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Mont. Code Ann. § 71-3-901 (2026)

Who May Have Lien -- Amount

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TITLE 71. MORTGAGES, PLEDGES, AND LIENS

CHAPTER 3. LIENS

Part 9. Fertilizer and Pesticide Liens

Who May Have Lien -- Amount

71-3-901. Who may have lien -- amount. A person, firm, corporation, or partnership that under contract, express or implied, performs labor or services or furnishes material in crop dusting or spraying grains or crops, whether by aerial or ground application, for the purpose of fertilization or weed, disease, or insect control for promoting the growth of the grains or crops has a lien upon all grains or crops dusted or sprayed for and on account of the labor or service performed and material furnished, upon complying with the provisions of this part. A lien may not exceed the prevailing price charged in the particular locality in which the grain or crops are sprayed or dusted.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 205, L. 1953; R.C.M. 1947, 45-1401; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 316, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 125, L. 1993.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2008–2014 · leading case: Stockman Bank of Montana v. Mon-Kota, Inc., 2008 MT 74, 180 P.3d 1125.
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Stockman Bank of Montana v. Mon-Kota, Inc., 2008 MT 74, 180 P.3d 1125. · cites it 19× “Stockman Bank contends that § 71-3-901, MCA, the agricultural lien statute, merely grants a lien upon “grains or crops dusted or sprayed” which does not attach to proceeds from the sale of those crops.”
In Re Aznoe Agribiz, Inc., 416 B.R. 755 (Bankr. D. Mont. 2009). · cites it 6× “§ 71-3-901, et seq. KSI asserted it may perfect a statutory lien post-petition for its pre-petition sales and applications of herbicides and fertilizer.”
Schley v. Peoples Bank (In re Schley), 509 B.R. 901 (Bankr. N.D. Iowa 2014). “[W]hen the UCC drafters desired to apply a particular provision to both agricultural liens and to security interests, the drafters expressly referred to both-[Section 30- *914 9A-315(l)(b), MCA and Comment 9 and Section 30-9A-302, MCA and Comment 2] illustrate that Revised…”
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