CHAPTER 1. BLACKSMITH'S LIENS

IC 32-33
    ARTICLE 33. LIENS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY

IC 32-33-1
    Chapter 1. Blacksmith's Liens

IC 32-33-1-1
Shoeing animals or repairing vehicles; lien; precedence
    Sec. 1. (a) A person who, at the request of an owner or an owner'sauthorized agent:
        (1) shoes or causes to be shod by the person's employees ahorse, a mule, an ox, or other animal; or
        (2) repairs or causes to be repaired by the person's employees,a vehicle;
has a lien upon the animal shod or vehicle repaired for the person'sreasonable charge for shoeing the animal or repairing the vehicle.
    (b) A lien conferred by this chapter takes the precedence of allother liens or claims upon the animal shod or the vehicle repairedthat are not duly recorded before the recording of a claim for the lienconferred by this chapter. However, a lien may not attach to theanimal shod or the vehicle repaired if the property has changedownership before the filing of the lien.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.

IC 32-33-1-2
Filing intention to claim lien; recording lien
    Sec. 2. A claim for a lien under this chapter must be filed withinsixty (60) days after the shoeing of a horse, a mule, an ox or otheranimal, or the repairing of a vehicle. The claim must be filed with therecorder of the county in which the owner of the animal or vehicleresides. A claim for a lien under this chapter must be in writing,setting forth the person's intention to claim a lien upon the animal orvehicle for the charges for shoeing or repairing. However, this lienmust be recorded in the miscellaneous record book in the recorder'soffice of the county. The recorder shall charge a fee in accordancewith IC 36-2-7-10 for recording the lien.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.

IC 32-33-1-3
Contents of claim for lien; expiration of lien
    Sec. 3. A claim for lien under this chapter must:
        (1) state the name and residence of the person claiming the lien;
        (2) the name of the owner of the animal or vehicle sought to becharged with the lien;
        (3) a description sufficient for identification of the animal orvehicle upon which the lien is claimed; and
        (4) the amount due the claimant, as near as may be, over andabove all legal set-offs.
A claim for lien filed with the recorder of the county under section2 of this chapter expires and becomes void and of no effect if suit is

not brought to foreclose the lien within three (3) months after filingthe claim under section 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.

IC 32-33-1-4
Foreclosure of lien
    Sec. 4. A lien under this chapter may be foreclosed in any circuitor superior court in the county in which the lien is recorded undersection 2 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.

IC 32-33-1-5
Attorney's fees
    Sec. 5. If the plaintiff recovers on a claim and a lien is foreclosedunder this chapter, the plaintiff shall recover and the court may allowa reasonable fee for plaintiff's attorney for bringing and prosecutingthe cause of action, all of which shall be recovered from thedefendant, and the property in controversy may be sold as in case ofsales in foreclosure of chattel mortgages.
As added by P.L.2-2002, SEC.18.