Agistment Agreement Form

Use a Agistment Agreement template to make your document workflow more streamlined.

What an agistment agreement records

An Agistment Agreement Form records the arrangement under which one party boards or pastures a horse for its owner. It identifies the horse and parties, describes the facility and care responsibilities, states fees and payment timing, and documents emergency instructions, risk allocation, and termination terms when included in the agreement. With signNow, the sender uploads the agreement, reviews or adds fillable fields, routes it to the owner and facility representative, and receives a completed copy with an audit trail. State contract law governs enforceability; ESIGN and UETA address qualifying electronic signatures.

Who benefits from digital agistment agreements

Agistment Agreement Form workflows help horse owners and boarding businesses document responsibilities before care begins.

Independent horse owners use the agreement to record boarding terms, animal details, payment obligations, emergency contacts, and authorized care instructions before a horse enters pasture or a stall.
Boarding stables use reusable agreement templates to standardize intake for each horse, capture owner signatures remotely, and preserve a completed copy for facility records and future disputes.
Equine businesses with multiple locations use controlled templates and delegated sending to keep agistment terms consistent while allowing local staff to collect signatures from owners before arrival.

How the agreement works online

Complete the agreement, verify the parties and horse-care terms, then route the signed record through an auditable signNow workflow.

Upload agreement: Upload the completed agreement to signNow and confirm the document fields.
Check fields: Review detected fields and add missing dates, initials, or signature fields.
Send to signers: Enter the owner and boarder details, then send for electronic signature.
Store record: SignNow records completion and preserves the signed agreement with its audit trail.

Reusable template

A reusable signNow template keeps horse, owner, facility, payment, and care fields organized for each new agistment arrangement, reducing omissions during intake without changing the underlying agreement terms.

Field detection

Automatic field detection helps identify fillable areas after upload, allowing the sender to check signature, date, and initials fields before routing the agreement to the correct parties.

Remote signing

Email delivery and signing links let owners complete the agreement remotely, while the facility retains a completed document for its boarding and animal-care records.

Audit trail

The audit trail records signing events, timestamps, signer actions, and document history, helping connect the final agreement to the parties who accepted its specific terms.

Mobile access

Mobile apps allow owners or stable staff to review and sign the agreement from a phone or tablet when an in-person computer is unavailable during intake.

Record storage

A completed agreement can be stored with its signing evidence, keeping the animal-care instructions, payment terms, and party acknowledgments together for later reference.

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Complete the agreement in signNow

Use this sequence to prepare, route, sign, and retain an Agistment Agreement Form without recreating its horse-care and payment fields each time.

Upload form:
Upload the agistment agreement PDF to signNow.
Prepare fields:
Review detected fields and add missing signature fields.
Add signers:
Enter each signer’s email address or create a signing link.
Send agreement:
Send the agreement and monitor completion status.
Save records:
Download the signed form and audit trail.

Setting	Recommendation
Authentication method	Email verification with SMS OTP
Signature type	Electronic signature with signer intent
Audit trail	Capture timestamps, actions, and signer identity
Document retention	Apply the facility’s written retention policy
Encryption	AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit

Security for signed agistment records

Data at rest:

AES-256 at rest

Data in transit:

TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit

Security reporting:

SOC 2 Type II certified

Security standard:

ISO 27001 certified

Electronic signatures:

ESIGN and UETA compliant

Regulated records:

HIPAA compliance requires BAA

Signer authentication:

Email, link, or configured authentication identifies the person signing the agreement.

Timestamp capture:

signNow records when each party opens, reviews, and signs the document.

Document integrity:

The completed file receives document-integrity evidence within the signing record.

Activity history:

The audit trail preserves ordered actions and signer activity for review.

Tamper evidence:

The final agreement is sealed against unnoticed changes after completion.

Audit export:

Authorized users can retrieve or export the completed agreement and audit trail.

Platform requirements for signing

Use signNow with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge on Windows or macOS. The signNow mobile apps support signing on iOS and Android, allowing owners and stable staff to review the agreement away from a desktop.

Browsers Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge
Operating systems Windows 10, macOS, iOS, Android
Mobile signing signNow mobile apps, camera capture

Facilities should manage account access according to their internal policy. Enterprise deployments can evaluate API access, SSO provisioning, and role controls when multiple staff members send Agistment Agreement Form records. Confirm current device, browser, and plan requirements before deployment.

Challenges when preparing the agreement

Leaving the horse’s identifying details incomplete can make the agreement difficult to match to the animal actually boarded.
Unclear feeding, turnout, medication, or emergency instructions can create disagreement about the facility’s care responsibilities.
Missing payment dates, late-fee terms, or termination language can complicate collection and the end of the boarding arrangement.
Sending the agreement before every required signer and witness field is assigned can delay completion or leave acceptance unclear.

Best practices for completing the form

Accuracy matters because the agreement connects a specific horse, facility, owner, payment arrangement, and care plan in one signed record.

Identify the horse and parties

Name the horse and parties precisely. Include the horse’s registered or stable name, identifying description, owner contact details, facility address, and the person authorized to sign for each party. Check every field before sending so the completed record identifies the actual animal and contracting parties.

Define care and payment duties

State care and payment terms clearly. Describe boarding location, feeding, turnout, medication authority, emergency contact procedures, monthly charges, due dates, deposits, and termination notice requirements exactly as the parties intend them to operate.

Control the approved template

Use a controlled signNow template. Lock the approved agreement language, assign owner and facility fields, and let authorized staff send the document. Review detected fields after upload so no required signature, date, or initials field remains unassigned.

Preserve the completed record

Retain the signed agreement and audit trail together. Apply the facility’s documented retention policy, restrict access to authorized personnel, and export records when required for internal review, a customer request, or a dispute.

Legal standing of electronic signatures

An Agistment Agreement Form can document consent to horse-boarding terms when the parties intend to sign and can reproduce the completed record. ESIGN, 15 U.S.C. ch. 96, and applicable state electronic-transaction law, including UETA, generally support electronic signatures; state contract and agistment law still govern the agreement’s substantive terms.

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Troubleshooting agistment agreements

Use these answers to resolve field, routing, consent, plan, and document-scope questions before relying on a completed agreement.

Upload the PDF again, then review signNow’s detected fields before sending. Add or reposition signature, date, and initials fields manually when the source document contains flattened text or an unclear field layout.

Check that every owner and facility representative has an assigned role and valid email address. signNow’s recipient routing should match the order required by the agreement before the sender selects Send.

Use signNow’s audit trail to confirm whether the signer opened, signed, or declined the agreement. A sender can correct the recipient details or resend according to the account workflow without altering the approved terms.

For a consumer-facing electronic record, provide the ESIGN disclosure and confirm the signer can access and retain the record. The federal rule is 15 U.S.C. §7001(c), not a signNow policy.

signNow Business is listed at $8/user/month with annual billing and includes templates and audit trails. Business Premium is $15/user/month annually and adds bulk send, while Enterprise is $30/user/month annually.

A completed agistment agreement is not a will, court order, family law decree, or real-estate deed merely because it concerns property or animals. If another document is attached, evaluate that document separately under applicable state law.

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