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Title 9 : Commerce and Trade

Chapter 072 : Manufactured Homes

• § 2606. Relocating manufactured homes to another municipality or state

  (a) If a deed for any manufactured home is recorded by the clerk of the municipality in which the manufactured home is sited, and if that manufactured home is relocated to another site within the State of Vermont, the owner of the manufactured home shall, within 10 days of the relocation, do all the following:

  (1) File with the clerk of the municipality where the deed was last recorded a relocation statement substantially in the form provided in this subsection.

  (2) File with the clerk of the municipality where the manufactured home is relocated a copy of the relocation statement as required by subdivision (1) of this subsection, together with the deed filed with the clerk of the municipality where the manufactured home was previously sited. If the records of a municipality in which the deed or conveyance is recorded are destroyed, an attested copy of the deed or other conveyance from the county clerk shall have the same validity as a copy from the municipal clerk’s office.

  (3) Provide a copy of the relocation statement filed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection to the holders of any unreleased, recorded security interests in the manufactured home.

  Form for Relocation Statement

  ______ , of ______ , ______ County, State of ______ , is the owner of (description of manufactured home: name of manufacturer, model and serial number and encumbrances, exceptions, reservations, if any), which manufactured home has been relocated.

  The manufactured home was previously located at ______ (state name of park, if any, and street address), Town (City) of ______ , ______ County, State of Vermont and title, if any, to the same was recorded at Book _____ , Page _____ , in the records of the Town (City) of ______ .

  The manufactured home is/has been relocated to ______ (state name of park, if any, and street address), Town (City) of ______ , ______ County, State of Vermont and title, if any, to the same was recorded at Book _____ , Page _____ , in the records of the Town (City) of ______ .

  The tract or parcel of land upon which the manufactured home is situated is owned by ______ by deed dated ______ and recorded at Book _____ , Page _____ in the land records of the Town (City) of ______ .

  The manufactured home is subject to an existing mortgage by ______ in favor of ______ , recorded at Book _____ , Page _____ , in the land records of the Town (City) of ______ .

  If the relocation is to a municipality in Vermont other than the municipality in which the deed to the Grantor was recorded, a duplicate original of the deed to the Grantor shall be recorded in the land records of the municipality of the relocation at the same time this statement is recorded.

  Signed this ______ day of ______ , ____ .

  (b) An out-of-state transfer statement substantially in the form provided in this subsection shall, when duly executed and recorded by the clerk of the municipality in which the manufactured home was previously located, have the force and effect of transferring title of the manufactured home to the grantee, the grantee’s heirs, successors, and assigns and terminating the record title or deed of the manufactured home in the municipal records under circumstances by which the manufactured home is relocated outside this State. No owner of land on which a manufactured home is sited shall unreasonably withhold the consent required by this statutory form. No manufactured home may be relocated to a site outside this State unless all holders of liens, attachments, or encumbrances, if any, consent in writing on the transfer statement.

  Form for Out-of-State Transfer Statement

  ______ , of ______ , County, State of ______ (“Grantor”), for consideration paid, grants to ______ , (complete mailing address) ______ , of ______ Street, Town (City) of ______ , ______ County, State of ______ (“Grantee”), the ______ (Description of manufactured home being conveyed: name of manufacturer, model and serial number and encumbrances, exceptions, reservations, if any) which manufactured home was situated at ______ (state name of park, if any, and street address), Town (City) ______ of ______ County, State of Vermont.

  The tract or parcel of land upon which the manufactured home was situated is owned by ______ by deed ______ dated ______ and recorded at Book _____ , Page ______ in the ______ County Registry of Deeds.

  ______ (wife)(husband) of said Grantor, releases to said Grantee all rights and other interest therein.

  The manufactured home is transferred subject to an existing mortgage by ______ in favor of ______ , recorded at Book _____ , Page _____ , in the land records of the Town (City) of ______ , State of Vermont.

  Signed this ______ day of ______ , _____ .

  (Here add acknowledgment)

  ______ , owner of the tract or parcel of land upon which the aforesaid manufactured home was situated, hereby consents to the conveyance of the manufactured home.

  Signed this ______ day of ______ , _____ .

  (Here add acknowledgment)

  ______ , holder of (lien, attachment or encumbrance) hereby consent to the conveyance of the aforesaid manufactured home, subject to condition that the aforesaid (lien, attachment or encumbrance) shall remain in force and effect thereon.

  Signed this ______ day of ______ , _____ .

  (Here add acknowledgment)

  (c) An attachment, mortgage, security interest, lien, or other encumbrance on a manufactured home, when properly perfected, shall be enforceable until released or discharged notwithstanding the relocation of the manufactured home within or outside this State. (Added 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 42.)