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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-7-80. Time for attachment of landlord’s lien; priorities.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-7-80. Time for attachment of landlord’s lien; priorities.

The landlord’s lien for his rent shall attach from the time that the affidavit is made pursuant to Code Section 44-7-71; but it shall take precedence over no lien of older date except as to the crop raised on the premises.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2268; Code 1868, § 2260; Code 1873, § 2286; Code 1882, § 2286; Civil Code 1895, § 3125; Civil Code 1910, § 3701; Code 1933, § 61-403; Code 1933, § 61-410, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1514, § 2.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘The New Documentary Concerns Associated With Intelligent Buildings,’’ see 22 Ga. St. B.J. 16 (1985).