Section 570A.4 - Perfecting the lien - filing requirementsExcept as provided in this section, a financing statement filed to perfect an agricultural supply dealer lien shall be governed by chapter 554, article 9, part 5, in the same manner as any other financing statement.
1. The lien becomes effective at the time that the farmer purchases the agricultural supply.2. In order to perfect the lien, the agricultural supply dealer must file a financing statement in the office of the secretary of state as provided in section 554.9308 within thirty-one days after the date that the farmer purchases the agricultural supply. The financing statement shall meet the requirements of section 554.9502, subsection 1, and include all applicable information described in section 554.9516. Filing a financing statement as provided in this subsection satisfies all requirements for perfection of an agricultural lien as provided in chapter 554, article 9.84 Acts, ch 1072, §4; 85 Acts, ch 204, §4; 88 Acts, ch 1275, §40; 91 Acts, ch 267, §630; 2000 Acts, ch 1149, §177, 187; 2003 Acts, ch 82, §5