Montana Code 15-24-211. Mobile home, manufactured home, or housetrailer — transfer of interest
15-24-211. Mobile home, manufactured home, or housetrailer — transfer of interest. (1) Upon transfer of any interest in a mobile home, manufactured home, or housetrailer, the application for the transfer must be made through the county treasurer’s office in the county in which the mobile home, manufactured home, or housetrailer is located at the time of the transfer. The county treasurer may not accept the application unless all taxes, interest, and penalties that have been assessed on the mobile home, manufactured home, or housetrailer have been paid in full or canceled pursuant to 15-24-212.
Terms Used In Montana Code 15-24-211
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Housetrailer: means a form of housing designed to be moved from one place to another by an independent power connected to the housetrailer, which is either 8 feet wide or less or 45 feet long or less. See Montana Code 15-24-201
- Manufactured home: means a residential dwelling built in a factory in accordance with the United States department of housing and urban development code and the federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. See Montana Code 15-24-201
- Mobile home: means forms of housing known as "trailers" "housetrailers" or "trailer coaches" exceeding 8 feet in width or 45 feet in length, designed to be moved from one place to another by an independent power connected to the mobile home or any trailer, housetrailer, or trailer coach up to 8 feet in width or 45 feet in length used as a principal residence. See Montana Code 15-24-201
(2)When a mobile home, manufactured home, or housetrailer is sold under the contract conditions that title is not immediately conveyed, the parties to the transaction shall immediately file with the county clerk and recorder a notice of intention to transfer the title. The notice must indicate the name of the party who is responsible for payment of taxes on the mobile home, manufactured home, or housetrailer after the transfer. The clerk and recorder shall immediately notify the department of the information in the notice.