2001 Minnesota Statutes

  557.12 Repealed, 2001 c 57 s 7 

*   NOTE:  Subdivision 5 was also amended by Laws 2001, chapter 
*195, article 2, section 35, to read as follows: 

*   "Subd. 5.    Filing and enforcement of liens.  (a) A 
*planting crop owner's lien under subdivision 2 and a lien for 
*the fair market rental value where the crop was grown under 
*subdivision 4 are perfected against the crop and crop products 
*by attaching and filing a financing statement covering the crop 
*and crop products as provided under sections 336.9-501 to 
*336.9-527 by 90 days after the planting crop owner's right to 
*harvest the crop is terminated.  The financing statement must 
*include a statement indicating whether it is a planting crop 
*owner's lien or a lien for a crop harvested by a planting crop 
*owner.  A perfected lien may be enforced in the same manner as a 
*security interest under sections 336.9-601 to 336.9-628. 

*   (b) A lien against the real property under subdivision 2 
*must be recorded and foreclosed in the same manner as a 
*mechanics' lien under sections 514.08 to 514.15 as if the 
*planting crop owner was a contractor.  For purposes of this 
*paragraph, the lien statement must be filed and served under 
*section 514.08, subdivision 1, by 120 days after the crop was 
*harvested, or if the crop was not harvested, by 12 months after 
*the crop was planted."