Agistment is when a horse owner keeps their horse on land that is owned by someone else. Each party is responsible for the horse's welfare.
How to use agistment contracts to get the best results and avoid common agistment problems and conflicts
The Impounding of Livestock Act 1994 enables a landholder to create lien over a horse to recover costs if agistment fees are not paid for 14 or more days.
A lien provides landholders with a legal process and means of recovering expenses incurred where payments are in default.
The 5 steps of the horse agistment lien process.
An example of a Default Notice that is served on the horse owner as part of the horse agistment lien process.
An example newspaper notice that can be used when the horse owner cannot be served the Default Notice.
We acknowledge the traditional Aboriginal Owners of Country throughout Victoria, their ongoing connection to this land and we pay our respects to their culture and their Elders past, present and future.
