Illinois Compiled Statutes 770 ILCS 100 — Stallion and Jack Service Lien Act.

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

Every owner of any stallion or jack kept for public service, who, at the request of the owner of any mare or jennet, or his authorized agent, shall cause such mare or jennet to be served by his stallion or jack, shall have a lien on the mare or jennet served and first lien upon the progeny of such mare or jennet for th…

Any owner of a stallion or jack desiring to secure the benefits of this Act shall, within 24 months after any mare or jennet has been served by his stallion or jack, file with the recorder of deeds in the county in which such mare or jennet is, a claim for lien in writing and under oath, setting forth therein his inten…

It shall be the duty of the recorder, upon presentation to him of any such claim for lien, together with the recording fee, to file the same in his office in the same manner as provided by law for the filing and recording of deeds or other instruments in writing. (Source: P.A. 83-358.)

The original, or 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, of the fact that such claim for lien was received and filed according to the endorsement of the recorder thereon. (Source: P.A. 83-3…

The person claiming such lien may commence an action to foreclose the lien by the filing of a complaint in the circuit court of the county in which the animal or animals described in his claim for lien may be found. Such action shall be against the person or persons who is or are liable for the payment of the service f…

If the summons be returned personally served upon the defendant or defendants, the same proceeding shall thereupon be had in all respects as in other suits commenced by complaint in which there is a personal service of process and judgment shall be rendered in such action as in other civil cases. (Source: P.A. 83-346.)

If the officer returns such summons showing that a defendant or defendants cannot be found in that county, the same proceedings shall thereupon be had in all respects as to the defendant or defendants not personally served, as near as may be, as in actions commenced by attachment in which there is not a personal servic…

If judgment in such action is entered in favor of the plaintiff, enforcement of the judgment may be had in the same manner and with the like effect as upon judgments entered in actions commenced by attachment and the mare or jennet or progeny thereof, or both, upon which the plaintiff holds such lien shall not be exemp…

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 the plaintiff, also find that the same is due for the service fee of plaintiff's stallion or jack and is a lien on the mare or jennet o…

When the lien is duly perfected as above provided, the mare or jennet or progeny thereof, or both, as above provided, shall be sold under the judgment to satisfy the lien as follows: The court shall, at the time of entering judgment in the action, enter an order designating the time and place at which such animal or an…

All sales of an animal or animals under this Act shall be made subject to redemption by the owner of such animal or animals, or his legal representatives; such redemption to be made within 30 days from the day of sale by paying to the plaintiff, the officer making the sale, or to the clerk of the court, the amount of t…