MOBILE HOMES

•  WHAT IS A MOBILE HOME AUTHENTICATION AND WHEN DO I NEED IT?

A mobile home authentication is a statement by the assessor and treasurer as to the ownership, value and taxes due for a mobile home.  The mobile home authentication can be used to apply for new title (as a result of a sale) or permit to move the mobile home or to purge the title.

• HOW DO I APPLY FOR NEW TITLE?

You will start at the assessor’s office and acquire the mobile home authentication (MHA) form.  The assessor will obtain the necessary information from their records to start the MHA form.  You will then proceed to the treasurer’s office where they will complete the form.  Tax status is checked and all taxes must be paid including the current year.  The treasurer will also collect $10.00 for the cost of the MHA form.  This form along with the original title will be submitted to the clerk’s office for application with the State for a change of title.  The clerk’s office does have a fee for this service, please contact them for this charge (719) 657-3334. 

Statutory Reference:  42-4-510, and 38-29-107, Colorado Revised Statues

• CAN I MOVE MY MOBILE HOME?

Yes, mobile homes can be moved within the county, to another Colorado county, or out-of-state.  If the mobile home is moving outside the city limits, contact the county planning department (Land Use) for any restrictions.  If the mobile home is moving within city limits, contact the respective towns for more information. 

• MOVING PROCEDURES:

You must notify the assessor and treasurer in the county where the mobile home is presently located.

The county treasurer/assessor will issue an authentication form and a transportable manufactured home permit.  The transportable manufactured home permit is an orange placard that must be prominently displayed on the rear of the titled manufactured home during transit.  The authentication form accompanied by the transportable manufactured home permit serves as the moving permit when a titled manufactured home moves on county roads.

If the move is on state highways, you must also obtain an excess size transport permit from the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Prepared by:  Colorado Division of Property Taxation (Department of Local Affairs)
15-DPT-AA PUB B2 (01/04)

• WHY PURGE A MOBILE HOME TITLE?   

The owner of a mobile home upon the destruction or dismantling of the mobile home or upon it being sold or otherwise disposed of as salvage shall surrender the title along with a request that the manufactured home title be purged from the records.  If a lien holder exists, a consent or request must accompany the release.  Violation of this statute is a Class 1 petty offense.

If the owner of any manufactured home permanently affixes the home to the ground and it is no longer capable of being drawn over the public highways, may surrender his certificate of title thereto and file with both the county and state.  The home will then be assessed as real property by the assessor.

Statutory Reference: 38-29-118 (1) & (2), Colorado Revised Statues

• HOW DO I PURGE A MOBILE HOME TITLE?

The steps are the same as a title change and movement of a mobile home; start at the assessor’s office for the mobile home authentication (MHA) form.  The treasurer will collect the $10.00 MHA fee and any taxes due.  The current year taxes may not have to be prepaid.  The MHA form and original title will go back to the assessor’s office where the purge of the mobile home will be completed.