US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  45
                         LIENS, MORTGAGES AND PLEDGES
                                  CHAPTER 3
                                LIENS IN CROPS
    45-302.  DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this chapter:
    (1)  "Buyer" means a person who purchases, on his own behalf or as an
agent for others, a crop from a producer.
    (2)  "Claimant" means a provider of seed or farm labor who files a notice
of claim of lien in a crop.
    (3)  "Crop year" means the calendar year in which a crop would normally be
harvested.
    (4)  "Crops" means products of the soil. As it relates to liens for seed,
the term "crops" shall be limited to annual crops. As it relates to liens for
farm labor, it shall include annual crops as well as fruits, berries, grapes
and nursery products.
    (5)  "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or
association.
    (6)  "Producer" means a farm operator to whom a claimant has provided seed
or farm labor.
    (7)  "Written notice" means information communicated to a person in
writing by an authorized person or entity and may include electronic,
facsimile, computer or equivalent media.