{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-4-4-201.3","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 4, § 4-201.3","heading":"Livestock lien - Existence - Validity","body":"A. To secure the obligations of a first purchaser to pay the\n\nsales price, every livestock owner is granted a lien in all\n\nlivestock sold by such livestock owner, for any unpaid portion of\n\nthe sales price for such livestock. The lien granted by this act is\n\ngranted and shall exist as part of and incident to the ownership of\n\nlivestock.\n\nB. An owner’s lien:\n\n1. Exists in and attaches immediately to all livestock on the\n\neffective date of this act;\n\n2. Continues uninterrupted and without lapse in all livestock\n\nupon and after sale of any livestock; and\n\n3. Continues uninterrupted and without lapse in and to all\n\nproceeds.\n\nC. An owner’s lien exists until the livestock owner or sales\n\nagent entitled to receive the sales price has received the full\n\namount of the sales price. Any security interest or mortgage lien\n\nof an owner’s lender shall attach to the livestock owner’s right to\n\nan owner’s lien in livestock or proceeds from the sale of the\n\nlivestock. An owner’s lender shall not be considered to have waived\n\nits security interest or mortgage lien or right in an owner’s lien\n\nby approving or authorizing the livestock owner to sell the\n\nlivestock pursuant to the sales agreement.\n\nD. The validity of an owner’s lien shall not be dependent on\n\npossession of the livestock by a livestock owner or sales agent. No\n\nowner’s lien shall become or be deemed to be void or expired by\n\nreason of a change or transfer of the actual or constructive\n\npossession of or title to the livestock from the livestock owner or\n\nsales agent to a first purchaser or subsequent purchaser.","path":["OK Code","Title 4"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os4.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"49f61cacd1652b92e1300b639844f0a9566c98e1c406f535fde0bd1023f9a4c1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-4-4-201.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-4-4-201.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}