43-43 - Lien on offspring of bull. - Virginia Statutes

§ 43-43. Lien on offspring of bull.

A person owning a bull in this Commonwealth shall have a lien on the get ofsuch bull for the period of six months from the date of the birth of suchget, for the price agreed upon between him and the owner of any cow served bysuch bull; however, this lien shall not hold good as against an innocentpurchaser for value and without notice, except when the lien has beenadmitted to record, which may be done in the following form:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (giving the name of the owner of
the bull) versus  ............
(giving the name of the owner of the calf). The owner of the bull claims a
lien on a calf less than six months old for $. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,
for the get thereof.
It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county in which the calf is calved to
 place the same on record in the miscellaneous lien book.  

(Code 1919, § 6447; Tax Code, § 439; 1994, c. 432.)