Its been years since I have bred Miniatures, but at the time of sale, I supplied the photos necessary to transfer them, have the new owner fill out the paperwork, give me a check for the paperwork transfer & sent in the registration papers myself. I started doing this when I noticed that some of the people I sold horses too did not transfer them out of my name. I did not pay for the transfer fees, I helped the new owner fill out the necessary paperwork to join the registry or do the paperwork as a non member. I also registered all my foals & sold them with registration papers to make sure my mares/ stallions foals were showing up. Some breeders do not register foals & sell them making the new owner do all the registration I dont even know if you can still do it without joining, or what has changed as far as all of this in the 8 year I have been out of minis. I did sell some horses without papers. If they changed with minds & wanted papers later, they would have to pay the difference between registered & non registered, but at time of sale, I told them they had a 6 month time limit to do this. ( some got bitten by the show bug & wanted to do a few local shows) I didnt figure this out until about my second year of breeding, but it seemed to work ok. Frankly, sometimes people were a bit shocked to find out how much more it would cost them to join the registry & all this transfer fees etc involved with a sale if they were new to minis. Now if it was to another breeder, someone I knew, I didnt require this. I also bought some horses that the papers were signed over with a blank transfer slip & not dated, but the owner would be 2 sales ago.
Having learned the hard way as far as buying also, if a horse I was interested in did not have its paperwork up to date & correct so that I can simply transfer it into my name, I required the new owner to do this ( bringing perm, etc) before I bought it. I always asked to see the papers if I was interested to make sure they were correct, some sellers had no idea that horses needed to be brought perm or that if they did not have transfer slips or copies of papers that it would be a problem. I was at a auction one time when they were giving copies of registration papers & no signed transfer on horses that a lady had died & the kids had just dumped them at the auction The lady had been in ill health for years & never registered the foals, brought horses perm, & the kids had no idea where the papers were, they only found copies. People were getting great deals on what they thought were registered horses only to find out they wouldnt be able to get papers on them. Also before you buy a registered horse at some auction, make sure you see all the paperwork to make sure you are getting the correct registry you want. It could be registered with the "Pattys spotted horse registry" or "Dun horses of America" & be considered a "registered" horse.
I gave every new owner a little 99c notebook with this paperwork, shot/worming records copy of any health papers ( coggins, sonogram reports, stud certificates etc), pictures of them taken as they matured ( if they were homebred), farrier & feeding records, contact information for AMHA & AMHR, & local mini clubs & helpful information such as the address to this website, phone number to my mini farrier, & veterinarian ( we all know how hard the mini speciality ones are to find) & a bit of information as regards to their temperment, likes likes/dislikes ( carrots, sugar cubes). People loved those, especially newbies & I had a lot of repeat buyers because of the time I would spend with the owners, followup & the personal touch that alot of other people didnt offer. I provided those on pet or horses I sold for alot of money, it only costs me a few dollars.
This is kinda off subject & I will post it to the back porch, but it reminds me of something else regarding transfers. Do you know in some states if you sell a trailer or auto without making sure the new owners transfer it out of your name, you can be held responsible for tickets, or accidents as the "owner of record" on the car or trailer, even years later? It is very important that you make sure that the trailer or auto is legally transfered into the buyers name. If you are not able to go to the courthouse or wherever your state requires to transfer in person, then you can get a change of ownership form to send in notifying the licensing bureau that you have sold the auto & who to. I found this out when a car I sold was in an accident two years later. It was a MESS! I had to go through all my records to find my sales receipt to prove I had sold it from 2 years prior. I was so glad I found it or I could have been in a huge legal mess & out tens of thousands of dollars in liablity! Check with your states license bureau to find our your local laws. But in Texas, it is very important that you take care of this!
Debbie
