Terms Used In Iowa Code > Chapter 579A - Custom Cattle Feedlot Lien

• Cattle: means an animal classified as bovine, regardless of the age or sex of the animal. See Iowa Code 579A.1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Custom cattle feedlot: means a feedlot where cattle owned by a person are provided feed and care by another person. See Iowa Code 579A.1
• Custom cattle feedlot operator: means the owner of a custom cattle feedlot or the owner's personal representative. See Iowa Code 579A.1
• Feedlot: means a lot, yard, corral, building, or other area in which cattle are confined and fed and maintained for forty-five days or more in any twelve-month period. See Iowa Code 579A.1
• following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Lien: means a custom cattle feedlot lien created in section 579A. See Iowa Code 579A.1
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• 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
• person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
• Personal representative: means a person who is authorized by the owner of a custom cattle feedlot to act on behalf of the owner, including by executing an agreement, managing a custom cattle feedlot, filing a financing statement to perfect a lien, and enforcing a lien under this chapter. See Iowa Code 579A.1
• Processor: means the same as defined in section 202B. See Iowa Code 579A.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