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                                   7512
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the real  property  law,
   in  relation  to  manufactured  home  certificates  of  title, and the
   conveyance and encumbrance of manufactured homes as real property

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "New York land-home property act".
   § 2. Section 2107 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
 eleven new subdivisions (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m)
 and (n) to read as follows:
   (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO A MANU-
 FACTURED HOME WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THERE HAS BEEN FILED AN AFFIDAVIT OF
 AFFIXATION  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  FIVE  OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
 TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE, PARAGRAPH FIVE OF SUBDI-
 VISION (A) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-B  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 AND  PARAGRAPH  FIVE  OF  SUBDIVISION  (A) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED
 SEVENTEEN-C OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (E) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL FILE, UPON RECEIPT, EACH AFFIDAVIT OF AFFI-
 XATION THAT IS DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (B)  OF  SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-B OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW AND EACH DECLARATION
 THAT  IS  DELIVERED  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  SIX  OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF
 SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-C OF THIS ARTICLE WHEN SATISFIED AS
 TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY.
   (F) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A  RECORD  OF  EACH  AFFIDAVIT  OF
 AFFIXATION  THE COMMISSIONER FILES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (E) OF
 THIS SECTION. THE RECORD SHALL STATE THE VEHICLE INFORMATION  OR  SERIAL
 NUMBER  OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME, THE COUNTY OF RECORDATION, THE DATE OF
 RECORDATION, THE BOOK AND PAGE NUMBER OF EACH BOOK OF DEEDS WHERE  THERE
 HAS  BEEN  RECORDED  AN  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07667-01-5
              

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 (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED  FORTY-FOUR-B  OF  THE
 REAL  PROPERTY LAW AND THIS ARTICLE, AND IF APPLICABLE, A STATEMENT THAT
 FILED WITH THE AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION  IS  A  DECLARATION  PURSUANT  TO
 PARAGRAPH  SIX  OF  SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN-
 TEEN-C OF THIS ARTICLE, AND ANY OTHER DATA THE COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES.
   (G) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL FILE, UPON RECEIPT,  EACH  APPLICATION  FOR
 SURRENDER  OF  THE  MANUFACTURER'S  CERTIFICATE  OF ORIGIN RELATING TO A
 MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SECTION  TWENTY-
 ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-A  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  WHEN  SATISFIED AS TO ITS
 GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY.
   (H) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A RECORD OF EACH MANUFACTURED HOME
 MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN THAT THE COMMISSIONER  ACCEPTS  FOR
 SURRENDER  AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A OF THIS
 ARTICLE.   THE RECORD SHALL STATE  THE  VEHICLE  INFORMATION  OR  SERIAL
 NUMBER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME, THE DATE THE MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE
 OF  ORIGIN  WAS  DELIVERED FOR SURRENDER, THE COUNTY OF RECORDATION, THE
 DATE OF RECORDATION, AND THE BOOK AND PAGE NUMBER OF EACH BOOK OF  DEEDS
 WHERE  THERE  HAS  BEEN  RECORDED AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-B
 OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW AND  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  ANY  OTHER  DATA  THE
 COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES.
   (I)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL FILE, UPON RECEIPT, EACH APPLICATION FOR
 SURRENDER OF THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE RELATING TO  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME
 THAT  IS  DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN-
 TEEN-B OF THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS  AND  REGU-
 LARITY.
   (J) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A RECORD OF EACH MANUFACTURED HOME
 CERTIFICATE  OF  TITLE  THAT  THE  COMMISSIONER ACCEPTS FOR SURRENDER AS
 PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-B OF THIS ARTICLE.  THE
 RECORD SHALL STATE THE VEHICLE INFORMATION OR SERIAL NUMBER OF THE MANU-
 FACTURED  HOME,  THE  DATE  THE  CERTIFICATE  OF TITLE WAS DELIVERED FOR
 SURRENDER, THE COUNTY OF RECORDATION, THE DATE OF RECORDATION, THE  BOOK
 AND  PAGE  NUMBER OF EACH BOOK OF DEEDS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN RECORDED AN
 AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (III) OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)
 OF  SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-B OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW AND THIS
 ARTICLE, AND ANY OTHER DATA THE COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES.
   (K) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL FILE, UPON RECEIPT,  EACH  APPLICATION  FOR
 CONFIRMATION  OF  CONVERSION  RELATING  TO  A  MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS
 DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-C  OF
 THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY.
   (L)  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A RECORD OF EACH APPLICATION FOR
 CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION ACCEPTED AS PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-C OF THIS ARTICLE. THE RECORD SHALL STATE THE VEHICLE
 INFORMATION OR SERIAL NUMBER OF THE MANUFACTURED  HOME,  THE  COUNTY  OF
 RECORDATION,  THE  DATE OF RECORDATION, THE BOOK AND PAGE NUMBER OF EACH
 BOOK OF DEEDS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN RECORDED AN AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION
 PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FORTY-FOUR-B OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW AND THIS ARTICLE,  AND  ANY  OTHER
 DATA THE COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES.
   (M)  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LAW, THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL MAINTAIN THE RECORDS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION INDEFINITELY.
   (N) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH ELECTRONIC PUBLIC ACCESS  TO  THE
 RECORDS MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISIONS (F), (H), (J) AND (L)
 OF THIS SECTION.
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   §  3.  Subdivision (e) of section 2108 of the vehicle and traffic law,
 as added by chapter 322 of the laws of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate of title
 to  a  vehicle which is a [mobile home or a] manufactured home issued by
 the commissioner is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing  on  it,
 notwithstanding  the fact that such vehicle, at any time, in any manner,
 shall have become [attached to realty] AFFIXED IN  ANY  MANNER  TO  REAL
 PROPERTY.
   §  4.  The  vehicle  and  traffic  law  is amended by adding three new
 sections 2117-a, 2117-b and 2117-c to read as follows:
   § 2117-A. SURRENDER OF MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN TO A MANU-
 FACTURED HOME. (A) THE OWNER  OR  OWNERS  OF  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  WHO
 POSSESS  THE  MANUFACTURER'S  CERTIFICATE  OF ORIGIN TO THE MANUFACTURED
 HOME THAT IS AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION AS PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVI-
 SION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-B OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW,
 OR  WHICH THE OWNER OR OWNERS INTEND TO AFFIX TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION,
 MAY SURRENDER THE MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN TO  THE  MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME TO THE COMMISSIONER BY FILING WITH THE COMMISSIONER AN APPLI-
 CATION  FOR  SURRENDER  OF  THE  MANUFACTURER'S  CERTIFICATE  OF  ORIGIN
 CONTAINING OR ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (1) THE NAME, RESIDENCE AND MAILING ADDRESS OF THE OWNER;
   (2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME INCLUDING, SO  FAR  AS  THE
 FOLLOWING DATA EXISTS: THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE MAKE, THE MODEL
 NAME,  THE  MODEL  YEAR,  THE DIMENSIONS, AND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER OR NUMBERS OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND  WHETHER  IT  IS  NEW  OR
 USED, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRES;
   (3)  THE  DATE  OF PURCHASE BY THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME, THE
 NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON FROM WHOM THE HOME WAS ACQUIRED  AND  THE
 NAMES  AND ADDRESSES OF ANY LIENHOLDERS IN THE ORDER OF APPARENT PRIORI-
 TY;
   (4) A STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE OWNER, STATING EITHER, (I) ANY FACTS  OR
 INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE OWNER THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY
 OF  THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE
 OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN OR LIEN ON IT; OR (II) THAT NO  SUCH  FACTS  OR
 INFORMATION ARE KNOWN TO THE OWNER;
   (5) THE RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION AS PROVIDED BY PARA-
 GRAPH  (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-B OF
 THE REAL PROPERTY LAW;
   (6) THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN;
   (7) THE NAME AND  MAILING  ADDRESS  OF  EACH  PERSON  WISHING  WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SURRENDER FROM THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (8)  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS THE COMMISSIONER REASONABLY
 REQUIRES TO IDENTIFY THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME  AND  TO  ENABLE
 THE  COMMISSIONER  TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE OWNER SATISFIED THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED  FORTY-FOUR-B  OF  THE
 REAL PROPERTY LAW AND THE OWNER IS ENTITLED TO SURRENDER THE MANUFACTUR-
 ER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN AND THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF SECURI-
 TY INTERESTS IN THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
   (B) WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY OF THE SURREN-
 DER  OF  THE MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN TO A MANUFACTURED HOME
 AND UPON SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS
 SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CANCEL THE MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF
 ORIGIN  AND  UPDATE  THE  COMMISSIONER'S  RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS (G) AND (H)  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED
 SEVEN  OF  THIS ARTICLE AND PROVIDE WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE
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 WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO EACH PERSON IDENTIFIED  IN  PARA-
 GRAPH SEVEN OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   (C)  UPON  SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION A MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME SHALL BE CONVEYED AND ENCUMBERED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-G OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   (D) UPON WRITTEN  REQUEST,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE  WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2117-B. SURRENDER OF TITLE TO A MANUFACTURED HOME. (A) THE OWNER OR
 OWNERS OF A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS COVERED BY A CERTIFICATE OF  TITLE
 AND  THAT  IS  AFFIXED  TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION AS PROVIDED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-A OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, OR WHICH THE  OWNER
 OR  OWNERS  INTEND TO AFFIX TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION, MAY SURRENDER THE
 CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE MANUFACTURED HOME  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  BY
 FILING  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  AN  APPLICATION  FOR SURRENDER OF TITLE
 CONTAINING OR ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (1) THE NAME, RESIDENCE AND MAILING ADDRESS OF THE OWNER;
   (2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME INCLUDING, SO  FAR  AS  THE
 FOLLOWING DATA EXISTS: THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE MAKE, THE MODEL
 NAME,  THE  MODEL  YEAR,  THE DIMENSIONS, AND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER OR NUMBERS OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND WHETHER IT IS NEW OR USED
 AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRES;
   (3) THE DATE OF PURCHASE BY THE OWNER OF THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME,  THE
 NAME  AND  ADDRESS OF THE PERSON FROM WHOM THE HOME WAS ACQUIRED AND THE
 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST HOLDERS AND LIENHOLDERS  IN
 THE ORDER OF APPARENT PRIORITY;
   (4)  A STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE OWNER, STATING EITHER: (I) ANY FACTS OR
 INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE OWNER THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY
 OF THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR THE EXISTENCE OR  NON-EXISTENCE
 OF  SECURITY  INTERESTS IN OR LIENS ON IT; OR (II) THAT NO SUCH FACTS OR
 INFORMATION ARE KNOWN TO THE OWNER;
   (5) THE RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION AS PROVIDED BY PARA-
 GRAPH (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-B  OF
 THE REAL PROPERTY LAW;
   (6)  THE  NAME  AND  MAILING  ADDRESS  OF  EACH PERSON WISHING WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SURRENDER FROM THE COMMISSIONER;
   (7) THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, WHICH, UPON CONCURRENT TRANSFER
 OF TITLE TO THE MANUFACTURED HOME, MAY BE ENDORSED BY THE CURRENT  OWNER
 OF RECORD TO THE PURCHASER;
   (8)  ANY  RELEASE OF LIEN REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION;
 AND
   (9) ANY OTHER INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS  THE  COMMISSIONER  REASONABLY
 REQUIRES  TO  IDENTIFY  THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME, TO DETERMINE
 WHETHER THE OWNER SATISFIED THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-F OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, AND TO ENABLE THE COMMIS-
 SIONER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE  OWNER  IS  ENTITLED  TO  SURRENDER  THE
 CERTIFICATE  OF  TITLE  AND  THE  EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF SECURITY
 INTERESTS IN OR LIENS ON THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT ACCEPT FOR SURRENDER A  CERTIFICATE  OF
 TITLE  TO  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  UNLESS AND UNTIL ANY LIENS PURSUANT TO
 SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED FIVE-A AND ANY SECURITY INTERESTS PURSUANT TO
 SECTIONS TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN AND  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTEEN  OF
 THIS ARTICLE HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
   (C) WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY OF THE SURREN-
 DER  OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO A MANUFACTURED HOME AND UPON SATISFAC-
 TION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISIONS (A) AND (B)  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  CANCEL THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND UPDATE THE
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 COMMISSIONER'S RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS
 (I) AND (J) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ALSO  PROVIDE  WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE
 WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SECTION TO EACH PERSON IDENTIFIED ON THE
 APPLICATION FOR SURRENDER OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE UNDER PARAGRAPH  SIX
 OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   (D)  UPON  SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION A MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME SHALL BE CONVEYED AND ENCUMBERED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-G OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   (E) UPON WRITTEN  REQUEST,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE  WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2117-C.  CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION OF A MANUFACTURED HOME. (A) THE
 OWNER OR OWNERS OF A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS NOT COVERED BY A  CERTIF-
 ICATE  OF TITLE OR A MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN, OR OF A MANU-
 FACTURED HOME THAT IS COVERED BY A MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF  ORIGIN
 OR  CERTIFICATE  OF  TITLE BUT WHICH THE OWNER OR OWNERS, AFTER DILIGENT
 SEARCH AND INQUIRY, ARE UNABLE TO PRODUCE, AND  THAT  IS  AFFIXED  TO  A
 PERMANENT FOUNDATION, OR WHICH THE OWNER INTENDS TO AFFIX TO A PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION,  MAY  SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-B OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW BY FILING  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION CONTAINING OR
 ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (1) THE NAME, RESIDENCE AND MAILING ADDRESS OF THE OWNER;
   (2)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME INCLUDING, SO FAR AS THE
 FOLLOWING DATA EXISTS: THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE MAKE, THE MODEL
 NAME, THE MODEL YEAR, THE DIMENSIONS,  AND  THE  VEHICLE  IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER OR NUMBERS OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND WHETHER IT IS NEW OR USED
 AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRES;
   (3)  THE  DATE  OF PURCHASE BY THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME, THE
 NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON FROM WHOM THE HOME WAS ACQUIRED  AND  THE
 NAMES  AND ADDRESSES OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST HOLDERS AND LIENHOLDERS IN
 THE ORDER OF APPARENT PRIORITY;
   (4) A STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE OWNER, STATING EITHER: (I) ANY FACTS  OR
 INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE OWNER THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY
 OF  THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE
 OF SECURITY INTERESTS  IN OR LIENS ON IT; OR (II) THAT NO SUCH FACTS  OR
 INFORMATION ARE KNOWN TO THE OWNER;
   (5)  THE  RECORDED ORIGINAL OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION AS PROVIDED
 BY PARAGRAPH (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FORTY-
 FOUR-B OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW;
   (6)  A SWORN DECLARATION BY AN ATTORNEY AT LAW, DULY ADMITTED TO PRAC-
 TICE IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR  AN  AGENT  OF  A  TITLE
 INSURANCE  COMPANY DULY LICENSED TO ISSUE POLICIES OF TITLE INSURANCE IN
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THAT THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS FREE AND  CLEAR  OF
 OR  HAS  BEEN  RELEASED  OR  WILL BE RELEASED FROM ALL RECORDED SECURITY
 INTERESTS, LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES; AND: (I)  ANY  FACTS  OR  INFORMATION
 KNOWN TO THE ATTORNEY OR AGENT THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY
 OF  THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE
 OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN IT; OR (II) THAT NO SUCH FACTS  OR  INFORMATION
 ARE KNOWN TO THE ATTORNEY OR AGENT; AND
   (7)  THE  NAME  AND  MAILING  ADDRESS  OF  EACH PERSON WISHING WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION FROM THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (8) ANY OTHER INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS  THE  COMMISSIONER  REASONABLY
 REQUIRES TO IDENTIFY THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND TO DETERMINE
 THE OWNER SATISFIED THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
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 FORTY-FOUR-B  OF  THE  REAL PROPERTY LAW, AND THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXIS-
 TENCE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN OR LIENS ON THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
   (B) WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY OF THE CONFIR-
 MATION OF CONVERSION OF A MANUFACTURED HOME AND UPON SATISFACTION OF THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
 UPDATE THE COMMISSIONER'S RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 SUBDIVISIONS  (F),  (K)  AND  (L) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN OF
 THIS ARTICLE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO PROVIDE WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
 OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO EACH PERSON IDENTI-
 FIED ON THE APPLICATION FOR CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION  UNDER  PARAGRAPH
 SEVEN OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   (C)  UPON  SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION A MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME SHALL BE CONVEYED AND ENCUMBERED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-G OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   (D) UPON WRITTEN  REQUEST,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE  WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 5. Subdivisions (d) and (e) of section 2118 of the vehicle and traf-
 fic law, subdivision (d) as added by chapter 322 of the laws of 1993 and
 subdivision  (e)  as  amended  by  chapter  84  of the laws of 2001, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (d) A security interest noted on a certificate of title to  a  vehicle
 which is a [mobile home or a] manufactured home shall have priority over
 [any  other] ALL subsequent liens or security interests except for those
 set forth in subdivision (c) of section [two  thousand  one]  TWENTY-ONE
 hundred three of this article.
   (e)  [After]  EXCEPT  AS  OTHERWISE  PROVIDED  IN  SECTIONS TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-B AND TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE,
 AND ARTICLE NINE-E OF THE REAL PROPERTY  LAW,  AFTER  a  certificate  of
 title  has  been issued [in this state] for a [vehicle which is a mobile
 home or a] manufactured home, and as long as the  [vehicle  which  is  a
 mobile  home or a] manufactured home is subject to any security interest
 perfected pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall not  FILE  AN
 AFFIDAVIT  OF AFFIXATION, NOR revoke the certificate of title, NOR ISSUE
 A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED  SEVEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  and,  in any event, the validity and
 priority of any security interest perfected  pursuant  to  this  section
 shall continue, notwithstanding the provision of any other law[, includ-
 ing  but  not  limited to section 9-303 and section 9-313 of the uniform
 commercial code].
   § 6. Section 2123 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 322 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2123. Exclusiveness  of procedure. The method provided in this arti-
 cle of perfecting and giving notice of  security  interests  subject  to
 this  article  is  exclusive. Security interests subject to this article
 are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise relate to
 the perfection of security interests,  [including  but  not  limited  to
 section  9-313  of  the uniform commercial code] PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 WITH RESPECT TO A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS OR  WILL  BE  AFFIXED  TO  A
 PERMANENT  FOUNDATION,  UPON  RECORDATION  OF AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED
 FORTY-FOUR-B  OF  THE REAL PROPERTY LAW AND SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS OF SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-A,  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED
 SEVENTEEN-B  OR  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-C  OF  THIS ARTICLE, ANY
 PERFECTION OR TERMINATION OF A SECURITY INTEREST WITH  RESPECT  TO  SUCH
 MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE NINE-E OF
 THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
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   § 7. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 2124 of the vehicle and
 traffic  law, as added by chapter 322 of the laws of 1993, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (2) [Notwithstanding any other provision of law] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
 SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-B AND SUBDIVISION (E) OF SECTION
 TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, the commissioner shall  not
 suspend or revoke a certificate of title to a [vehicle which is a mobile
 home  or]  manufactured home by reason of the fact that, at any time, in
 any manner, it shall have become attached to [realty] REAL PROPERTY.
   § 8. The real property law is amended by adding a new article  9-E  to
 read as follows:
 
                                ARTICLE 9-E
     CONVEYANCE AND ENCUMBRANCE OF MANUFACTURED HOMES AS REAL PROPERTY
 SECTION 344-A. MANUFACTURED HOME; AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION.
         344-B. CONVERSION PROCEDURE.
         344-C. AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION.
         344-D. DISPOSITION OF LIENS.
         344-E. NOTICE TO COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
         344-F. TIME OF CONVERSION.
         344-G. CONVEYANCE AND ENCUMBRANCE AS REAL PROPERTY.
         344-H. MANUFACTURED HOMES THAT REMAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY.
         344-I. DOCUMENTS IN TRUST.
         344-J. HOME WARRANTY.
         344-K. IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS.
   § 344-A.  MANUFACTURED  HOME;  AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION.  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "MANUFACTURED HOME" MEANS A "MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME" AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH FIFTY-THREE  OF  SUBSECTION  (A)  OF
 SECTION  9-102  OF  THE  UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, ARTICLE FORTY-SIX OF THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,  AND  THE
 UNIFORM  COMMERCIAL CODE, A MANUFACTURED HOME IS "AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION" IF IT IS ANCHORED TO REAL PROPERTY BY ATTACHMENT TO A PERMA-
 NENT FOUNDATION, AND CONNECTED TO A RESIDENTIAL UTILITY, SUCH AS  WATER,
 GAS, ELECTRICITY, SEWER OR SEPTIC SERVICE.
   §  344-B.  CONVERSION  PROCEDURE.    (A)  A MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO BE REAL PROPERTY AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS  APPLICABLE
 THERETO WHEN THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED:
   (I) THE MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION;
   (II)  THE  OWNERSHIP  INTERESTS  IN THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND THE REAL
 PROPERTY TO WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS OR SHALL BE AFFIXED SHALL  BE
 IDENTICAL,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME,
 IF NOT THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY, IS  IN  POSSESSION  OF  THE  REAL
 PROPERTY  UNDER  THE  TERMS OF A LEASE IN RECORDABLE FORM, AND THE OWNER
 HAS THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE LESSOR OF THE REAL PROPERTY; AND
   (III) EACH PERSON HAVING AN OWNERSHIP  INTEREST  IN  SUCH  HOME  SHALL
 EXECUTE  AND RECORD WITH THE RECORDING OFFICER OF THE COUNTY OR COUNTIES
 IN WHICH THE REAL PROPERTY IS LOCATED  AN  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION  AS
 PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FORTY-FOUR-C OF THIS ARTICLE, AND
 SATISFY THE OTHER APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (B) UPON RECEIPT OF THE  RECORDED  ORIGINAL  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  FORTY-FOUR-E OF THIS ARTICLE, ANY
 PERSON DESIGNATED THEREIN FOR FILING  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MOTOR
 VEHICLES  SHALL  FILE THE RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION WITH
 THE COMMISSIONER.
   (I) IN THE CASE WHERE THE HOME IS COVERED BY A MANUFACTURER'S  CERTIF-
 ICATE  OF  ORIGIN, THE RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION AND THE
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 ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN SHALL BE  FILED  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT  TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A OF THE
 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   (II)  IN  THE  CASE THE HOME IS COVERED BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, THE
 RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION AND THE  ORIGINAL  CERTIFICATE
 OF TITLE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-B OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   (III)  IN THE CASE THE HOME IS NOT COVERED BY A MANUFACTURER'S CERTIF-
 ICATE OF ORIGIN OR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, OR WHERE A MANUFACTURED  HOME
 THAT IS COVERED BY A MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN OR CERTIFICATE
 OF  TITLE  BUT  WHICH  THE  OWNER  OR  OWNERS, AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND
 INQUIRY, ARE UNABLE TO PRODUCE, THE RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFI-
 XATION SHALL BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSIONER IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  SECTION
 TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   §  344-C. AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION. (A) TO CONVEY OR VOLUNTARILY ENCUM-
 BER A MANUFACTURED HOME, AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION SHALL CONTAIN OR  BE
 ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (I) SO FAR AS THE DATA EXISTS, THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE MAKE,
 THE  MODEL  NAME,  THE MODEL YEAR, THE DIMENSIONS, AND THE VEHICLE IDEN-
 TIFICATION NUMBER OR NUMBERS OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME, AND WHETHER IT IS
 NEW OR USED;
   (II)(A) A STATEMENT THAT THE PARTY  EXECUTING  THE  AFFIDAVIT  IS  THE
 OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED THEREIN OR, (B) IF NOT THE OWNER OF
 THE  REAL PROPERTY, (1) A STATEMENT THAT THE PARTY EXECUTING THE AFFIDA-
 VIT IS IN POSSESSION OF THE REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO  THE  TERMS  OF  A
 LEASE  IN RECORDABLE FORM, AND (2) THE CONSENT OF THE LESSOR OF THE REAL
 PROPERTY SHALL BE ENDORSED UPON OR ATTACHED  TO  THE  AFFIDAVIT  AND  BE
 ACKNOWLEDGED  OR  PROVED  IN THE MANNER AS TO ENTITLE A CONVEYANCE TO BE
 RECORDED;
   (III) THE STREET ADDRESS AND THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REAL PROPER-
 TY UPON WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS OR WILL BE AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION;
   (IV) A STATEMENT THAT THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS OR SHALL BE AFFIXED  TO
 A PERMANENT FOUNDATION TO THE REAL PROPERTY;
   (V)  THE  NAME  AND  ADDRESS  OF  THE PERSON DESIGNATED FOR FILING THE
 RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR
 VEHICLES, TO WHOM THE RECORDING OFFICER SHALL RETURN  THE  AFFIDAVIT  OF
 AFFIXATION AFTER IT HAS BEEN DULY RECORDED IN THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS,
 AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.
   (B)  THE  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION  SHALL BE IN THE FORM SET FORTH IN
 SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION, DULY SWORN  AND  WHEN  SO  SWORN,  UPON
 PAYMENT  OF  THE LAWFUL FEES THEREFOR, THE RECORDING OFFICER SHALL IMME-
 DIATELY CAUSE THE AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION AND ANY  ATTACHMENTS  THERETO,
 TO BE DULY RECORDED AND INDEXED IN THE RECORD OF DEEDS.
   (C)  AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION SHALL BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM SET
 FORTH BELOW:
 
 ______________________, 20____
 DATE
 ______________________________
 PLACE OF RECORDING

 RECORD & RETURN BY [] MAIL [] PICKUP TO:
 ______________________________
 NAME
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 ______________________________
 ADDRESS 1
 ______________________________
 ADDRESS 2
 
                 MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION
 
 HOMEOWNER, BEING DULY SWORN, ON THEIR OATH, STATES AS FOLLOWS:
 
 1. HOMEOWNER OWNS THE MANUFACTURED HOME ("HOME") DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
 
 ________________________________________________________________________
 NEW/USED YEAR           MANUFACTURER'S NAME       MODEL NAME OR MODEL NO.
 ________________________________________________________________________
 MANUFACTURER'S SERIAL NO.                                  LENGTH / WIDTH
 
 2. THE HOME IS OR WILL BE LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING "PROPERTY ADDRESS":
 
 ________________________________________________________________________
 STREET OR ROUTE        CITY       COUNTY            STATE        ZIP CODE
 
 3. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY ADDRESS ("LAND") IS:
 
 ________________________________________________________________________
 ________________________________________________________________________
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
 4. THE HOMEOWNER IS THE OWNER OF THE LAND OR, IF NOT THE OWNER OF THE
    LAND, IS IN POSSESSION OF THE REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO A LEASE IN
    RECORDABLE FORM, AND THE CONSENT OF THE LESSOR IS ATTACHED TO THIS
    AFFIDAVIT.
 
 5. THE HOME IS, OR SHALL BE PROMPTLY UPON DELIVERY, ANCHORED TO THE LAND
    BY ATTACHMENT TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION AND CONNECTED TO APPROPRIATE
    RESIDENTIAL UTILITIES (E.G., WATER, GAS, ELECTRICITY, SEWER).
 
 6. HOMEOWNER INTENDS THAT THE HOME BE AN IMMOVABLE FIXTURE AND A
    PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT TO THE LAND, FREE OF ANY PERSONAL PROPERTY
    SECURITY INTEREST.
 
 7. THE HOME SHALL BE ASSESSED AND TAXED AS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE LAND.
 
    IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  HOMEOWNER(S) HAS EXECUTED THIS AFFIDAVIT IN MY
 PRESENCE.
 
 (SEAL) ________________________
 HOMEOWNER #1 __________________
 
 PRINTED NAME __________________
 
 (SEAL) ________________________
 HOMEOWNER #2 __________________
 
 PRINTED NAME
 
 STATE OF      )
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                               ) SS.:
 COUNTY OF     )
 
      SUBSCRIBED   AND   SWORN   TO   (OR  AFFIRMED)  BEFORE  ME  ON  THE
 _____________ DAY OF _______________ IN THE YEAR _____
 
 ______________________________
 NOTARY SIGNATURE
 
 ______________________________
 NOTARY PRINTED NAME
 
 NOTARY PUBLIC; STATE OF
 QUALIFIED IN THE COUNTY OF
 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:
 
 OFFICIAL SEAL:
 
 
 LENDER'S STATEMENT OF INTENT:
 
 THE UNDERSIGNED ("LENDER") INTENDS THAT THE HOME BE AN IMMOVABLE FIXTURE
 AND A PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT TO THE LAND.
 
 _______________________________
       LENDER
 BY:
       AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
 
 STATE OF       )
                             ) SS.:
 COUNTY OF      )
 
 ON THE ____________ DAY OF ________ IN THE YEAR ________ BEFORE ME,  THE
 UNDERSIGNED, A NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR SAID STATE, PERSONALLY APPEARED
 _______________________________________________________________________,
 PERSONALLY  KNOWN  TO  ME  OR  PROVED TO ME ON THE BASIS OF SATISFACTORY
 EVIDENCE TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL(S) WHOSE NAME(S) IS(ARE) SUBSCRIBED TO THE
 WITHIN INSTRUMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT THEY EXECUTED THE SAME  IN
 THEIR  CAPACITY(IES),  AND THAT BY THEIR SIGNATURE(S) ON THE INSTRUMENT,
 THE INDIVIDUAL(S), OR THE PERSON ON BEHALF OF  WHICH  THE  INDIVIDUAL(S)
 ACTED, EXECUTED THE INSTRUMENT.
 
 _______________________________
 NOTARY SIGNATURE
 
 _______________________________
 NOTARY PRINTED NAME
 
 NOTARY PUBLIC; STATE OF
 QUALIFIED IN THE COUNTY OF
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 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:
 OFFICIAL SEAL:
   (D)  THE  FEE  FOR  RECORDING  AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION SHALL BE TWO
 HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   (E) NO TRANSFER TAX SHALL BE DUE UPON THE FILING OF  AN  AFFIDAVIT  OF
 AFFIXATION.
   § 344-D. DISPOSITION OF LIENS.  NEITHER THE ACT OF AFFIXING A MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME TO REAL PROPERTY, NOR THE RECORDING OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF AFFI-
 XATION SHALL IMPAIR THE RIGHTS OF ANY HOLDER OF A SECURITY INTEREST IN A
 MANUFACTURED  HOME  PERFECTED  AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED
 EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, UNLESS AND UNTIL THE DUE FILING
 WITH AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF AN APPLICA-
 TION TO SURRENDER THE TITLE AND A RELEASE OF ANY  LIEN  AS  PROVIDED  IN
 SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-ONE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
 UPON THE FILING OF SUCH A RELEASE, THE SECURITY INTEREST  CREATED  UNDER
 THE  VEHICLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW TERMINATES.  THE RECORDING OF AN AFFIDAVIT
 OF AFFIXATION DOES NOT CHANGE THE CHARACTER  OF  THE  LIEN  NOTED  ON  A
 CERTIFICATE  OF TITLE, AND NO MORTGAGE RECORDING TAX SHALL BE IMPOSED AT
 THE TIME AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION IS RECORDED OR UPON ANY LIEN UPON  A
 MANUFACTURED HOME CREATED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   §  344-E.  NOTICE  TO COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.  UPON PAYMENT OF
 THE FEES PROVIDED BY LAW AND RECORDATION OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION,
 THE RECORDING OFFICER SHALL ENDORSE THE AFFIDAVIT AS "RECORDED  IN  LAND
 RECORDS", SETTING FORTH THEREON THE INDEXING INFORMATION FOR THE AFFIDA-
 VIT  OF AFFIXATION AND THE RECORDING OFFICER SHALL FORTHWITH FORWARD THE
 RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION TO THE PERSON DESIGNATED THER-
 EIN FOR FILING WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
   § 344-F.  TIME OF CONVERSION. (A) A MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE CONSID-
 ERED REAL PROPERTY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-G  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE  WHEN AN APPLICATION TO SURRENDER A MANUFACTURER'S CERTIF-
 ICATE OF ORIGIN PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-A  OF
 THE  VEHICLE  AND TRAFFIC LAW, AN APPLICATION TO SURRENDER A CERTIFICATE
 OF TITLE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-B OF THE VEHI-
 CLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR AN APPLICATION FOR  CONFIRMATION  OF  CONVERSION
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-C OF THE VEHICLE AND
 TRAFFIC LAW IS DELIVERED TO AND ACCEPTED BY THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MOTOR
 VEHICLES.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISION  (A) OF THIS SECTION, A MANUFACTURED
 HOME SHALL BE CONSIDERED REAL PROPERTY  AS  PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED  FORTY-FOUR-G  OF  THIS ARTICLE IF AN APPLICATION TO SURRENDER A
 MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF  ORIGIN  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-A  OF  THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AN APPLICATION TO
 SURRENDER A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED
 SEVENTEEN-B  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,  OR AN APPLICATION FOR
 CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN-
 TEEN-C OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW IS DELIVERED TO  THE  COMMISSIONER
 OF  MOTOR VEHICLES WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECORDING THE RELATED AFFIDAVIT
 OF AFFIXATION WITH THE RECORDING OFFICER IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE REAL
 PROPERTY TO WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS OR SHALL BE AFFIXED  AND  THE
 APPLICATION IS THEREAFTER ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED SATISFIED AS OF THE DATE THE AFFIDAVIT
 OF AFFIXATION IS RECORDED.
   § 344-G. CONVEYANCE AND ENCUMBRANCE AS REAL PROPERTY.  UPON  SATISFAC-
 TION OF THE CONDITIONS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-B OF
 THIS  ARTICLE,  ANY MORTGAGE, LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST WHICH CAN ATTACH
 TO LAND, BUILDINGS ERECTED THEREON OR FIXTURES  AFFIXED  THERETO,  SHALL
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 ATTACH, AS OF THE DATE OF RECORDING IN THE SAME MANNER AS REAL PROPERTY.
 TITLE  TO  SUCH  MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE TRANSFERRED BY DEED OR OTHER
 FORM OF CONVEYANCE THAT IS EFFECTIVE TO TRANSFER  AN  INTEREST  IN  REAL
 PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH THE LAND TO WHICH SUCH STRUCTURE IS AFFIXED. THE
 MANUFACTURED  HOME  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  BE REAL PROPERTY AND SHALL BE
 GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THIS STATE APPLICABLE TO REAL PROPERTY.
   § 344-H. MANUFACTURED HOMES THAT REMAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY.  EXCEPT  AS
 PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-B, SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 FORTY-FOUR-C, AND SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-E, OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 AN  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION IS NOT NECESSARY OR EFFECTIVE TO CONVEY OR
 ENCUMBER A MANUFACTURED HOME OR TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE  MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME TO REAL PROPERTY.
   § 344-I. DOCUMENTS IN TRUST. (A) MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN.
 THE  HOLDER  OF A MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN TO A MANUFACTURED
 HOME MAY DELIVER IT TO ANY PERSON TO FACILITATE CONVEYING OR ENCUMBERING
 THE HOME. ANY PERSON RECEIVING ANY SUCH  MANUFACTURER'S  CERTIFICATE  OF
 ORIGIN SO DELIVERED HOLDS IT IN TRUST FOR THE PERSON DELIVERING IT.
   (B)  CERTIFICATE  OF TITLE.  THE HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO A
 MANUFACTURED HOME MAY DELIVER IT TO ANY PERSON TO  FACILITATE  CONVEYING
 OR  ENCUMBERING  THE  HOME. ANY PERSON RECEIVING ANY SUCH MANUFACTURER'S
 CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SO DELIVERED HOLDS  IT  IN  TRUST  FOR  THE  PERSON
 DELIVERING IT.
   (C) LIEN RELEASE.  THE HOLDER OF A SECURITY INTEREST IN A MANUFACTURED
 HOME  MAY  DELIVER  LIEN  RELEASE  DOCUMENTS TO ANY PERSON TO FACILITATE
 CONVEYING OR ENCUMBERING THE HOME. ANY PERSON RECEIVING ANY  SUCH  DOCU-
 MENTS SO DELIVERED HOLDS THE DOCUMENTS IN TRUST FOR THE LIENHOLDER.
   § 344-J. HOME WARRANTY. A WARRANTY THAT APPLIES TO A MANUFACTURED HOME
 WHEN IT IS SOLD AND RIGHTS ARISING FROM A BREACH OF THE WARRANTY ARE NOT
 AFFECTED  BY  A  SUBSEQUENT  CHANGE IN THE HOME'S CLASSIFICATION AS REAL
 PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. NO ADDITIONAL WARRANTY APPLIES  TO  A
 MANUFACTURED  HOME  SOLELY  BECAUSE OF A SUBSEQUENT CHANGE IN THE HOME'S
 CLASSIFICATION AS REAL PROPERTY.
   § 344-K. IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. NOTHING IN THIS  SECTION  SHALL  IMPAIR
 ANY  RIGHTS  EXISTING  UNDER  LAW  PRIOR  TO  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION OF ANYONE CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN A MANUFACTURED HOME.
   § 9. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 effective date.