(a) A contractual lien or contractual security interest on behalf of the landlord in the tenant's household goods is not enforceable unless perfected before the effective date of this chapter.
(b) A landlord may enforce collection of rent by distress only pursuant to Chapter 39, Title 27; however, the tenant may raise defenses to the issuance of a distress warrant pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or the rental agreement and may take advantage of the property exemptions found in Section 15-41-30.
HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 336, Section 1.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference was changed from Section 15-41-200 to Section 15-41-30 because Act 415 of 1988 renumbered Section 15-41-200 to 15-41-30.
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