Title 4 — Title 4 — Animals

The foregoing provisions of this article, shall not bar any other legal proceedings, for the determination of the title of land, or dividing the line between contending owners, nor do they preclude agreement by the parties. R.L. 1910, § 171.

Tightening. A fence made of three rails of good substantial material, or three boards not less than six (6) inches wide and three-quarters (3/4) of an inch thick, such rails or boards to be fastened in or to good substantial posts not more than ten (10) feet apart where rails are…

In districts where fences are required, as in this article provided, the owner of stock shall be liable for all damages done by animals breaking through or over lawful fences and trespassing upon the enclosed lands of another, and the animals so breaking through or over such fenc…

Execution. In all cases where the plaintiff may recover judgment for damages caused by the trespassing of animals of another, the judgment shall be a lien upon the stock so trespassing, and the plaintiff may have special execution for the sale of such stock to satisfy the judgmen…

4 O.S. § 181 Repealed by Laws 1965, c. 117, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1966

4 O.S. § 182 Repealed by Laws 1965, c. 117, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1966

4 O.S. § 183 Repealed by Laws 1965, c. 117, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1966

4 O.S. § 184 Repealed by Laws 1965, c. 117, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1966

Any person employed in feeding, grazing or herding any domestic animals, whether in pasture or otherwise, shall have a lien on said animals for the amount due for such feeding, grazing or herding. R.L. 1910, § 175.

Any person, partnership, firm or corporation in this state, or in any border county of the adjacent states, furnishing or providing to the owner of such domestic animals any corn, feed, forage or hay, for the sustenance of such domestic animals, shall have a lien on said animals …

Every person who shall keep, board or train any animal, shall, for the amount due therefor, have a lien on such animal, and on any vehicle, harness or equipment coming into his possession therewith, and no owner or claimant shall have the right to take any such property out of th…

4 O.S. § 194 Repealed by Laws 2011, c. 123, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 2011

A. A person who has a lien upon a domestic animal pursuant to Title 4 of the Oklahoma Statutes may foreclose upon the lien while lawfully in possession of the animal. B. The lien may be foreclosed by a sale of the domestic animal upon notice which shall include: 1. The names of t…

Publication or posting - Acceptance. The owner or keeper of any stallion, jack or bull may advertise the terms upon which he will let such animal to service by publication thereof in some newspaper in the county where such animal is kept for a period of sixty (60) days during the…

Notice to third parties - Lien without certificate. When the said terms of such service by any such animal, published or posted as provided in the next preceding section, shall provide that the foal or other product of such service will be held for the money due for the service o…

The register of deeds of each county shall be required to provide and keep in his office a well-bound book with an index in which such certificates shall be recorded in the order in which they are filed, and as compensation in full for filing and recording such certificates the r…

recording or eligibility for record - Forfeiture of rights. If any keeper of such stallion, jack or bull shall offer and advertise to let the service of such animal, and shall give a false or fictitious pedigree, knowing the same to be false, or shall falsely represent such anima…

For the purpose of enforcing such lien upon default in the payment of the sum secured, the lienor may proceed by replevin in any court of competent jurisdiction and possess himself of the encumbered property, and hold the same subject to such judgment as he shall recover. R.L. 19…

1980.

Upon the rendition of judgment, if for the lienor, it shall be for the sum found due, with costs of suit and that the lien be enforced against the property by execution and sale as in ordinary sales under execution; but if such finding be for the defendant, judgment shall be ente…

All proceedings under this article, where not herein otherwise specifically provided, shall be governed by the general laws of the state concerning replevin. R.L. 1910, § 185.

Sections 2 through 12 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Livestock Owner’s Lien Act of 2011". Added by Laws 2011, c. 123, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.

A. An owner’s lien shall expire one (1) year after the last day of the month following the date the sales price from the sale of livestock subject to such lien are required by law or contract to be paid to such livestock owner but only as to the particular livestock sold during s…

The provisions of this act shall not be construed to impair any other rights a livestock owner otherwise may have at law or in equity. In the event a conflict arises between this act and any other rights a livestock owner may have, the livestock owner’s right to receive the sales…

As used in the Livestock Owner’s Lien Act of 2011: 1. “Affiliate” means any person who is controlled, directly or indirectly, by a first purchaser, or who controls, directly or indirectly, a first purchaser. "Control" or "controlled by" means the possession, directly or indirectl…

A. To secure the obligations of a first purchaser to pay the sales price, every livestock owner is granted a lien in all livestock sold by such livestock owner, for any unpaid portion of the sales price for such livestock. The lien granted by this act is granted and shall exist a…

An owner’s lien is granted and exists as part of and incident to the ownership of livestock and is perfected automatically from the effective date of this act without the need to file a financing statement or any other type of documentation. Added by Laws 2011, c. 123, § 5, eff. …

If livestock subject to an owner’s lien are commingled with other livestock in such a manner that the identity of the specific livestock subject to the owner’s lien cannot be determined by reasonable means, then the owner’s lien continues without interruption into and attaches to…

A. A purchaser or sales agent takes free of any owner’s lien otherwise applicable to the livestock so purchased and shall be relieved of any obligations created by subsection A of Section 4 of this act if the purchaser or sales agent has paid the full amount of required considera…

Except for a permitted lien, an owner’s lien takes priority over any other lien, whether arising by contract, law, equity or otherwise. Added by Laws 2011, c. 123, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.

The provisions of this act shall not affect the time at which legal title to livestock may pass by agreement or operation of law subject to an owner’s lien. Added by Laws 2011, c. 123, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.

lien. No livestock owner shall be required, as a condition or term of an agreement to sell or otherwise, to waive, relinquish or release any owner’s lien or any rights under this act other than upon payment in full of the sales price or agree to any provision that would apply the…

1980.

4 O.S. § 211 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 212 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 213 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 214 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 215 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 216 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 217 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 218 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 219 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

1980.

4 O.S. § 220 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 221 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 222 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 223 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 224 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 225 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1

4 O.S. § 226 Repealed by Laws 1973, c. 15, § 1