Mobile Home Title

When it comes to Mobile Homes, things get a little tricky. In a traditional real estate transaction, you only have to worry about clean title to the land because the house on the land is included in the title. With Mobile Homes, there are 2 titles you have to worry about: the title to the land and the mobile home title. In Florida, a Mobile Home is considered a vehicle and therefore it comes with its own Mobile Home Title. This title is issued by the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle Department (FLHSMV), the Florida DMV so to speak.

What we often see is that Mobile Homes are being sold, gifted, or transferred without the Mobile Home Title. This happens in foreclosures (often tax deed auctions but also traditional foreclosures), or when two parties do their own closing (basically paying cash in return for a quit claim deed (which does neither give you clear title to the land nor the Mobile Home title) or in probate (when somebody inherits the Mobile Home). In most, if not all, these cases, the Mobile Home Title has to be transferred as well. This does not happen very often because people tend to forget that the Mobile Home has its own title. When the title and the seller are still available, it's an easy fix. The seller just needs to sign the title and the purchaser can then go to the FLHSMV and get the title transferred to his name. But more often than not, either the title is lost or the previous owner cannot be found or is not willing to sign anything. The only way to get clear title to the Mobile Home in such cases is now to get a Declaratory Judgment.

A Declaratory Judgment is when a judge orders the FLHSMV to issue a Mobile Home title to a person who has purchased the Mobile Home but did not get title to it. It's somewhat of a process but it can be done.

This is where we come in. We specialize in getting Declaratory Judgments for our clients. We are proud to say that we have a 100% success rate. If we take on a case, we will get the Mobile Home Title for you. The process is lengthy and not cheap. You can expect somewhere between 3-6 months (sometimes longer if the previous owners cannot be found or if there is a complicated inheritance situation) and you can expect to pay $2,500.00 plus court cost of about $500.00. But it is worth it because you cannot sell the mobile home or do any major updates to it that require a permit if you do not hold title to the Mobile Home.

Contact us today and we will let you know what time frame we will expect for your case. In order for us to start, we will require a $500 advance to cover the court costs. The rest will be due when we get the title for you.