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     514.59 Wages, lien as against seizure. 

    Every employee has a lien upon all the property of that 
 person's employer, as against any attachment or execution levied 
 thereon, for the security of the employee's wages earned within 
 the six months last preceding, to an amount not exceeding $1,000 
 or five weeks net wages, whichever is greater, subject to a 
 maximum of $3,000.  For purposes of this section, "wages" 
 includes payments required to be made to a vacation or health, 
 welfare, or pension fund on behalf of the employee.  The lien 
 shall not be affected by any agreement with the employer to 
 waive the lien, and shall be preferred to mortgages, judgments, 
 and other liens which attach after the beginning of the labor or 
 services by which the wages were earned. 

    HIST: (8548) RL s 3541; 1981 c 43 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 48 s 
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