47-20.7. Declaration of intent to affix manufactured home; transfer of real property with manufactured home attached.
(a) A person who owns real property on which a manufactured home has been or will be placed or the owner of a manufactured home who has entered into a lease with a primary term of at least 20 years for the real property on which the manufactured home has been or will be placed, as defined in G.S. 105-273(13), and either where the manufactured home has never been titled by the Division of Motor Vehicles or where the title to the manufactured home has been surrendered and cancelled by the Division prior to January 1, 2002, may record in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the real property is located a declaration of intent to affix the manufactured home to the property and may convey or encumber the real property, including the manufactured home, by a deed, deed of trust, or other instrument recorded in the office of the register of deeds.
(b) The declaration of intent, deed, deed of trust, or other instrument shall contain a description of the manufactured home, including the name of the manufacturer, the model name, if applicable, the serial number, and a statement of the owner's intention that the manufactured home be treated as property.
(c) On or after the filing of the instrument with the office of the register of deeds pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the manufactured home placed, or to be placed, on the property becomes an improvement to real property. Any lien on the manufactured home shall be perfected and have priority in the manner provided for a lien on real property.
(d) The provisions of this section control over the provisions of G.S. 25-9-334 relating to the priority of a security interest in fixtures, as applied to manufactured homes. (2001-506, s. 3; 2003-400, s. 3.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 47 - Probate and Registration
§ 47-17 - Probate and registration sufficient without livery of seizin, etc.
§ 47-18 - Conveyances, contracts to convey, options, and leases of land.
§ 47-18.1 - Registration of certificate of entity name change, merger, consolidation, or conversion.
§ 47-18.2 - Registration of Inheritance and Estate Tax Waiver.
§ 47-18.3 - Execution of corporate instruments; authority and proof.
§ 47-19 - Unregistered deeds prior to January, 1920, registered on affidavit.
§ 47-20.1 - Place of registration; real property.
§ 47-20.2 - Place of registration; personal property.
§ 47-20.3 - Place of registration; instruments covering both personal property and real property.
§ 47-20.4 - Place of registration; chattel real.
§ 47-20.5 - Real property; effectiveness of after-acquired property clause.
§ 47-20.6 - Affidavit for permanent attachment of titled manufactured home to real property.
§ 47-22 - Counties may provide for photographic or photostatic registration.
§ 47-24 - Conditional sales or leases of railroad property.
§ 47-25 - Marriage settlements.
§ 47-29 - Recording of bankruptcy records.
§ 47-29.1 - Recordation of environmental notices.
§ 47-30 - Plats and subdivisions; mapping requirements.
§ 47-30.1 - Plats and subdivisions; alternative requirements.
§ 47-31 - Certified copies may be registered; used as evidence.
§ 47-32 - Photographic copies of plats, etc.
§ 47-32.1 - Photostatic copies of plats, etc.; alternative provisions.
§ 47-32.2 - Violation of § 47-30 or § 47-32 a misdemeanor.
§ 47-33 - Certified copies of deeds made by alien property custodian may be registered.
§ 47-34 - Certified copies of deeds made by alien property custodian admissible in evidence.
§ 47-35 - Register to fill in deeds on blank forms with lines.
§ 47-36 - Errors in registration corrected on petition to clerk.
§ 47-36.1 - Notice of errors in recorded instruments of title.
§ 47-36.2 - Cure of obvious description errors in recorded instruments.