(A) An owner of a manufactured home may affix the home to real property by:
(1) installing the home in accordance with the required installation standards and removing the wheels, axles, and towing hitch; and
(2) filing with the register of deeds or clerk of court, as appropriate, for the county in which the manufactured home is located the Manufactured Home Affidavit for the Retirement of Title Certificate in the form prescribed in this article together with proof of ownership as evidenced by a copy of the most recent deed of record or other instrument vesting title, and paying the filing fee required for affidavits by Section 8-21-310.
(B) The register of deeds or clerk of court must record the affidavit as if it were a deed to real property with the homeowner being identified as grantor and give notification to the county assessor.
(C) Upon the filing of the affidavit, the manufactured home is to be treated for all purposes except condemnation as real property and title to the manufactured home is thereby vested in the lawful owner of the real property to which it is affixed. A warning notice to those filing the affidavit must be included in the affidavit.
(D) The Manufactured Home Affidavit for the Retirement of Title Certificate must be in the following form:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) MANUFACTURED HOME ) AFFIDAVIT FOR ) RETIREMENT OF TITLE COUNTY OF ______________ ) CERTIFICATE
(1) Name of Owner:_
(2) Description of Manufactured Home:
Date of Manufacture: Manufacturer: Model year: Make: Width: Length: Identification Number (VIN):
(3) Check whichever is applicable:
_____The above described manufactured home is not subject to a security lien.
_____The above described manufactured home is subject to a security lien and a separate affidavit, as required by law, will be filed naming the secured parties.
(4) Check whichever is applicable:
_____The above described manufactured home is located in a jurisdiction with locally enforced building and safety codes adopted pursuant to Title 6, Chapter 9 and attached to this form is written evidence of compliance with the applicable codes as of the date the manufactured home was permanently affixed to the above described real property. Written evidence of compliance includes, but is not limited to, a copy of a certificate of occupancy, a statement from the code enforcement office, an inspection report, or any documentation of similar effect from the local code enforcement office having the appropriate jurisdiction. Only one document should be attached to this form.
_____The above described manufactured home is not located in a jurisdiction with locally enforced building and safety codes adopted pursuant to Title 6, Chapter 9 applicable to manufactured homes.
(5) Full legal description of the property to which the manufactured home is currently, or is to be, affixed using metes and bounds or reference to recorded plat by book and page. (A separate sheet identified as "Exhibit A" may be attached.)
(6) Derivation: This being the identical or a portion of property conveyed or leased to the owner by deed or lease from ___________________________________________ and recorded ____________ in Book _____________ at page _________________.
Tax map number ________________________
Tax billing address ______________________
(7) The above-described manufactured home is permanently affixed or is to be permanently affixed to the above-described real property and the title certificate is to be retired in accordance with applicable law.
(8) Check if applicable:
______The owner of the manufactured home owns or has a leasehold estate of thirty-five or more years in the real property to which the manufactured home is affixed.
(9) WARNING: the execution and filing of this affidavit transfers ownership of the manufactured home to the lawful owner of the real property to which it is affixed.
The owner certifies that the above information provided by the owner is true and correct to the best information and belief of the owner.
Date: Signature of owner: Type or print name of owner Witness: Witness: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ) COUNTY OF ________________ ) PROBATE
Before me, the undersigned Notary Public, personally appeared ______________________________, who, being duly sworn, deposed and said that (s)he saw ___________________________________, sign, seal, and deliver the foregoing Affidavit and that (s)he, together with ____________________________ witnessed the execution thereof.
SWORN to before me this ____________ day of Notary Public for _________________ (L.S.) My Commission Expires: _____________
HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 88, Section 2; 2005 Act No. 12, Section 4, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on January 13, 2005).