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Crossing state lines with a horse doesn’t have to be as complicated as it might sounds. To legally cross state lines with a horse or multiple horses in your horse trailer, there are two basic legal documents you need to acquire and keep with you while you are crossing state lines. <\/p>\n
1. Never cross state lines with a horse without proof of a current negative coggins test. Each year during your horses vaccination your vet should draw blood to run a Coggins Test for Equine Infectious Anemia. The paper your vet provides proving a negative result should be carries with you every time you travel with or trailer your horse- even if you are not crossing state lines.<\/p>\n
2. Always acquire a health certificate within 30 days prior to crossing state lines with your horse. A health certificate is simply a form with your starting point and destination filled in, with the signature of your vet confirming the horse described in the paperwork is free of any infectious diseases. A health certificate usually only costs $5-$10 if the horse has been recently examined by the vet.<\/p>\n
Call your county extension agent or the Department of Agriculture for the state you will be traveling to to make sure additional paperwork is not required to haul a horse across state lines. Hauling horses across the state line into the state of Illinois, for example, requires a phone call to the Dept. of Agriculture to acquire a number. If you check local and state regulations and provide the important documents described above you should have no problems with your horse crossing state lines. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"