Estimated cost to detitle a 2003 mobile home
We are interested in a mobile home that was purchased through the county sales tax auction process in October 2024. The high bidder waited the required 12 months to see if the owners would surface and they did not. The current owner has completed a quiet title action, and property is being sold with a limited warranty deed and insurable title. The seller does not have a title for the mobile home. York County does not have a VIN number on file in its mobile home records department, and we could not find one inside the mobile home. Without the VIN, we have not been able to confirm whether the mobile home was detitled or not. What are cost involved and time frame for getting the required detitled (non detitled) status. I'm not sure why DMV or other does not have the VIN number on title etc. Thanks for the help.
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- Honolulu, HI
Well, per Grok that is a "manufactured" home, per HUD specs, not a "mobile home". It still should have, or had, red metal HUD certification labels on exterior of each section, as well as a data plate on the interior in a closet, cabinet, or near the electrical panel, with manufacturer name, serial number, and HUD certs also.
At this point, what is your concern? If it's on a foundation, you don't plan to move it. Check with local legal, but an actual foundation (vs. piers) "attaches" it to the dirt, so it would seem it IS an improvement of the property at this point.
As a manufactured home, your eval could be absolutely correct. About three years ago a PM Client had one in a very pleasant community near Pearl Harbor. They bought new, property and home, for $20K. Years later, they moved out and we started renting the home for them...to one family, that stayed over 15 years. Client decided to sell for their retirement, we relocated the tenants, performed some cosmetic updates, and sold it for over $950K. To a neighbor for their aging parents! Everyone was very happy.