Illinois Compiled Statutes 770 ILCS 30 — Horseshoers Lien Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Horseshoers Lien Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

Every person who, at the request of the owner or his authorized agent, shall shoe or cause to be shod by his employees any horse, mule, ox or other animal shall have a lien upon the animal shod for his reasonable charge for shoeing the same, and each lien conferred by this Act shall take precedence of all other liens o…

Any person desiring to secure the benefits of this Act shall within 6 months after the shoeing of such horse, mule, ox or other animal, file with the recorder in the county in which such animal is, a claim for lien in writing and under oath, setting forth therein his intention to claim a lien upon such animal for his c…

Such claim for lien shall state the name and residence of the person claiming the lien, the name of the owner, or reputed owner, of the animal sought to be charged with the lien and a description sufficient for identification of the animal upon which the lien is claimed and the amount due the claimant as near as may be…

It shall be the duty of the recorder upon presentation to him, of any such claim for lien to file the same in his office, in the same manner as provided by law for the filing and recording of deeds or other written instruments and he shall be entitled to charge and receive from the person filing such claim for a lien,…

The original or a copy of such claim for lien filed as aforesaid, certified by the recorder, shall be received in evidence, in any proceeding taken to foreclose the lien herein provided for but only of the fact that such claim for lien was received and filed according to the endorsement of the recorder thereon and of n…

The person claiming such lien may commence suit to foreclose the same by filing a complaint in the circuit court for the county in which the animal shod may be found

The person claiming such lien may commence suit to foreclose the same by filing a complaint in the circuit court for the county in which the animal shod may be found. Such suit shall be against the person liable for the payment of the charges made by the claimant for the services rendered. (Source: P.A. 77-967.)

If such summons be returned personally served upon the defendant, the same proceedings shall thereupon be had in all respects as in other suits in which there is a personal service of process, and judgment shall be rendered in such suit in like manner. (Source: P.A. 77-967.)

If the officer returns such summons that the defendant cannot be found in his county, the same proceedings shall thereupon be had in all respects as near as may be, as in suits commenced by attachment in which there is not a personal service of process upon the defendant, and judgment shall be rendered in such suit in…

If the plaintiff recovers judgment in such action, enforcement shall be had thereon in the same manner and with the like effect as upon judgments entered in actions commenced by attachment, and the horse, mule, ox or other animal upon which the plaintiff holds such lien shall not be exempt from enforcement, but may be…

In all actions prosecuted under the provisions of this act, the court or jury, who shall try the same, or make an assessment of damages therein, shall in addition to finding the sum due to the plaintiff, also find that the same is due for the cost of shoeing the horse, mule, ox or other animal described in plaintiff's…

When the lien is perfected as above provided, the horse, mule, ox or other animal, as above provided, shall be sold to satisfy the lien as follows: The court shall in the judgment specify the time and place at which such animal shall be sold to satisfy the judgment. All such sales shall be for cash at public sale to th…

All sales of animals under this act shall be made subject to redemption by the owner of such animals of his legal representatives, such redemption to be made by paying to the officer making the sale, or to the court ordering the sale, the amount of the judgment and costs taxed in the proceeding including all court and…