458A.10 Liens for development and operating costs.
A person to whom another is indebted for expenses incurred in drilling and operating a well on a drilling unit required to be formed as provided for in section 458A.8, may, in order to secure payment of the amount due, fix a lien upon the interest of the debtor in the production from the drilling unit or the unit area, as the case may be, by filing for record, with the recorder of the county where property involved, or any part thereof, is located, an affidavit setting forth the amount due and the interest of the debtor in such production. The person to whom the amount is payable may, at the expense of the debtor, store all or any part of the production upon which the lien exists until the total amount due, including reasonable storage charges, is paid or the commodity is sold at foreclosure sale and delivery is made to the purchaser. The lien may be foreclosed as provided for with respect to foreclosure of a lien on chattels.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §84.10]
C93, §458A.10
Referred to in §458A.8
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 458A - OIL, GAS, AND OTHER MINERALS
Section 458A.1 - Declaration of policy.
Section 458A.3 - Waste prohibited.
Section 458A.4 - Duties and powers of director.
Section 458A.5 - Drilling permit required.
Section 458A.6 - Department shall determine market demand and regulate the amount of production.
Section 458A.7 - Department shall set spacing units.
Section 458A.8 - Integration of fractional tracts.
Section 458A.9 - Voluntary agreements for unit operation valid.
Section 458A.10 - Liens for development and operating costs.
Section 458A.11 - Rules covering practice before department.
Section 458A.14 - Appeal to district court — procedure of appeal.
Section 458A.17 - Action to restrain violation or threatened violation.
Section 458A.18 - Mineral rights taxed separately.
Section 458A.20 - Tax sale — redemption by owner.
Section 458A.21 - Lease of public lands.
Section 458A.23 - Action to obtain release — damages, costs, and attorney fees — attachment.