Certificate of Permanent Placement

House Resolution 506 was passed and became law in 2003. HR 506 makes all manufactured homes personal property unless a Certificate of Permanent Placement (T-234) has been file and the title surrendered.

A T-234 DOES NOT have to be recorded before the manufactured home can be appraised. The appraiser DOES NOT have to check for existence of a T-234. The appraisal is accomplished whether or not a T-234 has been filed even if the appraiser doesn’t know one way or the other. Further, the appraiser doesn’t care whether or not a T-234 has been filed.

On the other hand, the appraiser must perform due diligence and minimally do the following:

1. Check GSCCA.org and search under "certificates" to see if a T-234 has been recorded.

2. Ask the property owner if a T-234 has been recorded.

The existence or lack thereof cannot be ignored.

See the GREAB position on the T-234.

Possible Comment #1:

This appraisal is subject to appropriate filing of a Certificate of Permanent Placement (T-234) and the surrender of title.

Possible Comment #2:

According to the owner, a Certificate of Permanent Placement (T-234) has (not) been recorded at the courthouse. The appraisal is based, in part, on the extraordinary assumption that a T-234 has been appropriately recorded.

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