US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  45
                         LIENS, MORTGAGES AND PLEDGES
                                  CHAPTER 6
                               CLAIMS FOR WAGES
    45-602.  WAGES OF EMPLOYEES PREFERRED. In all assignments of property made
by any person to trustees or assignees, or in proceedings in insolvency, an
employee's wages for services rendered within sixty (60) days preceding such
assignment, not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), is a preferred claim,
and must be paid by such trustees or assignees before any  creditor or
creditors of the assignor or insolvent debtor; provided, that whenever any
such employee has filed a notice of lien against any property of the assignor,
the employee may elect between the provisions of this section and the
employee's lien.