"Farm products" means crops or livestock or supplies used or produced in farming operations or products of crops or livestock in their unmanufactured states (such as ginned cotton, wool clip, maple syrup, milk, and eggs), while in the possession of a defendant engaged in raising, fattening, grazing, or other farming operations. If tangible personal property is a farm product, it is neither equipment nor inventory.
§ 481.110.Farm Products
Title 6.5. Attachment · Chapter 1. Words and Phrases Defined · Last amended 1983 · Last verified July 28, 2026
In one sentenceSection 481.110 defines "farm products" as crops, livestock, and farming supplies, or unmanufactured crop and livestock products such as ginned cotton, wool clip, maple syrup, milk, and eggs, while in the possession of a defendant engaged in farming operations.
Full Text of § 481.110
Plain-English Summary
Like equipment and inventory, farm products form their own category under this title, and property that qualifies as a farm product is neither equipment nor inventory. The definition covers crops, livestock, and the supplies used or produced in farming, plus unmanufactured farm products such as ginned cotton, wool clip, maple syrup, milk, and eggs, while they remain in the possession of a defendant who is raising, fattening, grazing, or otherwise farming. Sections 488.395 and 488.405 set out how a levying officer attaches farm products or the inventory of a going business.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are farm products treated as equipment or inventory?
Neither. Section 481.110 states that tangible personal property qualifying as a farm product is not classified as equipment or inventory, even though all three are business-related categories.
Does the farm products definition cover only live crops and livestock?
No. Section 481.110 also covers unmanufactured products such as ginned cotton, wool clip, maple syrup, milk, and eggs, in addition to crops, livestock, and farming supplies.
Amendment History
Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1198, Sec. 8. Operative July 1, 1983, by Sec. 70 of Ch. 1198.
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the Deering's California Codes Annotated / vLex. Enacted by the California Legislature.
Last verified July 28, 2026.
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