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Dear Judge Richardson:

This office is in receipt of your letter requesting an opinion from our office regarding the proper ranking of a landlord's lien and a mortgage in regards to a mobile home.

A "landlord's lien" or lessor's privilege is provided for in La. C.C. Art. 2705, and states, in part:

Lessor has, for the payment of his rent or other obligations of a lease, a right of pledge on the moveable effects of the lessee, which are found on the property lease.

A lessor's lien attaches as soon as a mobile home is brought on the leased property. Gifford v. Oak Tree Savings Bank,567 So.2d 781…