Alabama § 35-11-290 Lien Declared

Alabama Statutes

§ 35-11-290 — Lien Declared

Alabama § 35-11-290

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 35Property

Ch. 11Liens

Art. 5Liens of Particular Persons or Classes of Persons

Div. 11For Processing Certain Commodities

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Ala. Code § 35-11-290 (2026).

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Every owner of a cotton gin, peanut machine, or picker, or hay baling machine or press, or plant for drying or processing planting seeds, shall have a lien on the commodity processed thereby for the toll or charge of such processing, under any contract with the owner of the commodity, whether the toll or charge for such processing be expressed or implied. Such liens shall have priority over all other liens, mortgages, or encumbrances, whether existing or not at the time of the commencement of such processing or work, except the lien of a landlord as provided for in Section 35-9-30. The processor shall have the right to hold the processed commodity until the full amount of the toll or charge has been paid; and should the commodity be removed without knowledge and consent of the processor, t

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Every owner of a cotton gin, peanut machine, or picker, or hay baling machine or press, or plant for drying or processing planting seeds, shall have a lien on the commodity processed thereby for the toll or charge of such processing, under any contract with the owner of the commodity, whether the toll or charge for such processing be expressed or implied. Such liens shall have priority over all other liens, mortgages, or encumbrances, whether existing or not at the time of the commencement of such processing or work, except the lien of a landlord as provided for in Section 35-9-30. The processor shall have the right to hold the processed commodity until the full amount of the toll or charge has been paid; and should the commodity be removed without knowledge and consent of the processor, the lien herein declared shall follow the commodity.