TITLE 45

LIENS, MORTGAGES AND PLEDGES

CHAPTER 3

LIENS IN CROPS

45-303.  Farm laborer’s lien. (1) Any person who performs farm labor on a farm in furtherance of production of a crop shall have a lien in the crop for the agreed or reasonable value of the labor.

(2)  The farm laborer’s lien shall have priority over any security interest in the same crop.

(3)  A landlord’s interest in a crop produced on premises which are leased in consideration of a share of the crop is not subject to a farm laborer’s lien.

History:

[45-303, added 1989, ch. 359, sec. 2, p. 901.]