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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Liens for Service to Horses
NOTE: Pennsylvania has no lien for veterinarians, farriers
or breeders. However, its general possessory lien is broad
enough to cover each of those services.
PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES
TITLE 6. BAILEES AND FACTORS
CHAPTER 1. BAILEES LIENS AND ENFORCEMENT
§ 11. Procedure for sale of personal property under
common law lien
Hereafter where any person, corporation, firm, or copartnership
may have what is known as a "common law lien"
for work done or material furnished about the repair of
any personal property belonging to another person, corporation,
firm, or copartnership, it shall be lawful for such person,
corporation, firm, or copartnership having said common law
lien, while such property is in the hands of the said person,
corporation, firm, or copartnership contributing such work
and material, to give notice in writing to the owner of
the amount of indebtedness for which said common law lien
is claimed for the labor and material that has entered into
the repair, alteration, improvement, or otherwise, done
upon the said property. If the said claim for said work
or material is not paid within thirty days the said person,
corporation, firm, or copartnership to which said money
is due, may proceed to sell the said property, as hereinafter
provided: Provided, however, That the owner of said property,
if he disputes said bill, may issue a writ of replevin,
as provided by law, within the said thirty days, and the
said dispute shall be settled in said action of replevin.
§ 12. Notice of sale
The notice hereinbefore provided for shall contain an itemized
statement setting forth the work and material furnished
for the repair, alteration, or improvement of the said personal
property, and shall be verified by oath of the claimant;
and if said claim is not paid within said thirty days then
the said claimant may sell the said property at public sale
by giving ten days' notice thereof in the same manner as
personal property is sold by sheriff or constable.
§ 13. Disposition of proceeds
After satisfying the lien and any costs that may accrue,
any residue remaining shall on demand, within six months,
be paid to the owner of the property; and if such residue
is not demanded within six months from the date of the sale,
the same shall be deposited by the person making the sale
with the treasurer of the county, together with a statement
of the claim and the costs of enforcing the same, a copy
of the published notice, and of the amounts received for
the goods at said sale. Said residue shall by the county
treasurer be credited to the general revenue fund of the
county, subject to the right of the owner, or his personal
representatives, to reclaim the same at any time within
three years from the date of the deposit with the county
treasurer.
§ 14. Title on sale
All sales of property made under this act shall be as conclusive
to the title conveyed as if sold by a sheriff or constable.
§ 15. Lien on goods for carriage, storage or labor;
sale of goods
In all cases, in which commission merchants, factors and
all common carriers, or other persons, shall have a lien,
under existing laws, upon any goods, wares, merchandise,
or other property, for, or on account of, the costs, or
expenses, of carriage, storage, or labor bestowed on such
goods, wares, merchandise, or other property, if the owner,
or consignee of the same, shall fail, or neglect, or refuse
to pay the amount of charges upon any such property, goods,
wares, or merchandise, within thirty days after demand thereof,
made personally upon such owner, or consignee, then, and
in such case, it shall and may be lawful for any such commission
merchant, factor, common carrier, or other person, having
such lien, as aforesaid, after the expiration of said period
of thirty days, to expose such goods, wares, merchandise,
or other property, to sale, at public auction, and to sell
the same, or so much thereof, as shall be sufficient to
discharge said lien, together with costs of sale and advertising:
Provided, That notice of such sale, together with the name
of the person, or persons, to whom such goods shall have
been consigned, shall have been first published for two
successive weeks, in a newspaper, published in the county,
and by six written, or printed handbills, put up in the
most public and conspicuous places in the vicinity of the
depot where the said goods may be.
§ 17. Disposition of proceeds
The residue of moneys arising from any such sales, either
under the first or second sections of this act, after deducting
the amount of the lien, as aforesaid, together with costs
of advertising and sales shall be held subject to the order
of the owner or owners of property.
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