The lien given by the preceding section (§ 43-41), if reduced to writing, shall be recorded in the miscellaneous lien book and shall be operative from the recordation thereof and if the lien is not reduced to writing, it shall, upon application of the owner of the stallion or jackass, be recorded by the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the foal is foaled in such book in the following form:
......................(giving the name of the owner of the stallion or jackass)
versus.................(giving the name of the owner of the colt). The owner
of the stallion or jackass claims a lien on a colt less than twelve months old for $..........., for the get thereof.
Va. Code § 43-42