Horse already microchipped

[MissTyc]

Bought a filly recently, without passport - yes I know I know, no morals please! Cheap as chips and got her scanned by vet. Microchip was indeed found and her details are on Nedline so one assumes she did have a passport after all. Have trawled the Internet for her full name + checked all stolen horse registers I could find and so far haven't found her on any of them, thankfully.
What's the next step - is there a way to directly contact former owners via Nedline or must one go through the PIO. Never had this before. Haven't had her long and won't get attached until I know she can be legally mine!!

Edited to Add: her stable name on sale is similar to her reg name so obviously something that has passed with her. She is just under 2 years old.

 

[Dolcé]

Bought a filly recently, without passport - yes I know I know, no morals please! Cheap as chips and got her scanned by vet. Microchip was indeed found and her details are on Nedline so one assumes she did have a passport after all. Have trawled the Internet for her full name + checked all stolen horse registers I could find and so far haven't found her on any of them, thankfully.
What's the next step - is there a way to directly contact former owners via Nedline or must one go through the PIO. Never had this before. Haven't had her long and won't get attached until I know she can be legally mine!!

You can find out from Ned online the name of the original passport issuer and you need to contact them to find out how to get it all changed into your name, they will write to the previous owner to check that they agree the horse has changed hands.

 

[MissTyc]

You can find out from Ned online the name of the original passport issuer and you need to contact them to find out how to get it all changed into your name, they will write to the previous owner to check that they agree the horse has changed hands.

Ok so they would do the contact bit - wonder how long it takes!
If passport gets re-issued if they agree to that, would breeders/previous owner details still be included as in an older passport?
If we keep her I'd love to know more now.

 

[asommerville]

when the vet found mine they gave me the number to call the pet id people. i imagined it showed on their machine when they checked her