Transfer ownership of an animal

The transfer is a request. The current owner keeps the animal until someone approves it in To Process. Approving records the change and can charge the transfer fee. Rejecting leaves the owner unchanged.

You can transfer several animals in one submission. They all go to the same new owner.

Submit the transfer

1. Open Registry.

2. Select Transfer on the animal list.

3. Search by registration number, name, or tag, and select the animal. Select more animals to include them in the same transfer.

4. Under New owner, search for the member who should own the animal.

5. Set the transfer type and effective date. Add notes if you need them.

6. Select Submit for review.

One animal opens that transfer’s review page. Several animals open To Process → Transfers, where each animal is its own request.

New owner

The new owner starts as one member at 100%. That person becomes the sole owner when the transfer is approved.

Select Add co-owner only when the animal should belong to more than one owner after the transfer. Shares must total 100%. How that split works is in Transfer a co-owned animal.

An administrator can set Type to Non-member and enter that person’s name, email, and phone. The animal then transfers to that non-member instead of a member.

Transfer details

Review and approve

Open the request from the review page, or from To Process → Transfers.

Review transfer shows the current owner under Transfer from and the new owner under Transfer to, along with the animal and its pedigree. Select Continue.

Fees & approval is where you finish the request.

• The fee comes from Member Fees and matches the animal’s sex. A disabled transfer option is not offered.

• The fee is charged to the current owner. You can charge a different member, or a non-member. A non-member fee is invoiced.

• Turn the charge off to approve without a fee.

• Add internal notes if you need them. Members do not see those notes.

Approve the transfer to move ownership. The animal’s owner becomes the new member, or the new group of owners if you added co-owners. The previous owner is stored on the ownership history.

Reject and Request Changes both leave the current owner in place and close the request. Each one asks for a note to the member. That note is saved on the request and shown in the member’s dashboard. No email is sent.