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Home » US Law » 2022 Colorado Code » Title 38 - Property - Real and Personal » Article 24.5 - Harvesters' Liens

§ 38-24.5-101. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Harvester” means any person who gathers in grain or other crops by manual or mechanical threshing, swathing, or picking but shall not include an owner. “Harvesting” means the manual or mechanical threshing, swathing, cutting, or picking of grain or other crops, including any services rendered […]

§ 38-24.5-102. Who May Have Lien – Amount

Every harvester shall have a lien upon the grain and other crops harvested for and on account of harvesting. A lien on grain or other crops shall be charged for at the prevailing price for a particular locality in which such grain or other crop is harvested after notice has been given and a lien […]

§ 38-24.5-103. How Lien Obtained – Lien Statement

Every person intending to avail himself or herself of the benefits of this article shall serve on the owner by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, within ten days after completing the harvesting, a notice that, within twenty days, a lien, as specified in section 38-24.5-102, shall be claimed, and, […]

§ 38-24.5-104. Filing With County Clerk and Recorder

The county clerk and recorder shall endorse upon a lien the day of its filing and make an abstract thereof in a book kept and indexed by him for that purpose containing the date of the filing, the name of the person claiming the lien, the amount thereof, the name of any other person against […]

§ 38-24.5-105. Priority

The lien for harvesting specified in section 38-24.5-102 shall not be prior to nor have precedence over any mortgage, encumbrance, security interest, or other valid lien upon the grain or other crops if such other mortgage, encumbrance, security interest, or valid lien attached or was filed prior to the filing of a lien under this […]

§ 38-24.5-106. Parties

Any person interested in the matter in controversy or the property to be charged with the lien or having a lien thereon may be made a party to an action for the foreclosure thereof. Source: L. 89: Entire article added, p. 1443, § 1, effective July 1.

§ 38-24.5-107. Limitations of Actions

Any action for the foreclosure and enforcement of a lien authorized in section 38-24.5-102 shall be commenced, and a notice of commencement of action filed in the same locations as the lien statements, within three months from the filing of the lien and shall be filed in the district court for the county in which […]

§ 38-24.5-108. Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Lien – Penalty

Whenever the indebtedness which is a lien upon any such grain or other crops is paid and satisfied, it is the duty of the lienor to acknowledge satisfaction thereof and to discharge the lien of record; and, if any lienor fails to acknowledge satisfaction and discharge said lien within thirty days after being requested to […]