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Wash. Rev. Code § 60.13.050 (2026)

Priority of lien

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(1)(a) If a statement is filed pursuant to RCW 60.13.040 within twenty days of the date upon which payment from the processor, conditioner, or preparer to the producer or commercial fisher is due and remains unpaid, the processor or preparer lien evidenced by the statement continues its priority over all other liens or security interests upon agricultural products or fish, inventory, and accounts receivable, except as provided in (b) of this subsection. Such priority is without regard to whether the other liens or security interests attached before or after the date on which the processor or preparer lien attached.
(b) The processor or preparer lien shall be subordinate to liens for taxes or labor perfected before filing of the processor or preparer lien.
(2) If the statement provided for in RCW 60.13.040 is not filed within twenty days of the date payment is due and remains unpaid, the processor or preparer lien shall thereupon become subordinate to:
(a) A lien that has attached to the agricultural product or fish, inventory, or accounts receivable before the date on which the processor or preparer lien attaches; and
(b) A perfected security interest in the agricultural product or fish, inventory, or accounts receivable.
[ 2013 c 23 s 121; 1987 c 148 s 4; 1985 c 412 s 5.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1990–2010 · 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). “RCW 60.13.050. The pivotal question addressed by the parties is whether milk qualifies as an "agricultural product".”
In Re Symons Frozen Foods Inc., 432 B.R. 290 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 2010). · cites it 2× “RCW § 60.13.050. Because Hale Farms did not file a statement evi *295 dencing the lien with Washington’s Department of Licensing within 20 days after payment was due and unpaid, Hale Farms is not entitled to a Washington first priority “processor lien.”
Bair v. United States, 80 Fed. Cl. 287 (Fed. Cl. 2007). “Wash. Rev. Code § 60.13.050 . Within the hierarchy of state law, therefore, processor hens are actually third in priority.”
Flyco, Inc. v. Kemp Pac. Fisheries, Inc. (In re Kemp Pac. Fisheries, Inc.), 136 B.R. 268 (W.D. Wash. 1990). “RCW 60.13.050(l)(a) (commercial fishermen under Washington law are entitled to lien upon fish inventory that is prior to “all other liens or security interests” regardless of when they attached).”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 60.13.050(l)(a) — 1 case
Flyco, Inc. v. Kemp Pac. Fisheries, Inc. (In re Kemp Pac. Fisheries, Inc.), 136 B.R. 268 (W.D. Wash. 1990). “RCW 60.13.050(l)(a) (commercial fishermen under Washington law are entitled to lien upon fish inventory that is prior to “all other liens or security interests” regardless of when they attached).”
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