The lien created by this chapter shall be perfected by the filing of a notice of claim of lien with the Secretary of State and service of the notice of claim of lien pursuant to subdivision (e).
(a) The person who provides feed or materials may, at any time, file in the manner and at the place set forth in this section, the notice of claim of lien.
(b) The notice of claim of lien shall, at a minimum, set forth all of the following information:
(1) The name and address of the lien claimant.
(2) The last known name and address of the lien debtor.
(3) The location of the dairy to which the feed and materials were provided.
(4) That the lien claimant has a dairy cattle supply lien pursuant to Section 57402.
(c) The notice of claim of lien shall be filed on a form which is the standard form of original financing statement prescribed by the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 9521 of the Commercial Code. The standard form shall be completed with the following changes:
(1) The lien claimant may be identified either as lien claimant or as secured party.
(2) In the space for the description of the collateral there shall instead be entered the statement substantially as set forth in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (b).
(d) The notice of claim of lien shall be filed, indexed, and marked in the office of the Secretary of State in the same manner as a financing statement is filed, indexed, and marked pursuant to Section 9519 of the Commercial Code.
(e) (1) The lien claimant shall provide written notice of the claim of lien to the following persons within 10 days of the date of the filing with the office of the Secretary of State:
(A) The lien debtor.
(B) Any person from which the lien claimant has received, before the lien claimant files the notice, notification of a claim of an interest in the proceeds.
(C) Any other secured party or lienholder that, 10 days before the filing of the notice, held a security interest in or other lien on the proceeds perfected by the filing of a financing statement that satisfied all of the following conditions:
(i) The statement identified the proceeds by referring to all assets, all personal property, goods, farm products, milk, or milk products, or otherwise identified the proceeds by any other description sufficient pursuant to Section 9108 of the Commercial Code.
(ii) The statement was indexed under the debtor’s name as of that date.
(iii) The statement was filed against the debtor covering the proceeds as of that date and was filed in the office or offices in which a financing statement may be filed pursuant to Section 9501 of the Commercial Code.
(D) Any other secured party that, 10 days before the filing of the notice, held a security interest in the proceeds perfected by compliance with a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subdivision (a) of Section 9311 of the Commercial Code.
(2) If the lien debtor is an entity, notice shall be given to the lien debtor’s registered agent for service of process. If the lien debtor is an individual or general partnership, the notice shall be given at any address at which the individual conducts business.
(3) Any notice to be given to a person pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall be given to that person at the address set forth in the notification of claim of interest given by that person or, if no address is set forth, to the person’s registered agent for service of process if the person is an entity or at any address at which the person does business if the person is an individual or general partnership.
(4) Notice given to a secured party pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) shall be given to the secured party at the address set forth in the financing statement on file for the secured party.
(5) Notice to be given to a secured party pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) shall be given to the secured party at the address set forth in the document creating the perfection and compliance or, if no address is set forth, to the secured party’s registered agent for service of process if the secured party is an entity or at an address at which the secured party does business if the secured party is an individual or general partnership.
(f) For the purpose of the Secretary of State’s index pursuant to Sections 9515, 9516, and 9522 of the Commercial Code and for the purpose of the issuance of a certificate pursuant to Section 9519 or 9528 of the Commercial Code, the Secretary of State shall identify a notice pursuant to this section as a financing statement.
(g) Within 20 days after a lien claimant receives a demand from a lien debtor, the lien claimant shall send to the lien debtor a termination statement for the notice of claim of lien or file the termination statement in the office of the Secretary of State, if the lien perfected by the notice of claim of lien has terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 57403. Upon the filing of a termination statement with the office of the Secretary of State, the notice of claim of lien to which the termination statement relates ceases to be effective.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 309, Sec. 3. (SB 592) Effective January 1, 2013.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018