A landlord's special lien for rent shall be enforced by a distress warrant in the same manner as general liens for rent are enforced; and no further allegations in the affidavit to procure a distress warrant to enforce a special lien for rent shall be necessary than are necessary to enforce the landlord's general lien for rent.
(Ga. L. 1887, p. 34, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2797; Civil Code 1910, § 3342; Code 1933, § 61-205.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 49 Am. Jur. 2d, Landlord and Tenant, § 853.
C.J.S.- 52 C.J.S., Landlord and Tenant, § 676.
ALR.
- Subject matter covered by landlord's statutory lien for rent, 9 A.L.R. 300; 96 A.L.R. 249.
Landlord's lien or right of distress on property sold to tenant on conditional sale, 45 A.L.R. 949.
Right as between landlord and conditional seller of property to tenant, 45 A.L.R. 967; 98 A.L.R. 628.
Priority as between landlord's lien on chattels and chattel mortgage, 52 A.L.R. 935.
Attachment, execution, or recovery of personal judgment as waiver of landlord's lien, 151 A.L.R. 679.
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.