1. The manufacturer‘s and retailer‘s inventory of mobile homes, manufactured homes, or modular homes not in use as a place of human habitation shall be exempt from the annual tax. All travel trailers, fifth-wheel travel trailers, and towable recreational vehicles shall be exempt from this tax. The homes, travel trailers, fifth-wheel travel trailers, and towable recreational vehicles in the inventory of manufacturers and retailers shall be exempt from personal property tax.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 435.23

  • Manufacturer: means a person who manufactures and sells tobacco products. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Retailer: means any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products to ultimate consumers. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Use: means the exercise of any right or power incidental to the ownership of tobacco products. See Iowa Code 453A.42
 2. The homes coming into Iowa from out of state and located in a manufactured home community or mobile home park shall be liable for the tax computed pro rata to the nearest whole month, for the time the home is actually situated in Iowa.