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Committee approves bill to ease titling process for manufactured homes

Montana House Taxation Committee
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Summary

HB 785 would create a process for the Department of Revenue to certify manufactured homes as real property when tags or titles are lost, intended to restore access to conventional financing; proponents from the landlord and land-title industries urged passage and the committee passed the bill 21–0.

Representative Terry Falk opened HB 785 by explaining how the detitling process (removing axles/wheels and verifying HUD tags) allows a manufactured or mobile home to be taxed and financed as real property. Falk and proponents described cases in which HUD tags or title records were lost—sometimes during agency record moves—and said homeowners lose access…

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