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House File 198

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 579.1, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    579.1  NATURE OF LIEN.
  1  4    1.  Livery and feed stable keepers, herders, feeders, or
  1  5 keepers of stock and of places for the storage of motor
  1  6 vehicles, boats and boat engines and boat motors shall have a
  1  7 lien on all property coming into their hands, as such, for
  1  8 their charges and the expense of keeping, but such lien shall
  1  9 be subject to chapter 579A and all prior liens of record.
  1 10    2.  Places for the storage of motor vehicles, boats, and
  1 11 boat engines and boat motors shall have a lien on all property
  1 12 coming into their hands, as such, for their charges and the
  1 13 expense of keeping, but such lien shall be subject to all
  1 14 prior liens of record.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  579A.1  DEFINITIONS.
  1 16    As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
  1 17 requires:
  1 18    1.  "Cattle" means an animal classified as bovine,
  1 19 regardless of the age or sex of the animal.
  1 20    2.  "Custom cattle feedlot" means a feedlot where cattle
  1 21 owned by a person are subject to care and feeding performed by
  1 22 another person.
  1 23    3.  "Custom cattle feedlot operator" means the owner of a
  1 24 custom cattle feedlot or a person managing the custom cattle
  1 25 feedlot, if the person is authorized by the owner to file and
  1 26 enforce a lien under this chapter.
  1 27    4.  "Feedlot" means the same as defined in section 172D.1.
  1 28    5.  "Processor" means the same as defined in section 9H.1.
  1 29    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  579A.2  ESTABLISHMENT OF LIEN &endash;
  1 30 PRIORITY.
  1 31    1.  A custom cattle feedlot operator shall have a lien upon
  1 32 the cattle and the identifiable cash proceeds from the sale of
  1 33 the cattle for the amount of the contract price for the feed
  1 34 and care of the livestock at the custom cattle feedlot agreed
  1 35 upon by the custom cattle feedlot operator and the person who
  2  1 owns the cattle, which may be enforced as provided in section
  2  2 579A.3.
  2  3    2.  The lien is created at the time the cattle arrive at
  2  4 the custom cattle feedlot and continues for one year after the
  2  5 cattle have left the custom cattle feedlot.  In order to
  2  6 preserve the lien, the custom cattle feedlot operator must,
  2  7 within twenty days after the cattle arrive at the custom
  2  8 cattle feedlot, file in the office of the secretary of state,
  2  9 a lien statement on a form prescribed by the secretary of
  2 10 state.  The secretary of state shall charge a fee of not more
  2 11 than ten dollars for filing the statement.  The secretary of
  2 12 state may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the
  2 13 electronic filing of the statements.  The statement must
  2 14 include all of the following:
  2 15    a.  An estimate of the amount of feed and care provided to
  2 16 the cattle pursuant to the contract.
  2 17    b.  The estimated duration of the period when the cattle
  2 18 are subject to feed and care at the custom cattle feedlot.
  2 19    c.  The name of the party to the contract whose cattle are
  2 20 subject to feed and care at the custom cattle feedlot.
  2 21    d.  The description of the location of the custom cattle
  2 22 feedlot, by county and township.
  2 23    e.  The signature of the person filing the form.
  2 24    3.  Except as provided in chapter 581, a lien created under
  2 25 this section until preserved and a lien preserved under this
  2 26 section is superior to and shall have priority over a
  2 27 conflicting lien or security interest in the cattle, including
  2 28 a lien that was perfected prior to the creation of the lien
  2 29 provided under this section.
  2 30    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  579A.3  ENFORCEMENT.
  2 31    While the cattle are located at the custom cattle feedlot,
  2 32 the custom cattle feedlot operator may foreclose a lien
  2 33 created in section 579A.2 in the manner provided for the
  2 34 foreclosure of secured transactions as provided in sections
  2 35 554.9504, 554.9506, and 554.9507.  After the cattle have left
  3  1 the custom cattle feedlot, the custom cattle feedlot operator
  3  2 may enforce the lien by commencing an action at law for the
  3  3 amount of the lien against either of the following:
  3  4    1.  The holder of the identifiable cash proceeds from the
  3  5 sale of the cattle.
  3  6    2.  The processor who has purchased the cattle within three
  3  7 days after the cattle have left the custom cattle feedlot.
  3  8    Sec. 5.  Section 580.1, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  3  9 follows:
  3 10    580.1  NATURE OF LIEN &endash; FORFEITURE.
  3 11    The Except as provided in chapter 579A, the owner or keeper
  3 12 of any stallion, bull or jack kept for public service, or any
  3 13 person, firm, or association which invokes pregnancy of
  3 14 animals for the public by means of artificial insemination
  3 15 shall have a prior lien on the progeny of such stallion, bull,
  3 16 artificial insemination or jack, to secure the amount due such
  3 17 owner, artificial inseminator or keeper for the service
  3 18 resulting in such progeny, but no such lien shall obtain where
  3 19 the owner or keeper misrepresents the animal by a false or
  3 20 spurious pedigree, or fails to substantially comply with the
  3 21 laws of Iowa relating to such animals.  
  3 22 HF 198
  3 23 da/pk/25
     

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