Statute 55-214: Lien of transporter of oil-field equipment; filing of
statement; service of notice; removal of equipment to another county.
Any person entitled to file a lien as provided for in this act, shall
within one hundred twenty (120) days after the oil-field equipment was
transported and delivered, file a statement in the office of the clerk of
the district court of such county where such oil-field equipment was
delivered, and at the time of filing such statement the claimant shall
serve 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 the
said owner or to the trustee, agent, or receiver of such owner by registered
mail to his or her or their last known address. That after the filing
and service of such notice as heretofore provided, it shall be the duty of
any such owner, trustee, agent, or receiver of any such owner to notify in
writing any person who has a lien upon any such oil-field equipment and
materials before removing the same from the leasehold to which the lien
claimant delivered said oil-field equipment and materials. Such statement
shall include the amount claimed and the items thereof described as
definitely as practicable, the name of the owner, the name of the
contractor, the name of the claimant and a full description of the property
subject to the lien, verified by affidavit.
In the event such oil-field equipment or any part thereof has been
removed from the county in which it was originally delivered into another
county within the state, any person entitled to file a lien as provided for
in this act, may within thirty (30) days after that person has received
notice that such oil-field equipment or any part thereof has been removed
from the county in which it was originally delivered, file in the office of
the clerk of the district court of such county, a copy of the lien which
has heretofore been filed in the county in which such property was
originally transported and delivered. The lien provided for hereunder shall
not 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.