Any person, firm or corporation, operating a threshing or combining machine within this state shall furnish the owner or person in charge of the crop within forty-eight (48) hours after the threshing or combining is completed, a statement in writing of the number of bushels of grain or seed and/or number of acres so threshed or combined and the price per bushel and/or the price per acre and credits if any. Provided, that any person operating a threshing or combining machine who fails or refuses to comply with this section shall forfeit his right to the lien herein provided. Making false statements willfully as to the provision of this act shall constitute a misdemeanor and any one violating this act shall be subject to punishment by fine of not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) , or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days in the county jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Laws 1921, c. 65, p. 86, § 2; Laws 1935, p. 226, § 7.