Riceland Foods, Inc. v. Pearson

Because the majority disregards the entirety of the General Assembly’s 2003 amendment of Arkansas Code Annotated § 18-41-101,1 respectfully dissent.

While the bulk of the landlord-lien statute has' remained virtually unchanged since its inception, Act 32 of 2003, § 3 did amend the substance of the statute. In that amendment, the legislature not only attempted to restore the prior landlord-lien statutory scheme, as acknowledged by the majority, but it also took pains to add language regarding the perfection |lfiof a landlords’ lien. Specifically, the “2003 amendment inserted the present second…