Every lien which is provided for in this article is on every farm product and any processed form of the farm product which is in the possession of the processor without segregation of the product. For purposes of this chapter, any and all farm products or processed form of farm products deposited by a processor with a warehouse, whether or not warehouse receipts are given as security to a lender, shall be considered as being in the possession of the processor and subject to the lien.
Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 55634
Producer’s Lien
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Alvernaz Farms, Inc. v. Bank of California (1990)
Most recently applied in In Re California Pacific Rice Milling, Ltd. (July 2001)
Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1109, Sec. 3.
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