Article 1076 of Civil Code

1 - Rent for buildings and land for two years, or for the lease term if shorter, and every other right of the lessor under the lease contract shall all enjoy a preferential lien over attachable movables and agricultural crops present in the leased property and owned by the lessee. 2 - The preferential lien shall arise even if the movables are owned by the lessee's wife or by a third party and it is not established that, at the time they were placed in the leased property, the lessor knew of a third party's right over them, without prejudice to the provisions concerning stolen or lost movables. - The preferential lien shall also attach to movables and crops owned by the sublessee if the lessor expressly stipulated to the lessee that subletting was prohibited. If he did not so stipulate, the preferential lien shall arise only for amounts owed by the sublessee to the original lessee at the time the lessor serves him with notice not to pay those amounts to the original lessee. 4 - If the assets encumbered by the preferential lien are removed from the leased property despite the objection of Law Index 1085 Home Page Civil Code Decree-Law No. 67 of 1980 AD promulgating the Civil Code the lessor or without his knowledge, and insufficient assets remain in the property to secure the preferential rights, the preferential lien shall remain attached to the removed assets without prejudicing any right acquired over those assets by a third party in good faith. The preferential lien shall remain effective, even to the prejudice of a third party's right, for three years from the day of their removal if the lessor imposes a revendicatory attachment upon them within the statutory period. Nevertheless, if those assets are sold to a purchaser in good faith in a public market, at a public auction, or by a dealer in such assets, the lessor must reimburse that purchaser for the price. e - These preferential amounts shall be satisfied from the price of the assets encumbered by the preferential lien after the rights referred to in the preceding Articles, except those rights that are unenforceable against the lessor in his capacity as a possessor in good faith.