Signing a horse over. Suggested wording for agreement please.

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Enfys

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I have been offered a horse for free (as if ANY horse is free!) but want him signed over to me.

As the title says, any wording suggestions please? Thankyou.
 
agree, its better to "buy" than be given however you MUST get something in writing stating the animal is now your sole property.
we recently had a horse at our field given away, and had something put in writing and then signed by all parties, plus two independent witnesses.

something like.....
I ......... hereby sign over one (insert horse description)
passport number.........
microchip number.........
freezemark number........
into the care of (insert your details).

I understand this absolves me of all ownership, and therefore liability of the above mentioned animal.

then get it signed and dated!
 
When I bought my horse the reciept read:

"I, (name) relinguish all rights and responsibilities of ownership to (name.) but I def agree with Holly about the legal binding contract.
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Get him vetted, OP. I was given a horse just over a year ago and was simply told he was elderly, but in good health and 'needed more exercise'. He turned out to have significant health problems which I discovered through a 3rd party. The lady in question is the wife of a friend and I stupidly trusted her. I cringe every time I see a 'free horse' post, now.
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Sign over for a pound and do it as a sales receipt, as suggested.
 
Horses I've had signed over to my ownership have been worded as such;

This is to certify the Transfer of Ownership for horse registration number ...(breed society #)..., from ...(previous owner)... to ...(me)... dated ...........

That's all you need over here Enfys. If the horse is not registered then just fill in all details; age, height, colour etc. It doesn't make any difference whether you pay for the horse or not; you just have to be in possession of a Transfer of Ownership document for it to be legally binding.
 
Thankyou everyone.

Fran, the horse in question is 22 years old, been with current owner (a friend of a friend) since 6. I won't be having him vetted, I expect a horse of that age to be a little bit creaky somewhere, and he'll only be used as a companion for the foals and a bit of trail riding.

This is not a charity case, but purely a sad case of the credit crunch hitting here too.

I haven't decided yet anyway, I just wanted to find out what other people thought was necessary in any agreement, which is exactly what you have all done.

Thanks.
 
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