71-3-602. Priority. The liens provided for in this part are preferred liens and prior to any other liens, and no sale or transfer of any sawlogs, piling, railroad ties, cordwood, or other timber or manufactured lumber or shingles shall divest the lien thereon as herein provided, and as between liens provided for in this part, those for work and labor shall be preferred. As between liens for work and labor claimed by several laborers on the same logs or lot of logs, the claims for work and labor done or performed on the identical logs proceeded against to the extent that said logs can be identified shall be preferred as against the general claims of liens for work and labor recognized and provided for in this part.
History: En. Sec. 4, p. 127, L. 1899; re-en. Sec. 5822, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8321, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 8321, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 45-404.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 71. Mortgages, Pledges, and Liens
71-3-601. Definition of lumber -- who may have lien
71-3-605. How to obtain lien -- form of claim
71-3-606. Claim for lien of landowner same
71-3-607. Immaterial defects in claim
71-3-608. Duties of county clerk
71-3-609. and 71-3-610 reserved
71-3-612. Requirements to be bona fide purchaser
71-3-614. Judgment and execution
71-3-615. Sale of property to satisfy lien
71-3-616. Penalty for destroying means of identification of property