North Dakota Century Code Title 35. Liens § 35-20-05. Vendor's lien on personalty--Dependent on possession--Enforced as pledge

One who sells personal property has a special lien thereon, dependent on possession, for its price, if it is in that person's possession when the price becomes payable, and may enforce that person's lien in like manner as if the property was pledged to that person for the price.