§ 38-17-16 — Priority of threshers' and processors' liens.

Any lien under § 38-17-14 has priority over all other liens and encumbrances upon the grain, if filed within thirty days from the day on which the harvesting, threshing, shelling, or other processing was completed. Any lien under § 38-17-14 has priority over all other liens and encumbrances upon the grain threshed or combined, corn shelled, husked or shredded, silage cut, seeds hulled, or agricultural products baled, mowed, ground, raked, or pulverized, if filed within thirty days from the day on which the harvesting, threshing, shelling, or other processing was completed. A lien created under §§ 38-17-14 to 38-17-19 , inclusive, must be treated as an agricultural lien as provided in chapter 57A-9 and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for enforcement of secured transactions. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing the lien is as set forth in § 57A-9-525 .

Legislative History

SL 1901, ch 174, § 2; RCCivP 1903, § 738; RC 1919, § 1684; SL 1921, ch 281, § 2; SL 1931, ch 175, § 2; SDC 1939, § 39.1303; SL 1995, ch 231.