Should You Take Boarders In For Extra Income? Legal Aspects to Consider
With an estimated 2-3 million privately owned horses in the United States, most of them require boarding facilities. Taking in boarders can help recoup the cost of owning a horse, plus it gives you the opportunity to make revenue from it. However, taking on boarders to your property is a serious decision and should be…
Failure to Diagnose During Your Horse’s Pre-Purchase Exam
A pre-purchase exam is the first step most people face when jumping into the world of horse ownership and they hope it to be the last exam that they will ever have to face with their horse, aside from seasonal veterinary vaccines and yearly Coggins. A pre-purchase exam is meant to detect lameness and any…
Equine Lawyer Guidance: California’s Agister’s Lien Law
A Solution to Collect from Unpaid Boarders It’s an all too common scenario: Your boarder is behind – way behind – on boarding fees. By law you are required to care for and continue to board the horse or face possible endangerment or negligence claims. The cost is now coming out of your own…
Selling or Buying a Horse: Sales Contract Smarts
Equine Attorney Defines AS-IS Clause and Express and Implied Warranties You’ve seen the term “As-Is.” Everything from cars, houses, even items on eBay use the term when making a sale. The phrase seems self explanatory – that the buyer is accepting the item “with all faults” – however, be forewarned, this is not always the…