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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1994, chapter 432<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63126,"section_number":"17.1-267","catch_line":"Services for which clerks may not charge","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-267\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":221489,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60748,"identifier":"43-43","token":"43\/5\/43-43","url":"\/43-43\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/43-43\/","token":"43\/5\/43-43","dublin_core":{"Title":"Lien on offspring of bull","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 43-43","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A person owning a bull in this Commonwealth shall have a lien<\/span> on the get of such bull for the period of six months from the date of the birth of such get, for the price agreed upon between him and the owner of any cow served by such bull; however, this lien<\/span> shall not hold good as against an innocent purchaser for value and without notice, except when the lien<\/span> has been admitted to record, which may be done in the following form:\n\t\t………………\u2026 (giving the name of the owner of the bull) versus\u2026\n\t\t(giving the name of the owner of the calf). The owner of the bull claims a lien<\/span> on a calf less than six months old for $……………., for the get thereof.\n\t\tIt shall be the duty of the clerk of the county in which the calf is calved to place the same on record in the miscellaneous lien<\/span> book.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIEN ON OFFSPRING OF BULL (\u00a7 43-43)\n\nA person owning a bull in this Commonwealth shall have a lien on the get of such\nbull for the period of six months from the date of the birth of such get, for\nthe price agreed upon between him and the owner of any cow served by such bull;\nhowever, this lien shall not hold good as against an innocent purchaser for\nvalue and without notice, except when the lien has been admitted to record,\nwhich may be done in the following form:\n\t\t………………\u2026 (giving the name of the owner of\nthe bull) versus\u2026\n\t\t(giving the name of the owner of the calf). The owner of the bull claims a\nlien on a calf less than six months old for\n$……………., for the get thereof.\n\t\tIt shall be the duty of the clerk of the county in which the calf is calved to\nplace the same on record in the miscellaneous lien book.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6447; Tax Code, \u00a7 439; 1994, c. 432.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}