CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCAL PERMITS REQUIRED BEFORE MOVING A MANUFACTURED HOME TO THE PLACE WHERE IT
IS TO BE USED AS A PLACE OF RESIDENCE; PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES BEFORE MOVING
MANUFACTURED HOMES (§ 58.1-3520)

No manufactured home, as defined in § 36-85.3, intended for use as a full-time
place of residence shall be delivered to or located upon the lot or parcel of
real estate where the manufactured home will be used as a place of residence
until the necessary permits for connection to water and sewer outlets have been
secured, or if there be no existing water and sewer outlets, until permits for a
well and septic system have been acquired from the local health departments.The
owner of any manufactured home moving the manufactured home into a county, city
or town for use rather than for sale shall within ten days after moving the
manufactured home notify the commissioner of revenue or director of finance of
the county, city or town of his name, address and description and location of
the manufactured home. No manufactured home which has been in use as a place of
residence shall be moved from the county, city or town wherein it has been in
use, until the owner thereof has obtained a tax permit from the treasurer of the
county or city. Such permits shall be supplied to the treasurers by the
Department of Taxation. The treasurer shall not issue a tax permit until such
owner has paid to the city or county and town all local property taxes assessed
or assessable against the manufactured home. The permit shall expire in
forty-five days and shall be conspicuously displayed on the left center of the
rear of the manufactured home at all times when such manufactured home is being
transported. The seller of a manufactured home subject to the provisions of this
section shall deliver a copy of this section of the Code of Virginia to the
purchaser at the time of the sale.Any dealer in manufactured homes or any party
having a secured interest in a particular manufactured home may use dealer
plates as authorized in § 46.2-1550 in lieu of the tax permit required
hereunder. Any such dealer or secured party who removes a manufactured home from
a county or city on account of repossession or other operation of law shall
notify the treasurer thereof before such removal.The violation of this section
shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor and be punishable as such.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 58-766.3; 1974, c. 426; 1982, c. 617; 1984, c. 675; 1994,
c. 152.