The following property is exempt from distress for rent:
- (1) personal clothing and food within the dwelling;
- (2) bedsteads;
- (3) bedding and cooking utensils; and
- (4) property which is owned by a third party for which the magistrate finds ownership was not transferred from the tenant to the third party for the purpose of avoiding distraint.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 41-152; 1952 Code Section 41-152; 1946 (44) 2584; 2000 Act No. 409, Section 3.