1. A commodity production contract lien becomes effective and is perfected as follows:

 a. For a lien arising out of producing livestock or raw milk, the lien becomes effective the day that the livestock first arrives at the contract livestock facility. In order to perfect the lien, the contract producer must file a financing statement in the office of the secretary of state as provided in section 554.9308. Unless the production contract provides for continuous arrival, the contract producer must file the financing statement for the livestock within forty-five days after the livestock’s arrival. If the production contract provides for continuous arrival, the contract producer must file the financing statement for the livestock within one hundred eighty days after the livestock’s arrival. The lien terminates one year after the livestock is no longer under the authority of the contract producer. For purposes of this section, livestock is no longer under the authority of the contract producer when the livestock leaves the contract livestock facility. Section 554.9515 shall not apply to a financing statement perfecting the lien. The lien may be terminated by the contract producer who files a termination statement as provided in chapter 554, article 9.
 b. For a lien arising out of producing a crop, the lien becomes effective the day that the crop is first planted. In order to perfect the lien, the contract producer must file a financing statement in the office of the secretary of state as provided in section 554.9308. The contract producer must file a financing statement for the crop within forty-five days after the crop is first planted. The lien terminates one year after the crop is no longer under the authority of the contract producer. For purposes of this section, a crop is no longer under the authority of the contract producer when the crop or a warehouse receipt issued by a warehouse operator licensed under chapter 203C for grain from the crop is no longer under the custody or control of the contract producer. The lien may be terminated by the contract producer who files a termination statement as provided in chapter 554, article 9.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 579B.4

  • Commodity: means livestock, raw milk, or a crop. See Iowa Code 579B.1
  • Continuous arrival: means the arrival of livestock at a contract livestock facility on a monthly basis or more frequently as provided in a production contract. See Iowa Code 579B.1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract livestock facility: includes a confinement feeding operation as defined in section 459. See Iowa Code 579B.1
  • Contract producer: means a person who owns or leases a contract operation and who produces a commodity under a production contract executed pursuant to section 579B. See Iowa Code 579B.1
  • Crop: means a plant used for food, animal feed, fiber, or oil, if the plant is classified as a forage or cereal plant, including but not limited to alfalfa, barley, buckwheat, corn, flax, forage, millet, oats, popcorn, rye, sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers, wheat, and grasses used for forage or silage. See Iowa Code 579B.1
  • Lien: means a commodity production contract lien created in section 579B. See Iowa Code 579B.1
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Livestock: means beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, or swine. See Iowa Code 579B.1
  • operator: means any person other than one who is tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 422. See Iowa Code 557B.1
  • Production contract: means an oral or written agreement executed pursuant to section 579B. See Iowa Code 579B.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The financing statement shall substantially meet the requirements of section 554.9502, subsection 1, and include all applicable information described in section 554.9516.
 3. Filing a financing statement as provided in this section satisfies all requirements for perfection of an agricultural lien as provided in chapter 554, article 9.
 4. a. (1) A commodity production contract lien that is perfected under this section is superior to and shall have priority over a conflicting lien or security interest in the commodity, including a lien or security interest that was perfected prior to the perfection of the commodity production contract lien under this chapter.

 (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), a commodity production contract lien shall not be superior to a court-ordered lien provided in section 717.4 or a veterinarian’s lien created under chapter 581, if such lien is perfected as an agricultural lien.
 b. A commodity production contract lien that is effective but not perfected under this section has priority as provided in section 554.9322.
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