he-goat or 

 boar, who keeps it for a profit and charges a price for the 

 service thereof, shall have a lien, for the amount of the 

 stipulated price therof, on any mare, jenney, cow, ewe, 

 she-goat or sow," to which such sire shall have been bred 

 and also on the offspring born next after such service. The 

 statute provides that this lien shall be paramount over all 

 other liens^ but it has been held to be subordinate to a 

 prior recorded mortgage. 



Upon filing bond and aflidavit the sire owner may have 

 an attachment, 



1. When the claim is due and payment is refused. 



2. Whether the claim is due or not, "when the defend- 

 ant has traded off, or otherwise disposed of, or there is 

 good reason to believe he is about to trade off or otherwise 

 dispose of, or remove from the county, any of the animals 

 on which the lien exists, without paying the stipulated 

 price for such service." 



ARIZONA. 



There is no regulation of the stallioner's business in Ari- 

 zona, and no lien is given to him. 



