Pet Contracts

[firemanup]

What is the name of your state? IA

I'm curious about the validity of certain contracts in the "dog world" and how they would work if someone didn't follow through with contractual promises.

One of the most basic examples would be buyers agreeing to spay or nueter an animal within a certain time frame let's say 6 months. If this isn't done the seller may re-possess the animal.

The animals are typically transferred and in the buyers name via AKC papers.

So here's a scenario.

Seller is in Indiana, buyer is in Iowa.

Seller mails contract to buyer who signs the contract in Iowa and mails it back to the seller.

The dog is then shipped to the buyer after all payments have been made and registered via the AKC to the buyer.

12 months later the buyer hasn't spayed the dog.

What would the seller have to do to repossess the dog? Which court has jurisdiction? Would the seller be able to file a court claim in Indiana or have to come to Iowa since that is where the dog is and where the paperwork was signed?

In the pet world there are many, many such contracts out there and they get much more indepth with what the buyer has to do, rediculously indepth sometimes, i just wonder if they're even enforceable at all?

 

[seniorjudge]

"i just wonder if they're even enforceable at all?"

No.

I've sold animals literally world wide. Once they are gone and the papers are transferred, forget about them.

 

[firemanup]

Well that's kind of what i figured but wasn't sure.

It's not enforceable at all ? and is this basically because they're out of state?

We've bought a few pets on contracts and we've fulfilled our obligations, however we may beging breeding some dogs in the next couple of years and were wondering.

I've always felt if it was a local sale it would be different but when two different states are involved is it correct that the state that the dog resides in would have jurisdiction over any action with the dog..

Thanks for the answer