{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-581.2","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 581.2","heading":"Priority.","body":"Except as provided in this section, section 554.9322 shall govern the priority of a veterinarian’s lien that is effective or perfected as provided in section 581.3.\n1. A veterinarian’s lien that is effective but not perfected under section 581.3 shall have priority as provided in section 554.9322.\n2. a. A veterinarian’s lien that is perfected under section 581.3 shall have priority over any conflicting security interest or lien in livestock treated by a veterinarian, regardless of when such security interest or lien is perfected.\nb. Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, a veterinarian’s lien shall not be superior to a court-ordered lien provided in section 717.4, if such lien is perfected as an agricultural lien.","path":["Title XIV - PROPERTY (Ch. 555 - 594A)","Chapter 581 - VETERINARIAN’S LIEN"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/581.2.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:15Z","sha256":"058cf8ba176115f37eb0ab583a2bdcf67322c7a1f324256340b510c2afa0b532","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-581.1a","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-581.2a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}