Agricultural processors who operate machinery to process crops can now establish a legal claim on those crops by filing a financing statement with the South Dakota Secretary of State within 60 days of completing the work. The filing must include details like the processor's name, the crop owner's name, the amount owed, and where the crops are located, and the processor must give a copy of the filing to the crop owner. This updates how processors protect their right to payment by aligning the process with state commercial law requirements.
The amendment extended the filing deadline for agricultural processor liens from thirty days to sixty days after crop processing completion, and changed "bill" to "debt" in the notification requirement.
The amendment shifted agricultural processor liens from a written account filed with county registers of deeds to a financing statement filed electronically with the secretary of state, and extended the perfection deadline from thirty to sixty days.
Signed by the Governor H.J. 496
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 438
Signed by the President S.J. 388
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 417
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 340
Agriculture and Natural Resources Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 19
Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 19
Agriculture and Natural Resources Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 221
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 5. H.J. 249
House of Representatives Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 238
Agriculture and Natural Resources Certified uncontested, placed on consent H.J. 13
Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 13
Agriculture and Natural Resources Motion to amend H.J. 13
Agriculture and Natural Resources Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 112
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