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Mont. Code Ann. § 71-3-1211 (2026)

Agister's Lien -- Finding -- Who May Hold Lien

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TITLE 71. MORTGAGES, PLEDGES, AND LIENS

CHAPTER 3. LIENS

Part 12. Agisters' Liens and Liens for Service

Agister's Lien -- Finding -- Who May Hold Lien

71-3-1211. Agister's lien -- finding -- who may hold lien. (1) The legislature finds that agisters' liens require expeditious action to protect the welfare of the stock and to ensure that the cost to feed and care for the stock covered by the lien does not exceed the market value of the stock.

(2) (a) If there is an express or implied contract for keeping, feeding, herding, pasturing, or ranching stock, a rancher, farmer, agister, herder, hotelkeeper, livery, stablekeeper, or reproductive technology business to whom any horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs, or other stock are entrusted has an agister's lien upon the stock for the amount due for keeping, feeding, herding, pasturing, or ranching the stock.

(b) A person holding an agister's lien pursuant to subsection (2)(a) may retain possession of the stock until the amount due is paid.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 124, L. 2013.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2023–2024 · leading case: Stensvad v. Newman Ayers Ranch, 2024 MT 246 (Mont. 2024).
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Stensvad v. Newman Ayers Ranch, 2024 MT 246 (Mont. 2024). · cites it 8× “” 16 Section 71-3-1211(1), MCA. Section 71-3-1213, MCA, provides a process for public auction of the stock if payment is not provided within 30 days to the lienholder.”
360 Reclaim v. Russell, 2023 MT 250 (Mont. 2023). · cites it 2× “On appeal, Russell faults the District Court on the singular basis that it referred to the storage lien as an “agister’s lien” which is provided for in § 71-3-1211, MCA. While the court did, at times, refer to it as an agister’s lien which can only apply to livestock, it is…”
Mont. Code Ann. § 71-3-1211(1): 1 case
Stensvad v. Newman Ayers Ranch, 2024 MT 246 (Mont. 2024). “” 16 Section 71-3-1211(1), MCA. Section 71-3-1213, MCA, provides a process for public auction of the stock if payment is not provided within 30 days to the lienholder.”
Mont. Code Ann. § 71-3-1211(2)(a): 1 case
Stensvad v. Newman Ayers Ranch, 2024 MT 246 (Mont. 2024). “” 16 Section 71-3-1211(1), MCA. Section 71-3-1213, MCA, provides a process for public auction of the stock if payment is not provided within 30 days to the lienholder.”
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