Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 3323 – Producer’s lien attached to processed agricultural goods
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 3323
- Commissioner: shall mean the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 3322
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Finished product: shall mean any manufactured or processed form of potatoes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 3322
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Processor: means any person other than a consumer who purchases or contracts to purchase potatoes for processing or manufacturing which changes the physical form that the raw product possessed when harvested. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 3322
Every producer of potatoes which the producer grows, harvests and sells to any processor under contract, express or implied, has a lien upon such product and upon all processed or manufactured forms of potatoes for his labor, care and expense in growing and harvesting the raw product. The producer’s lien attached to the finished product shall be the full extent of the agreed price, if any, or the unpaid balance of the agreed price of the raw product delivered to the processor. If there is no agreed price or a method for determining it which is agreed upon, the extent of the lien shall be the full value of the raw product as of the date of delivery and shall be determined by the commissioner upon notice and opportunity for a hearing, provided in a manner consistent with the provisions as to adjudicatory proceedings of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act. [PL 1977, c. 694, §190 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 725 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 694, §190 (AMD).