HARVESTER’S LIEN

Iowa Code tit. XIV, ch. 571

in effect

Iowa Code § 571.1A Definitions.

571.1A. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Crop” includes but is not limited to corn, soybeans, hay, straw, and crops produced on trees, vines, or bushes. 2. “Harvester” means a person who performs harvesting services. 3. “Harvesting services” means baling, chopping, combining, cutting, husking, picking, shelling, stacking, threshing, or windrowing a crop, regardless of the means or method employed. 4. “Harvester’s lien” or “lien” means the harvester’s lien created in section 571.1B. 2003 Acts, ch 82, §9; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §99

Iowa Code § 571.1B Lien created.

571.1B. Lien created. A harvester shall have an agricultural lien as provided in section 554.9102 for the reasonable value of harvesting services. The harvester is a secured party and the person for whom the harvester renders such harvesting services is a debtor for purposes of chapter 554, article 9. The lien applies to crops harvested by the harvester. 2003 Acts, ch 82, §10

Iowa Code § 571.3 Perfecting the lien — filing requirements.

571.3. Perfecting the lien — filing requirements. Except as provided in this section, a financing statement filed to perfect a harvester’s lien shall be governed by chapter 554, article 9, part 5, in the same manner as any other financing statement. 1. The lien becomes effective at the time that the harvesting services provided under section 571.1B are rendered. 2. In order to perfect the lien, the harvester must file a financing statement in the office of the secretary of state as provided in section 554.9308 within ten days after the last date that the harvesting services were rendered. The financing statement shall meet the requirements of section 554.9502, subsection 1, and include all applicable information described in section 554.9516. Filing a financing statement as provided in this subsection satisfies all requirements for perfection of an agricultural lien as provided in chapter 554, article 9. [C35, §10269-e3; C39, §10269.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §571.3] 86 Acts, ch 1033, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 82, §11

Iowa Code § 571.3A Priority of lien.

571.3A. Priority of lien. Except as provided in this section, section 554.9322 shall govern the priority of a harvester’s lien that is effective or perfected as provided in section 571.3. 1. A harvester’s lien that is effective but not perfected under section 571.3 shall have priority as provided in section 554.9322. 2. A harvester’s lien that is perfected under section 571.3 shall have priority over a conflicting security interest in harvested crops regardless of when such security interest is perfected. A perfected harvester’s lien shall have priority over a conflicting landlord’s lien as provided in chapter 570, regardless of when such landlord’s lien is perfected. 2003 Acts, ch 82, §12

Iowa Code § 571.5 Enforcement of lien.

571.5. Enforcement of lien. A harvester may enforce a harvester’s lien in the manner provided for agricultural liens pursuant to the uniform commercial code, chapter 554, article 9, part 6. [C35, §10269-e5; C39, §10269.5; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §571.5] 2000 Acts, ch 1149, §179, 187; 2003 Acts, ch 82, §13

Source: Iowa Legislature (legis.iowa.gov)URL: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/law/iowaCode/sections?codeChapter=571&year=2026Fetched: 10/20/2026