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Terms Used In Iowa Code 554.9333

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
554.9333 Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.
1. Possessory lien. In this section, “”possessory lien”” means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien:
a. which secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or materials furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary course of the person’s business;
b. which is created by statute or rule of law in favor of the person; and
c. whose effectiveness depends on the person’s possession of the goods.
2. Priority of possessory lien. A possessory lien on goods has priority over a security interest in the goods unless the lien is created by a statute that expressly provides otherwise.
2000 Acts, ch 1149, §53, 187
Referred to in §554.9109