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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.
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 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.
Amended in 1999.
Reviewed by AAHS in August 2001.