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Wash. Rev. Code § 60.13.020 (2026)

Processor lien

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Starting on the date a producer delivers any agricultural product to a processor or conditioner, the producer has a first priority statutory lien, referred to as a "processor lien." A commercial fisher who delivers fish to a processor also has a first priority statutory "processor lien" starting on the date the fisher delivers fish to the processor. This processor lien shall continue until twenty days after payment for the product is due and remains unpaid, without filing any notice of lien, for the contract price, if any, or the fair market value of the products delivered. The processor lien attaches to the agricultural products or fish delivered, to the processor's or conditioner's inventory, and to the processor's or conditioner's accounts receivable. However, no processor lien may attach to agricultural products or fish delivered by a producer or commercial fisher, or on the producer's or fisher's behalf, to a processor which is organized and operated on a cooperative basis and of which the producer or fisher is a member, nor may such lien attach to such processor's inventory or accounts receivable.
[ 2013 c 23 s 119; 1987 c 148 s 2; 1985 c 412 s 2.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1992–2010 · leading case: In Re F.D. Processing, Inc., 832 P.2d 1303 (Wash. 1992).
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In Re F.D. Processing, Inc., 832 P.2d 1303 (Wash. 1992). · cites it 13× “Processing, or its customers, entitled to processor and preparer hens under RCW 60.13.020 or 60.13.030? We will not address two of the issues raised by this question, as they have not been briefed by the parties.”
In Re Symons Frozen Foods Inc., 432 B.R. 290 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 2010). · cites it 8× “Washington’s “processor lien” statute, RCW § 60.13.020, is similar to Oregon’s “agricultural produce lien” statute.”
State v. TK, 987 P.2d 63 (Wash. 2003). “2d 1303 ; see also RCW 60.13.020. F.D. Processing concluded that milk producers were not entitled to the retroactive application of the amendments to chapter 60.”
State v. T.K., 139 Wash. 2d 320 (Wash. 1999). “2d at 456-57 ; see also RCW 60.13.020. F.D. Processing concluded that milk producers were not entitled to the retroactive application of the amendments to chapter 60.”
Bair v. United States, 80 Fed. Cl. 287 (Fed. Cl. 2007). · cites it 2× “Wash. Rev. Code § 60.13.020 . The liens are created automatically and continue without filing requirements for twenty days after payment by the processor is due and remains unpaid.”
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