As used in this section and §§ 18-48-502 — 18-48-504 “owner” and “operator” mean corporations, partnerships, or individuals engaged in the business of elevators, drying, cleaning, milling, or processing rice or other similar farm products.
This section and §§ 18-48-501, 18-48-503, and 18-48-504 shall specifically further protect all owners and operators of dryers, elevators, or cleaning, milling, or processing plants, but do not extend to any relationship between the owner or operator and his or her employee or employees.
The owner of any plant in this state engaged in the drying, cleaning, milling, or processing of rice or any other similar farm products for another shall have an absolute lien on the farm product to secure the payment for the drying, cleaning, milling, or processing of the farm product and for its storage or […]
(a) (1) Any owner of any plant holding a lien under this section and §§ 18-48-501 — 18-48-503 may hold the farm product, and the by-products thereof, if any, for a period of thirty (30) days, unless his or her claim is sooner paid. (2) After that time the lienholder may sell such portion of […]
(a) The owner of a cotton gin who shall gin seed cotton for another and bale it shall have an absolute lien on the cottonseed and on the baled cotton to secure the payment of the ginning and the bagging and ties used in baling the cotton. (b) The lien shall attach to each bale […]
(a) (1) A ginner holding a lien under § 18-48-505 and this section may hold the cotton and seed for thirty (30) days, unless his or her claim is paid sooner. (2) After that time the lienholder may sell it at the best obtainable price on the market, at private sale, and from the proceeds […]
