(a) (1) At any time within twenty (20) months after the right of action accrues, the owner of the male animal may file a written statement with any justice of the peace in the county.
(2) This statement shall be duly verified and shall set forth the amount of the claim, the cause of action, and a description of the animal upon which there is a lien.
(b) The justice shall thereupon issue summons as in other cases and embody in the summons a description of the animal and an order to the constable to take the animal and her offspring, if there is offspring, and hold it or them subject to the order of the court.
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