Idaho Code § 45-304

Seed lien

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Tri-River Chemical Co. v. TNT Farms (In Re TNT Farms) (1998)

Most recently applied in Tri-River Chemical Co. v. TNT Farms (In Re TNT Farms) (October 1998)

I.C., § 45-304, as added by 1989, ch. 359, § 2, p. 900.

(1) Any person who furnishes seed to a producer to be sown or planted on lands owned, rented or otherwise lawfully occupied by the producer, shall have a lien in the crop or crops produced from the seed for the purchase price of the seed.

(2) The seed lien shall have priority over any security interest in the same crop, but shall be subordinate to a farm laborer’s lien in the same crop.

(3) A landlord’s interest in a crop produced on premises which are leased in consideration of a share of the crop is not subject to a seed lien.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.