1. To the things upon which he or she has an exclusive lien;
2. To the things which are subject to the fewest subordinate liens;
3. In like manner inversely to the number of subordinate liens upon the same thing; and
4. When several things are within one of the foregoing classes, and subject to the same number of liens, resort must be had:
(a) To the things which have not been transferred since the prior lien was created;
(b) To the things which have been so transferred without a valuable consideration; and
(c) To the things which have been so transferred for a valuable consideration in the inverse order of the transfer.
[2:32:1923; NCL § 4081]