2020 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 7 - Landlord and Tenant
Article 1 - In General
§ 44-7-17. Exemption From Liens Against Tenant of Crops Paid as Rent
When it is agreed that the tenant shall pay to the landlord as rent a part of the crop produced on the lands rented from the landlord and the tenant, in good faith, delivers the part of the crop agreed on in discharge of his rent, such part of the crop so delivered shall be discharged from the lien of any judgment, decree, or other process whatsoever against the tenant.
(Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 91, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 3127; Civil Code 1910, § 3703; Code 1933, § 61-115; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 44.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 49 Am. Jur. 2d, Landlord and Tenant, § 565.
C.J.S.- 52A C.J.S., Landlord and Tenant, § 1235 et seq.
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.
