2011 Vermont Code
Title 09 Commerce and Trade
Chapter 72 MOBILE HOMES
§ 2604 Real estate deeds for mobile homes

§ 2604. Real estate deeds for mobile homes

(a) Any mobile home purchased from a mobile home dealer on or after July 1, 2008 that is financed as residential real estate pursuant to subsection 2603(b) of this title shall be conveyed by a warranty deed drafted in substantially the form provided in subsection (c) of this section.

(b) An owner of a mobile home shall, upon financing or refinancing a mobile home as residential real estate or selling a mobile home that has been financed as residential real estate, issue to the grantee either a warranty deed or a quitclaim deed that is drafted in substantially the form provided in subsection (c) or (d) of this section.

(c) A deed that is substantially in the form provided in this subsection shall, when duly executed and delivered, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, the heirs, successors, and assigns, to their own use, with covenants on the part of the grantor, for the grantor, the grantor's heirs, executors, and administrators that, at the time of the delivery of the deed, the grantor was lawfully seized in fee simple of the mobile home; that the mobile home was free from all encumbrances, except as stated; that the grantor had good right to sell and convey the same to the grantee, the grantee's heirs, successors, and assigns; and that the grantor and the grantor's heirs, executors, and administrators shall warrant and defend the same to the grantee and the grantee's heirs, successors, and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. No owner of land on which a mobile home is sited shall unreasonably withhold the consent required by this statutory form.

Form for Mobile Home Warranty Deed

______________________, of _________________, ____________ County, State of _________________, ("Grantor"), for consideration paid, grants to ______________________ of Street, Town (City) of ___________________, ______________________ County, State of _____________________ ("Grantee"), with warranty covenants, the ____________________ (description of mobile home being conveyed: name of manufacturer, model and serial number and encumbrances, exceptions, reservations, if any) which mobile home is situated, or is to be situated, at ______________________________________________________________ (state name of park, if any, and street address), Town (City) of _____________________________, ___________________ County, State of Vermont.

The tract or parcel of land upon which the mobile home is situated, or is to be situated, is owned by _____________________________ by deed dated and recorded at Book _________________, Page ____________________ in the land records of the Town (City) of _______________________.

_______________________ (wife)(husband) of said Grantor, releases to said Grantee all rights and other interests therein.

Signed this ____________ day of ____________, ________.

(Here add acknowledgment)

___________________________, owner of the tract or parcel of land upon which the aforesaid mobile home is situated, or is to be situated, hereby consents to the conveyance of the mobile home.

Signed this ____________ day of ____________, ________.

(Here add acknowledgment)

[ ] Check box if the mobile home has been relocated from one site to another within Vermont, and attach a Relocation Statement in the form provided in section 2606 of this title.

(d) A deed that is substantially in the form provided in this subsection shall, when duly executed and delivered, have the force and effect of a deed in fee simple to the grantee, the heirs, successors, and assigns, to their own use. No owner of land on which the mobile home is sited shall unreasonably withhold consent required by this statutory form.

Form for Mobile Home Quitclaim Deed

___________________, of _______________, _________________ County, State of ___________________ ("Grantor"), for consideration paid, grants to ____________________ of __________________ Street, Town (City) of _________________, ___________________ County, State of ____________________________ ("Grantee"), with quitclaim covenants, the (description of mobile home being conveyed: name of manufacturer, model and serial number and encumbrances, exceptions, reservations, if any) which mobile home is situated, or is to be situated, at _______________________ (state name of park, if any, and street address), Town (City) of _______________________ County, State of Vermont.

The tract or parcel of land upon which the mobile home is situated, or is to be situated, is owned by ____________________ by deed dated _______________________ and recorded at Book _________________, Page __________________, in the land records of the Town (City) of ___________________.

_______________________ (wife)(husband) of said Grantor releases to said Grantee all rights and other interest therein.

Signed this ____________ day of ____________, ________.

(Here add acknowledgment)

_________________________, owner of the parcel of land upon which the aforesaid mobile home is situated, or is to be situated, hereby consents to the conveyance of the mobile home.

Signed this ____________ day of ____________, ________.

(Here add acknowledgment)

[ ] Check box if the mobile home has been relocated from one site to another within Vermont, and attach a relocation statement in the form provided in section 2606 of this title. (Added 1975, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), { 3, eff. April 1, 1976; amended 2003, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), { 7; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), { 40.)