California Civil Code Section 3080 provides California persons and businesses with an automatic lien on their customers’ horses to satisfy debts incurred in caring for or providing services to those horses.

NY Lien Law Art. 8 §183 provides New York persons and businesses with an automatic lien on their customers’ horses to satisfy debts incurred in caring for or providing services to those horses.

In Oregon, equine businesses have several legal remedies for non-paying clients.

If a bankrupt boarder owes a boarding stable money, the boarding stable is considered a creditor in the boarder's bankruptcy.

Washington provides several legal avenues for non-paying equine clients. Here are the answers to some of our most frequently asked questions about Washington's non-paying equine client laws.

The terms of horse boarding relationships are governed solely by contract (written or verbal).

So the horse property was a bargain? That's good, because you're going to need cash, and plenty of it!