(a) The owner of a manufactured home may submit an application to the department requesting that the department issue a certificate of title to a manufactured home and update the department's records under AS 28.05.061 if
(1) the manufactured home was permanently affixed to real property under AS 34.85.150;
(2) an affixation affidavit was recorded for the manufactured home under AS 40.17.125; and
(3) after the occurrence of (1) and (2) of this subsection, the manufactured home was severed from the real property to which it was affixed.
(b) The application under (a) of this section must comply with AS 28.10.266.
(c) Subject to AS 28.05.041, if the department is satisfied that the application filed under (a) of this section complies with (b) of this section, the department shall issue a certificate of title to the manufactured home under AS 28.10.231 - 28.10.241, update the department's records under AS 28.05.061, and issue to the owner and to a person identified under AS 28.10.266(12) a written acknowledgment that the department has issued a certificate of title under this section.
(d) When the department has issued a certificate of title under (c) of this section, the manufactured home is subject to this chapter.