55-214. Lien of transporter of oil-field equipment; filing of statement; service of notice; removal of equipment to another county.
55-214
55-214. Lien of transporter of oil-field equipment; filing ofstatement; service of notice; removal of equipment to another county.Any person entitled to file a lien as provided for in this act, shallwithin one hundred twenty (120) days after the oil-field equipment wastransported and delivered, file a statement in the office of the clerk ofthe district court of such county where such oil-field equipment wasdelivered, and at the time of filing such statement the claimant shallserve a copy of said statement upon the owner thereof, or upon the trustee,agent, or receiver of any such owner by mailing a copy of such statement to thesaid owner or to the trustee, agent, or receiver of such owner by registeredmail to his or her or their last known address. That after the filingand service of such notice as heretofore provided, it shall be the duty ofany such owner, trustee, agent, or receiver of any such owner to notify inwriting any person who has a lien upon any such oil-field equipment andmaterials before removing the same from the leasehold to which the lienclaimant delivered said oil-field equipment and materials. Such statementshall include the amount claimed and the items thereof described asdefinitely as practicable, the name of the owner, the name of thecontractor, the name of the claimant and a full description of the propertysubject to the lien, verified by affidavit.
In the event such oil-field equipment or any part thereof has beenremoved from the county in which it was originally delivered into anothercounty within the state, any person entitled to file a lien as provided forin this act, may within thirty (30) days after that person has receivednotice that such oil-field equipment or any part thereof has been removedfrom the county in which it was originally delivered, file in the office ofthe clerk of the district court of such county, a copy of the lien whichhas heretofore been filed in the county in which such property wasoriginally transported and delivered. The lien provided for hereunder shallnot be prior to any valid and existing perfected security interest.
History: L. 1941, ch. 281, § 3; L. 1945, ch. 231, § 3; L. 1953, ch. 267, § 1;L. 1965, ch. 564, § 403; Jan. 1, 1966.