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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-201 (2026)

Agister's lien; domestic and foreign; perfection; financing statement; filing; enforcement; fee

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(1) When any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company not provided for in subsection (2) of this section procures, contracts with, or hires any other person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company to feed and take care of any kind of livestock, the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company so procured, contracted with, or hired shall have a first, paramount, and prior lien upon such livestock for the feed and care furnished for the contract price agreed upon or, in case no price has been agreed upon, for the reasonable value of such feed and care, as long as the holders of any prior liens shall have agreed in writing to the contract for the feed and care of the livestock involved. A lien created under this subsection shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. A lien created under this subsection shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Any financing statement filed to perfect such lien shall be filed prior to removal of such livestock from the premises of the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company entitled to a lien and shall contain or have attached thereto (a) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company claiming the lien, (b) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company for whom the feeding and care were furnished, (c) a description of the livestock fed and furnished care, and (d) the amount justly due for the feeding and care. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company for whom the feeding and care were furnished. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing such lien shall be the same as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code.

(2) When any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company whose residence or principal place of business is located outside the State of Nebraska procures, contracts with, or hires any other person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company within the State of Nebraska to feed and take care of any kind of livestock, the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company so procured, contracted with, or hired shall have a first, paramount, and prior lien upon such livestock for the feed and care furnished for the contract price agreed upon or, in case no price has been agreed upon, for the reasonable value of such feed and care. A lien created under this subsection shall be treated in all respects as an agricultural lien as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, and may be enforced in the manner and form provided for the enforcement of secured transactions as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. A lien created under this subsection shall be perfected as provided in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code. Any financing statement filed to perfect such lien shall be filed prior to removal of such livestock from the premises of the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company entitled to a lien and shall contain or have attached thereto (a) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number of the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company claiming the lien, (b) the name and address and the social security number or federal tax identification number, if known, of the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company for whom the feeding and care were furnished, (c) a description of the livestock fed and furnished care, and (d) the amount justly due for the feeding and care. The failure to include the social security number or federal tax identification number shall not render any filing unperfected. At the time the lien is filed, the lienholder shall send a copy to the person, firm, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company for whom the feeding and care were furnished. The fee for filing, amending, or releasing such lien shall be the same as set forth in section 9-525, Uniform Commercial Code.

(3) Effective January 1, 2015, this section applies to a lien created under this section regardless of when the lien was created.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1954–2023 · leading case: Graff v. Burnett, 414 N.W.2d 271 (Neb. 1987).
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Graff v. Burnett, 414 N.W.2d 271 (Neb. 1987). · cites it 9× “Burnett in the district court for Thayer County, seeking to foreclose an agister’s lien, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-201 (Reissue 1984), and a stallion service lien, Neb.”
Stickell v. Haggerty, 62 N.W.2d 107 (Neb. 1954). · cites it 4× “Section 54-201, R. R. S. 1943, contains the following: “When any person shall procure, contract with, or hire any other person to feed and take care of any kind of livestock, the person so procured, contracted with, or hired, shall have a first, paramount and prior lien upon…”
Lol Fin. Co. v. Paul Johnson & Sons Cattle Co., 758 F. Supp. 2d 871 (D. Neb. 2010). · cites it 8× “UCC § 9-302, which provides: “While farm products are located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of an agricultural lien on the farm products.”
Bush v. Kramer, 173 N.W.2d 367 (Neb. 1969). “§ 54-201, R. R. S. 1943. As betweefi the .”
Clark v. Oldham, 90 N.W.2d 329 (Neb. 1958). · cites it 8× “Plaintiff contends that under the provisions of section 54-201, R.R.S.1943, the lien is limited to proper charges for feed and care and that the alleged contract charges of defendant included the nonlienable item of training, and that defendant's charges not being apportioned…”
Mousel v. Daringer, 206 N.W.2d 579 (Neb. 1973). “§ 54-201, R. R. S. 1943. The other statutory provision reads: “When a person in the ordinary course of his business furnishes services or materials with respect to goods subject to a security interest, a lien upon the goods in the possession of such person given by statute or…”
Fleecs v. Burnett, No. A-22-957, A-22-958 (Neb. Ct. App. Dec. 5, 2023). · cites it 5× “Burnett argues that because he perfected his agister’s lien, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-201 (Reissue 2021), he is “entitled to compensation for the periods of time during which he continued to care for the Fleecs and Lind cattle.”
Washington Cnty. Bank v. Red Socks Stables, Inc., 376 N.W.2d 782 (Neb. 1985). · cites it 8× “§ 9-310 (Reissue 1980) provides: When a person in the ordinary course of his business furnishes services or materials with respect to goods subject to a security interest, a lien upon goods in the possession of such person given by statute or rule of law for such materials or…”
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-201(1): 1 case
Washington Cnty. Bank v. Red Socks Stables, Inc., 376 N.W.2d 782 (Neb. 1985). “§ 9-310 (Reissue 1980) provides: When a person in the ordinary course of his business furnishes services or materials with respect to goods subject to a security interest, a lien upon goods in the possession of such person given by statute or rule of law for such materials or…”
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-201(2): 2 cases
Graff v. Burnett, 414 N.W.2d 271 (Neb. 1987). “Burnett in the district court for Thayer County, seeking to foreclose an agister’s lien, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-201 (Reissue 1984), and a stallion service lien, Neb.”
Lol Fin. Co. v. Paul Johnson & Sons Cattle Co., 758 F. Supp. 2d 871 (D. Neb. 2010). “UCC § 9-302, which provides: “While farm products are located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of an agricultural lien on the farm products.”
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