[Bad Hair Day] Tara started a new hair salon and leased space for the salon from Marisa. Unfortunately, Tara's styling caused some problems for customers. One customer's hair turned green from Tara's bleaching process, and Tara burned another customer with a curling iron. Not surprisingly, Tara had little business and was unable to pay her lease payments as they came due. Marisa filed a lawsuit against Tara and obtained a judgment against Tara for $7,000 in past due rent. Marisa asked for a court ordered judgment permitting the sheriff to seize and sell Tara's equipment, including her hair-dryers, pedicure chair, nail polish, and other items. The judge refused her request. In the meantime, Tara started working part-time for a local grocery store, where she was paid on a bi-weekly basis. Marisa was successful in obtaining an order granting her about 10% of Tara's biweekly paycheck from the grocery store to partially satisfy the debt.

Which of the following is the most likely reason for the judge's refusal to allow the sheriff to seize Tara's equipment?

Multiple Choice

• Marisa had a duty to exhaust all other avenues of recovery before seizing those items.

• It would have been worth morte than that owed to Marisa.

• It was exempt as tools and instruments needed to carry on a trade.

• She incorrectly asked the sheriff to involve law enforcement and should have seized tehh goods herself.