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18-44-207. Lien of common laborer superior.
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18-44-207. Lien of common laborer superior.
(a) As between the various liens provided by §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-204, that given common laborers shall be superior to all other liens perfected under this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-206 and 18-44-208 — 18-44-210.
(b) The term “common laborer” shall mean not only persons actually performing manual labor in the drilling, operating, completing, equipping, maintaining, and repairing oil or gas wells, but to also include persons hauling supplies or machinery to be used in the drilling, operating, equipping, maintaining, or repairing of any oil or gas wells.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-207
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18-44-207. Lien of common laborer superior.
(a) As between the various liens provided by §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-204, that given common laborers shall be superior to all other liens perfected under this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-206 and 18-44-208 — 18-44-210.
(b) The term “common laborer” shall mean not only persons actually performing manual labor in the drilling, operating, completing, equipping, maintaining, and repairing oil or gas wells, but to also include persons hauling supplies or machinery to be used in the drilling, operating, equipping, maintaining, or repairing of any oil or gas wells.
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18-44-201. Construction.
The provisions of this section and §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-210 shall not be construed to deprive or abridge materialmen, artisans, laborers, or mechanics of any rights and remedies given them by law, and the provisions of this section and §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-210 shall be cumulative of the lien laws of this state.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-201
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18-44-202. Right to lien in general — Extent.
(a) Any person, corporation, firm, association, partnership, material man, artisan, laborer, or mechanic who when under contract, express or implied, made with the owner or lessee of any land, mine, or quarry, or the owner of any gas, oil, or mineral leasehold interest in land, or the owner of any gas pipeline or oil pipeline, or owner of any oil or gas pipeline right-of-way, or with the trustee, agent, or receiver of any such owner, performs labor, or furnishes fuel, material, machinery, or supplies used in the digging, drilling, torpedoing, operating, completing, equipping, maintaining, or repairing of any oil or gas well, water well, mine or quarry, or oil or gas pipeline, including any and all tanks or other receptacles used or intended for the storage of oil, regardless of where the oil is produced, shall have a lien on:
(1) The whole of the land or leasehold interest therein;
(2) Any oil pipeline or gas pipeline including the right-of-way for the pipeline;
(3) Any lease for oil and gas purposes, the buildings and appurtenances, the materials and supplies so furnished, the oil well, gas well, water well, oil or gas pipeline, mine, or quarry for which they are furnished, and on all of the other oil wells, gas wells, buildings and appurtenances including pipelines, leasehold interests, and land used in operating for oil, gas, and other minerals; or
(4) The leasehold, land, or pipeline and the right-of-way therefor for which the material and supplies were furnished or labor performed, whether they are movable or not.
(b) If labor supplies, machinery, or material are furnished to a leaseholder, the lien created by this section shall not attach to the underlying fee title to the land.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-202
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18-44-204. Labor or materials furnished refinery or gasoline extraction plants.
(a) The lien created by this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-203 and 18-44-205 — 18-44-210 shall apply in favor of any person, corporation, firm, association, or partnership who shall furnish any material, machinery, or supplies or perform any labor in the erection, operation, or repair of any refinery or gasoline extraction plant.
(b) The lien shall cover the plant, together with the land upon which it is situated, including all pipelines belonging to the refinery or gasoline extraction plant and used in connection therewith.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-204
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18-44-206. Priority generally.
(a)(1) The lien given in this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-205 and 18-44-207 — 18-44-210 against the land or leasehold interest in the land, on the oil pipeline or gas pipeline, including the right-of-way, on any lease for oil and gas purposes, including the buildings and appurtenances on the land, on the materials and supplies so furnished, on the oil well, gas well, water well, oil or gas pipeline, mine, or quarry for which the materials were furnished or labor performed, and on all other oil wells, gas wells, and water wells on the lands shall be prior and paramount to, and in preference of, any and all subsequent liens, encumbrances, and mortgages.
(2) Except as provided in this subchapter, all liens established in this subchapter shall be of equal dignity.
(b)(1) The lien provided for in this section and §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-205 and 18-44-207 — 18-44-210 shall attach to the machinery, material, supplies, and to any specific improvements made in preference to any prior lien, encumbrance, or mortgage upon the land or leasehold interest upon which the machinery, material, supplies, or specific improvements are placed or located.
(2) However, any lien, encumbrance, or mortgage upon the land, or any leasehold interest, existing at the time of the inception of the lien provided for in these sections shall not be affected by the new lien, and such holders of liens upon the land or leasehold interest shall not be necessary parties in suits to foreclose the lien created.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-44-206
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 18-44-206. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.