Fla. Stat. 713.655
Liens for professional services of veterinarians

In favor of any veterinarian who renders professional services to an animal at the request of the owner of the animal, the owner’s agent, or a bailee, lessee, or custodian of the animal, for the unpaid portion of the fees for such professional services, upon the animal to which such services were rendered. Such lien shall remain valid and enforceable for a period of 1 year from the date the professional services were rendered, and such lien is to be enforced in the manner provided for the enforcement of other liens on personal property in this state.

Source: Section 713.655 — Liens for professional services of veterinarians, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0713.­655 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

713.50
Liens upon property 713.56
Liens for labor on and with machines, etc 713.57
Liens for labor on logs and timber 713.58
Liens for labor or services on personal property 713.59
Liens for labor in raising crops 713.60
Liens for labor on or for vessels 713.61
Liens for manufacturing and repairing articles 713.62
Liens for furnishing articles to be manufactured 713.63
Liens for furnishing locomotives, machinery, etc 713.64
Liens for furnishing material for vessels 713.65
Liens for care and maintenance of animals 713.66
Liens for feed, etc., for racehorses, polo ponies and race dogs 713.67
Liens for board, lodging, etc., at hotels, etc 713.68
Liens for hotels, apartment houses, roominghouses, boardinghouses, etc 713.69
Unlawful to remove property upon which lien has accrued 713.70
Lien for service of stallions and other animals 713.71
Liens for loans and advances 713.73
Priority of foregoing liens 713.74
Acquisition of liens by persons in privity with the owner 713.75
Acquisition of liens by persons not in privity with the owner 713.76
Release of lien by filing bond 713.77
Liens of owners, operators, or keepers of mobile home or recreational vehicle parks 713.78
Liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles and vessels 713.79
Liens for interior design services 713.585
Enforcement of lien by sale of motor vehicle 713.595
Liens for labor or services in ginning cotton 713.596
Molder’s liens 713.655
Liens for professional services of veterinarians 713.665
Liens for furnishing pest control 713.691
Landlord’s lien for rent 713.785
Liens for recovering, towing, or storing mobile homes

Current through Fall 2025

§ 713.655. Liens for professional services of veterinarians's source at flsenate​.gov