Montana § 71-3-801 - Who May Have Lien -- Amount

§ 71-3-801. Who May Have Lien -- Amount

Who may have lien -- amount. (1) All threshers or swathers owning or operating threshing or swathing machines and all owners of combine harvesters and threshers have a lien upon the grain and other crops swathed or threshed by the threshing or swathing machine or cut and threshed by the combine harvester and thresher for and on account of the services rendered and the labor performed by them on the grain and crops swathed or threshed. The lien may be claimed by the owner of the grain for the reasonable value of the services if services are performed by the owner. Liens on grain and other crops must be charged for at the prevailing price for that particular locality in which the grain or other crop is threshed, harvested, or combined if notices are given and the lien is filed within the time provided by this part. (2) If the prevailing price for threshing, harvesting, or combining grain or other crops is disputed by the thresher or swather and the owner of the grain or other crop, the matter may be submitted to arbitration under the provisions of Title 27, chapter 5.