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.
History:
[45-302, added 1989, ch. 359, sec. 2, p. 901; am. 1996, ch. 262, sec. 1, p. 863.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 45 - LIENS, MORTGAGES AND PLEDGES
Section 45-301 - PURPOSE AND SCOPE.
Section 45-303 - FARM LABORER’S LIEN.
Section 45-307 - ATTACHMENT OF LIEN.
Section 45-308 - NOTICE OF CLAIM OF LIEN.
Section 45-308A - AMENDMENT OR ASSIGNMENT OF NOTICE.
Section 45-309 - CIVIL PENALTY FOR FALSE CLAIM.
Section 45-310 - DURATION OF LIEN.
Section 45-311 - DUTY TO RELEASE UPON SATISFACTION.
Section 45-312 - LIST OF LIENS IN FARM CROPS.
Section 45-314 - WHEN BUYER TAKES FREE OF LIEN.
Section 45-315 - DUTY OF BUYER.
Section 45-316 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULEMAKING.