71-3-801. Who may have lien -- amount. (1) All threshermen or swathers owning or operating threshing or swathing machines and all owners of combine harvesters and threshers shall have a lien upon the grain and other crops swathed or threshed by said threshing or swathing machine or cut and threshed by said combine harvester and thresher for and on account of the services rendered and the labor performed by them on said grain and crops and which lien may be claimed by the owner of said grain for the reasonable value of such services if same are performed by him. Liens on grain and other crops shall be charged for at the prevailing price for that particular locality in which such grain or other crop is threshed, harvested, or combined, provided notices are given and lien is filed within the time provided by this part.
     (2) If the prevailing price for threshing, harvesting, or combining grain or other crop is disputed by the thresherman 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.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 25, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 8366, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 20, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 112, L. 1931; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 124, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 8366, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 308, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 45-801; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 684, L. 1985.