Landlords shall have a special lien for rent on crops grown on land rented from them, which lien shall be superior to all other liens except liens for taxes, and shall also have a general lien on the property of the debtor which is subject to levy and sale, which general lien shall date from the time of the levy of a distress warrant to enforce the general lien.
(Ga. L. 1873, p. 42, § 5; Code 1873, § 1977; Code 1882, § 1977; Ga. L. 1887, p. 34, § 1; Ga. L. 1889, p. 71, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2795; Civil Code 1910, § 3340; Code 1933, § 61-203.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 49 Am. Jur. 2d, Landlord and Tenant, §§ 791, 844.
C.J.S.- 52 C.J.S., Landlord and Tenant, § 631.
ALR.
- Priority as between landlord's lien on chattels and chattel mortgage, 52 A.L.R. 935.
Subject-matter covered by landlord's statutory lien for rent, 96 A.L.R. 249.
Landlord's lien for rent as including taxes or other expenditures which tenant has agreed to pay or make, 99 A.L.R. 1104.
Priority of lien of sales or consumers' tax, 136 A.L.R. 1015.
Construction and application of provision in lease under which landlord is to receive percentage of lessee's profits or receipts, 38 A.L.R.2d 1113; 58 A.L.R.3d 384.
Application of statutory landlord's lien to property of third person used by tenant on rented premises, 95 A.L.R.3d 1205.
Secured transactions: priority as between statutory landlord's lien and security interest perfected in accordance with Uniform Commercial Code, 99 A.L.R.3d 1006.
Landlord's remedy by way of distress or lien on defaulting tenant's property on leased premises as including right to collect for all unpaid utility expenses, 99 A.L.R.3d 1100.