KRS 376.475: Filing requirement -- Indexing -- Dissolution for nonenforcement.

(1) Any lien provided for in KRS 376.470 shall be dissolved unless the claimant, within

six (6) months after he ceases to provide services for the animal, files in the office

of the county clerk of the county in which the animal is located, a statement of the

amount due him, together with a description of the animal intended to be covered by

the lien sufficiently accurate to identify it, the name of the owner, and whether the

services were furnished by contract or written consent of the owner or agent. This

statement shall be subscribed and sworn to by the person claiming the lien or by

someone in his behalf. The claimant shall send by regular mail a copy of the

statement to the owner at his last known address within seven (7) days of filing the

statement with t he county clerk. Any lien provided for in KRS 376.470 shall be

dissolved if a copy of the statement is not sent to the property owner as provided in

this subsection.

(2) The county clerk shall endorse upon each statement the date of its filing, and shall

make an abstract of the statement in a book to be kept by him for that purpose,

properly endorsed and indexed, containing the date of filing, the name of the person

seeking to enforce the lien, the amount claimed, the name of the person against

whose animal the lien is filed, and a description of the animal charged with the lien.

The clerk shall receive a fee pursuant to KRS 64.012 from the person filing the

statement as full compensation, which shall be taxed and collected as other costs.

(3) Any lien created under this section shall be dissolved unless an action is brought to

enforce the lien within twelve (12) months from the day of filing the statement in

the clerk's office as required by subsection (1) of this section. If the lienholder

complies with all filing requirements under this section, and does so within the time

herein fixed, his lien shall be valid and effective against any creditor of, or bona fide

or other purchaser from, the owner of the animal, except as provided in KRS

257.105(2).

(4) The procedure to enforce a lien under KRS 376.470 shall be as provided in KRS

376.110, 376.120, and 376.130.