” No attempt will be made today to analyze the various types of liens a landlord may have against its tenant’s property other than to say that: (a) in some jurisdictions, there are statutory liens, but they vary greatly from state to state, with some states granting them broadly, some granting them from the get-go, some granting them only after a default, and some limiting them to certain kinds of properties, such as lofts; (b) some liens are consensual, such as those established in a… [read post]

MB: Well I think a lot of it goes back to the Uniform Commercial Code. [read post]