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                         SENATE BILL 6566

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State of Washington   57th Legislature        2002 Regular Session

By Senators Rasmussen, Shin, Sheahan, Honeyford, Hewitt, Swecker and Hale

Read first time 01/21/2002.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & International Trade.

Modifying the termination period for certain agricultural liens.

    AN ACT Relating to agricultural liens; and amending RCW 60.13.060.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 60.13.060 and 1987 c 148 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The processor lien shall terminate ((six)) twenty-four months after, and the preparer lien shall terminate fifty days after, the later of the date of attachment or filing, unless a suit to foreclose the lien has been filed before that time as provided in RCW 60.13.070.

    (2) If a statement has been filed as provided in RCW 60.13.040 and the producer or commercial ((fisherman)) fisher has received payment for the obligation secured by the lien, the producer or ((fisherman)) fisher shall promptly file with the department of licensing a statement declaring that full payment has been received and that the lien is discharged.  If, after payment, the producer or ((fisherman)) fisher fails to file such statement of discharge within ten days following a request to do so, the producer or ((fisherman)) fisher shall be liable to the processor, conditioner, or preparer in the sum of one hundred dollars plus actual damages caused by the failure.

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