Assembly Bill A11219

                            
 
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                                   11219
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2018
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cymbrowitz)
   -- (at request of the New York State Homes and Community  Renewal)  --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Housing
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the real property law, in relation to the duties and
   responsibilities of manufactured home park owners and  residents,  the
   sale  of  manufactured home parks; and to amend the executive law, the
   real property law, the vehicle and traffic law and the estates, powers
   and trusts law, in relation to the conveyance and encumbrance of manu-
   factured homes as real property
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New York
 Manufactured Home Modernization Act".
   § 2. Subdivision a of section 233 of the real property law, as amended
 by chapter 566 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   a. Wherever used in this section:
   1. The term "manufactured home tenant" means one who rents space in  a
 manufactured  home  park from a manufactured home park owner or operator
 for the purpose of parking his manufactured home or  [one  who  rents  a
 manufactured  home  in a manufactured home park from a manufactured home
 park owner or operator] A MANUFACTURED HOME RENTER AS  DEFINED  IN  THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   2.  THE TERM "MANUFACTURED HOME RENTER" MEANS ONE WHO RENTS A MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME IN A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK FROM  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  PARK
 OWNER  OR OPERATOR OR FROM AN ENTITY IN WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
 OWNER OR OPERATOR OWNS AN INTEREST.
   3. The term "manufactured home owner"means one who holds  title  to  a
 manufactured home.
   [3.] 4. The term "manufactured home park" means a contiguous parcel of
 privately owned land which is used for the accommodation of [three] FIVE
 or more manufactured homes occupied for year-round living.
   5.  THE TERM "MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER" MEANS ANY PERSON OR ENTITY
 OWNING AN INTEREST IN THE LAND OF A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   6. THE TERM "MANUFACTURED HOME PARK  OPERATOR"  MEANS  ANY  PERSON  OR
 ENTITY  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE  OPERATION OR MANAGEMENT OF A MANUFACTURED
 HOME PARK.
   [4.]  7. The term "manufactured home" means a structure, transportable
 in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is eight body feet
 or more in width or forty body feet or more in length, or, when  erected
 on site, is three hundred twenty or more square feet, and which is built
 on  a  permanent  chassis  and designed to be used as a dwelling with or
 without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities,
 and includes the plumbing,  heating,  air-conditioning,  and  electrical
 systems contained therein; except that such term shall include a "mobile
 home"  as  defined in paragraph [five] EIGHT, and shall include a struc-
 ture which meets all the requirements of  this  subdivision  except  the
 size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily
 files  a  certification  required  by the secretary of housing and urban
 development.
   [5.] 8. The term "mobile home" means  a  moveable  or  portable  unit,
 manufactured  prior  to  January  first,  nineteen  hundred seventy-six,
 designed and constructed to be towed on its own  chassis,  comprised  of
 frame  and  wheels, connected to utilities, and designed and constructed
 without a permanent foundation for year-round living. A unit may contain
 parts that may be folded, collapsed or telescoped when being  towed  and
 expanded  later  to  provide additional cubic capacity as well as two or
 more separately towable components designed to be joined into one  inte-
 gral  unit  capable  of  being  again  separated into the components for
 repeated towing. "Mobile home" shall mean  units  designed  to  be  used
 exclusively for residential purposes, excluding travel trailers.
   9.  THE TERM "RENT-TO-OWN CONTRACT" SHALL MEAN ANY AGREEMENT BETWEEN A
 MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR AND A MANUFACTURED HOME  RENTER
 WHICH  PROVIDES  THAT  AFTER  A  SPECIFIED TERM OR OTHER CONTINGENCY THE
 MANUFACTURED HOME RENTER WILL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE RENTED HOME.
   10. THE TERM "RENT-TO-OWN PAYMENTS" SHALL MEAN ANY PAYMENTS MADE BY  A
 MANUFACTURED HOME RENTER PURSUANT TO A RENT-TO-OWN CONTRACT WHICH ARE IN
 ADDITION TO RENTAL PAYMENTS FOR THE RENTED SITE AND THE RENTED HOME.
   § 3. Subdivision e of section 233 of the real property law, as amended
 by chapter 566 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   e. Leases. 1. The manufactured home park owner or operator shall offer
 every  manufactured  home  tenant prior to occupancy, the opportunity to
 sign a lease for a minimum of one year, which offer  shall  be  made  in
 writing.  ALL  LEASE OFFERS, INCLUDING INITIAL AND RENEWAL LEASES, SHALL
 INCLUDE A RIDER REGARDING TENANT RIGHTS. SUCH RIDER SHALL BE IN  A  FORM
 APPROVED  OR  PROMULGATED  BY  THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
 RENEWAL AND WHICH SHALL BE MADE  AVAILABLE  TO  MANUFACTURED  HOME  PARK
 OWNERS AND OPERATORS.
   2.  (i)  On or before, as appropriate, (a) the first day of October of
 each calendar year with respect to a manufactured home  owner  [then  in
 good  standing]  who  is not currently a party to a written lease with a
 manufactured home park owner or operator or (b) the ninetieth  day  next
 preceding  the  expiration  date of any existing written lease between a
 manufactured home owner [then in good standing] and a manufactured  home
 park  owner  or  operator,  the manufactured home park owner or operator
 shall submit to each such manufactured home owner  a  written  offer  to
 lease  for  a  term of at least twelve months from the commencement date
 thereof unless the manufactured home park owner or operator  has  previ-
 ously furnished the manufactured home owner with written notification of
 a  proposed  change of use pursuant to paragraph six of subdivision b of

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 this section. Any such offer shall include a copy of the proposed  lease
 containing  such terms and conditions, including provisions for rent and
 other charges, as the manufactured home park owner shall deem  appropri-
 ate;  provided  such  terms and conditions are consistent with all rules
 and regulations promulgated by the manufactured home park operator prior
 to the date of the offer and are not otherwise prohibited or limited  by
 applicable  law.  Such offer shall also contain a statement advising the
 manufactured home owner that if he or she fails to  execute  and  return
 the  lease to the manufactured home park owner or operator within thirty
 days after submission of such lease, the manufactured home  owner  shall
 be  deemed  to have declined the offer of a lease and shall not have any
 right to a lease from the manufactured home park owner or  operator  for
 the next succeeding twelve months.
   (ii)  [For purposes of this paragraph, a manufactured home owner shall
 be deemed in good standing if he or she is not in default in the payment
 of more than one month's rent to the manufactured home park  owner,  and
 is not in violation of paragraph three, four or five of subdivision b of
 this  section.  No manufactured home park owner or operator shall refuse
 to provide a written offer to lease based on a default of rent  payments
 or a violation of paragraph three, four or five of subdivision b of this
 section unless, at least thirty days prior to the last date on which the
 owner  or  operator  would otherwise be required to provide such written
 offer to lease, the owner or operator  notifies  the  manufactured  home
 owner,  in  writing,  of  the  default  in  rent or the specific grounds
 constituting the violation and such grounds continues up and  until  the
 fifth  calendar  day  immediately  preceding  the last date on which the
 written offer would otherwise be required to be made.
   (iii)] For purposes of this paragraph, the commencement  date  of  any
 lease  offered  by  the manufactured home park owner to the manufactured
 home owner shall be the ninetieth day after  the  date  upon  which  the
 manufactured  home  park  owner  shall  have provided the offer required
 pursuant to this paragraph; provided, however, that no such lease  shall
 be  effective if, on such commencement date, the manufactured home owner
 is in default of more than one month's rent. In the event  the  manufac-
 tured  home  owner shall have failed to execute and return said lease to
 the manufactured home park owner or operator within thirty days after it
 is submitted to the manufactured home owner as required by  subparagraph
 (i)  of  this  paragraph  the manufactured home owner shall be deemed to
 have declined to enter said lease.
   3. No lease provision shall be inconsistent with  any  rule  or  regu-
 lation in effect at the commencement of the lease.
   4.  IF  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR FAILS TO OFFER A
 TENANT A LEASE AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE  TENANT  SHALL  HAVE
 ALL  THE  RIGHTS  OF A LEASEHOLDER AND MAY NOT BE EVICTED FOR OTHER THAN
 THE REASONS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS TWO, THREE, FOUR,  FIVE  OR  SIX  OF
 SUBDIVISION B OF THIS SECTION.
   §  4. Paragraph 3 of subdivision g of section 233 of the real property
 law, as amended by chapter 566 of the laws of 1996, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   3.  No  fees,  charges, assessments or rental fees may be increased by
 manufactured home park owner or operator without specifying the date  of
 implementation  of  said fees, charges, assessments or rental fees which
 date shall be no less than ninety days after written notice to all manu-
 factured home tenants. Failure on the part of the manufactured home park
 owner or operator to fully disclose all  fees,  charges  or  assessments
 shall prevent the manufactured home park owner or operator from collect-

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 ing  said  fees, charges or assessments, and refusal by the manufactured
 home tenant to pay any undisclosed charges shall  not  be  used  by  the
 manufactured  home park owner or operator as a cause for eviction in any
 court  of  law.  RENT, UTILITIES AND CHARGES FOR FACILITIES AND SERVICES
 AVAILABLE TO THE TENANT MAY NOT BE INCREASED UNLESS  A  LEASE  HAS  BEEN
 OFFERED TO THE TENANT AS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION E OF THIS SECTION.
   § 5. Subdivision m of section 233 of the real property law, as amended
 by chapter 566 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   m.  Warranty  of habitability, maintenance, disruption of services. In
 every written or oral lease or rental agreement entered into by a  manu-
 factured home tenant, the manufactured home park owner or operator shall
 be  deemed to covenant and warrant that the premises so leased or rented
 and the manufactured home if rented, INCLUDING RENTAL THROUGH A RENT-TO-
 OWN CONTRACT, and all areas used in connection therewith in common  with
 other  manufactured home tenants or residents including all roads within
 the manufactured home park are fit for human habitation and for the uses
 reasonably intended by the parties and that the occupants of such  prem-
 ises and such manufactured homes if rented shall not be subjected to any
 conditions  which  would be dangerous, hazardous or detrimental to their
 life, health or safety.  When any such condition has been caused by  the
 misconduct  of  the  manufactured home tenant or lessee or persons under
 his direction or control, it shall  not  constitute  a  breach  of  such
 covenants and warranties. The rights and obligations of the manufactured
 home  park  owner  or operator and the manufactured home tenant shall be
 governed by the provisions of this subdivision and subdivisions two  and
 three of section two hundred thirty-five-b of this article.
   § 6. Subdivision o of section 233 of the real property law, as amended
 by chapter 566 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   o.  Whenever  a  lease  shall  provide  that  in any action or summary
 proceeding the manufactured home park  owner  or  operator  may  recover
 attorney's  fees  and/or expenses [incurred as the result of the failure
 of the tenant to perform any covenant or  agreement  contained  in  such
 lease, or that amounts paid by the manufactured home park owner or oper-
 ator  therefor  shall be paid by the tenant as additional rent,] AWARDED
 BY A COURT IN AN EVICTION PROCEEDING there  shall  be  implied  in  such
 lease a covenant by the manufactured home park owner or operator, to pay
 to the tenant the reasonable attorney's fees and/or expenses incurred by
 the  tenant  to  the  same  extent as is provided in section two hundred
 thirty-four of this article which section shall apply in its entirety. A
 MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR MAY NOT DEMAND  THAT  A  TENANT
 PAY  ATTORNEY'S  FEES  UNLESS  SUCH FEES HAVE BEEN AWARDED PURSUANT TO A
 COURT ORDER.
   § 7. Subdivision r of section 233 of the real property law, as amended
 by chapter 566 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   r. Limitation on late charges. A late charge on any rental payment  by
 a  manufactured home owner which has become due and remains unpaid shall
 not exceed and shall be enforced to the extent of five percent  of  such
 delinquent  payment;  provided, however, that no charge shall be imposed
 on any rental payment by a manufactured home owner received  within  ten
 days  after  the due date. In the absence of a specific provision in the
 lease or the manufactured home park's rules  and  regulations,  no  late
 charge  on any delinquent rental payment shall be assessed or collected.
 LATE CHARGES MAY NOT BE COMPOUNDED AND SHALL  NOT  BE  CONSIDERED  ADDI-
 TIONAL RENT.
   § 8. Subdivision v of section 233 of the real property law, as amended
 by chapter 566 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:

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   v. On and after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine, the commis-
 sioner of housing and community renewal shall have the power and duty to
 enforce  and  ensure  compliance  with  the  provisions of this section.
 However, the commissioner shall not have the power or  duty  to  enforce
 manufactured  home park rules and regulations established under subdivi-
 sion f of this section. On or before  January  first,  nineteen  hundred
 eighty-nine,  each manufactured home park owner or operator shall file a
 registration statement with the commissioner and shall  thereafter  file
 an  annual  registration  statement  on  or before January first of each
 succeeding year. The commissioner[, by regulation,] shall  provide  that
 such  registration  statement shall include [only] the names AND CONTACT
 INFORMATION of all persons OR ENTITIES owning an interest in  the  park,
 the  names of all tenants of the park, all services provided by the park
 owner to the tenants, OTHER  INFORMATION  AS  MAY  BE  REQUIRED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INFORMATION REGARDING LEASES
 AND REAL PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS, and a copy of all  current  manufactured
 home  park  rules  and  regulations  IF  THE  RULES AND REGULATIONS HAVE
 CHANGED SINCE THEY WERE  LAST  SUBMITTED.  Whenever  there  shall  be  a
 violation  of  this  section,  THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
 RENEWAL SHALL COLLECT A FEE OF TEN DOLLARS PER SITE FROM  THE  OWNER  OR
 OPERATOR  OF ANY MANUFACTURED HOME PARK WHICH WAS NOT TIMELY REGISTERED,
 AND an application may be made by the commissioner of housing and commu-
 nity renewal in the name of the people of the state of  New  York  to  a
 court or justice having jurisdiction by a special proceeding to issue an
 injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days,
 to  enjoin  and  restrain  the  continuance of such violation; and if it
 shall appear to the satisfaction  of  the  court  or  justice  that  the
 defendant  has,  in  fact,  violated  this section, an injunction may be
 issued by such court or justice, enjoining and restraining  any  further
 violation  and with respect to this subdivision, directing the filing of
 a registration statement. In any such proceeding,  the  court  may  make
 allowances to the commissioner of housing and community renewal of a sum
 not  exceeding  two  thousand dollars against each defendant, and direct
 restitution.  Whenever the court shall determine  that  a  violation  of
 this  section  has occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not
 more than one thousand five hundred dollars  for  each  violation.  Such
 penalty  shall  be  deposited in the manufactured home cooperative fund,
 created pursuant to section fifty-nine-h of the private housing  finance
 law.  In connection with any such proposed application, the commissioner
 of housing and community renewal is authorized to take proof and make  a
 determination of the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in accordance
 with  the  civil practice law and rules. The provisions of this subdivi-
 sion shall not impair the rights granted under  subdivision  u  of  this
 section.
   §  9.  Section 233 of the real property law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision y to read as follows:
   Y. 1. (I) NO MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR SHALL  OFFER  OR
 EXECUTE  A  RENT-TO-OWN  CONTRACT  UNLESS THE MANUFACTURED PARK OWNER OR
 OPERATOR POSSESSES DOCUMENTATION OF OWNERSHIP OF THE MANUFACTURED  HOME,
 INCLUDING  A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE HOME, IF THE HOME IS A MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME SUBJECT TO BEING TITLED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-SIX OF  THE
 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR FOR MOBILE HOMES NOT SUBJECT TO BEING TITLED
 PURSUANT TO SUCH LAW, SUCH OTHER DOCUMENTATION, WHICH MAY INCLUDE A BILL
 OF SALE, OR DEED, SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH OWNERSHIP.
   (II)  EVERY RENT-TO-OWN CONTRACT SHALL BE IN WRITING AND CLEARLY STATE
 ALL TERMS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: A DESCRIPTION OF THE HOME TO BE

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 LEASED, INCLUDING THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE  SERIAL  NUMBER  AND
 THE  YEAR OF MANUFACTURE; THE SITE NUMBER UPON WHICH THE HOME IS LOCATED
 IN THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK; AN ITEMIZED STATEMENT OF ANY PAYMENTS  TO
 BE MADE DURING THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT, INCLUDING THE INITIAL LOT RENT,
 THE  RENTAL  AMOUNT  FOR  THE  HOME,  AND  THE AMOUNT OF THE RENT-TO-OWN
 PAYMENTS; THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT; THE NUMBER OF  PAYMENTS,  ITEMIZED,
 REQUIRED  TO BE MADE OVER THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT; THE ANNUAL PERCENT-
 AGE RATE OF THE AMOUNT FINANCED, IF APPLICABLE; THE AMOUNT OF ANY  ADDI-
 TIONAL  FEES  TO BE PAID DURING THE TERM. A RENT-TO-OWN CONTRACT MAY NOT
 REQUIRE A MANUFACTURED HOME TENANT TO PAY ANY ADDITIONAL FEES FOR TRANS-
 FER OF OWNERSHIP AT THE END OF THE LEASE PERIOD OTHER THAN THE  RENT-TO-
 OWN PAYMENTS MADE DURING THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT.
   (III) EVERY RENT-TO-OWN CONTRACT SHALL CLEARLY STATE THAT THE MANUFAC-
 TURED  HOME RENTER IS OCCUPYING A RENTED HOME, UNTIL OWNERSHIP IS TRANS-
 FERRED, AND THAT THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER AND OPERATOR SHALL  BE
 RESPONSIBLE  FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE WARRANTY OF HABITABILITY, INCLUDING
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL MAJOR REPAIRS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
   (IV) WITH THE EXECUTION OF EVERY RENT-TO-OWN  CONTRACT,  THE  MANUFAC-
 TURED  HOME  PARK  OWNER  OR  OPERATOR SHALL OFFER THE MANUFACTURED HOME
 RENTER A LEASE FOR THE SITE ON WHICH THE HOME IS LOCATED AS PROVIDED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  E  OF  THIS  SECTION,  AND,  IF THE TERM OF THE RENT-TO-OWN
 CONTRACT IS LONGER THAN THE TERM OF THE INITIAL SITE LEASE, SHALL  OFFER
 RENEWAL LEASES ON THE SAME TERMS AS PROVIDED TO MANUFACTURED HOME OWNERS
 WITHIN THE PARK PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION E OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED THAT
 SUCH  RENEWAL  LEASE  MAY  NOT INCLUDE A RENT INCREASE GREATER THAN THAT
 IMPOSED ON SIMILARLY SITUATED HOMEOWNERS WITHIN THE PARK.
   (V) THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR  SHALL  PROVIDE  EACH
 MANUFACTURED  HOME  RENTER  WHO  IS A PARTY TO A RENT-TO-OWN AN ITEMIZED
 ACCOUNTING  LISTING  ALL  PAYMENTS  MADE  PURSUANT  TO  THE  RENT-TO-OWN
 CONTRACT. SUCH ACCOUNTING SHALL BE PROVIDED NO LESS THAN ONCE EACH YEAR,
 BEGINNING  ONE YEAR FROM THE EXECUTION OF THE RENT-TO-OWN CONTRACT. UPON
 REQUEST BY A MANUFACTURED HOME RENTER, THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK  OWNER
 OR  OPERATOR  SHALL  PROVIDE  SUCH AN ACCOUNTING WITHIN TEN DAYS OF SUCH
 REQUEST.
   2. ANY SUCCESSOR TO OWNERSHIP OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK  SHALL  BE
 BOUND  BY  THE  TERMS  OF A RENT-TO-OWN CONTRACT ENTERED IN TO AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   3. IF A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK TENANT'S TENANCY IS TERMINATED  BY  THE
 LANDLORD  DURING  THE  TERM  OF  A RENT-TO-OWN CONTRACT, ALL RENT-TO-OWN
 PAYMENTS MADE DURING THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT SHALL BE REFUNDED  TO  THE
 RENTER;  IF  A  MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR FAILS TO REFUND
 SUCH PAYMENTS, IN AN EVICTION PROCEEDING, THE COURT MAY AWARD THE TENANT
 DAMAGES IN THE AMOUNT OF THE RENT-TO-OWN PAYMENTS WHICH  HAVE  NOT  BEEN
 REFUNDED.
   4.  IT  IS  A  VIOLATION  OF THIS SECTION FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK
 OWNER OR OPERATOR TO MAKE ANY MATERIAL MISREPRESENTATION, EITHER WRITTEN
 OR ORAL, REGARDING ANY OF THE TERMS OF A  RENT-TO-OWN  CONTRACT,  OR  TO
 OBTAIN, OR ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN, A WAIVER FROM ANY MANUFACTURED HOME RENTER
 OF ANY PROTECTION OR RIGHT PROVIDED UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
   5.  (I)  IF  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR VIOLATES THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION OR WRONGFULLY EVICTS A MANUFACTURED  HOME
 RENTER  WHO  IS  A  PARTY  TO  A RENT-TO-OWN CONTRACT, A COURT MAY AWARD
 DAMAGES INCLUDING TREBLE THE ECONOMIC DAMAGES SUFFERED BY  THE  MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME RENTER, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ALL RENT-TO-OWN PAYMENTS. THE COURT
 MAY  ALSO  PROVIDE FOR REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS OF LITIGATION,
 AND OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF.

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   (II) FAILURE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OWNER OR OPERATOR TO COMPLY
 WITH THIS SECTION SHALL GIVE THE MANUFACTURED HOME RENTER  THE  UNCONDI-
 TIONAL  RIGHT  TO  CANCEL  THE  LEASE  WITH  THE  OPTION TO PURCHASE THE
 CONTRACT AND RECEIVE IMMEDIATE REFUND OF ALL PAYMENTS AND DEPOSITS  MADE
 ON  ACCOUNT  OF  OR  IN  CONTEMPLATION  OF  THE LEASE WITH THE OPTION TO
 PURCHASE CONTRACT.
   § 10. Subdivision 2 of section 233-a of  the  real  property  law,  as
 added by chapter 561 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   2. (a) If a manufactured home park owner receives a bona fide offer to
 purchase a manufactured home park that such manufactured home park owner
 intends  to  accept,  OR RESPOND WITH A COUNTEROFFER, OR IF THE MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME PARK OWNER TAKES ANY ACTION TO MARKET OR OFFER THE  PARK  FOR
 SALE,  such  manufactured  home park owner shall require the prospective
 purchaser to provide, in writing, the certification  required  by  para-
 graph  (b)  of  this  subdivision,  and  shall  not  accept any offer to
 purchase, nor respond with a counteroffer until such  manufactured  home
 park  owner  has  [received  such certification] MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS SECTION.
   (b) A purchaser seeking to purchase a manufactured home park,  or  the
 land  upon which a manufactured home park is located, shall provide such
 owner with a written letter certifying  whether  or  not  the  purchaser
 will,  upon  the closing of the sale of the park, or within sixty months
 of such closing, give the notice required pursuant to paragraph  six  of
 subdivision  b  of  section two hundred thirty-three of this article, of
 its intention to use the land upon which the manufactured home  park  is
 located for a purpose other than manufactured home lot rentals.
   (c)  If  a  manufactured home park owner TAKES ANY ACTION TO MARKET OR
 OFFER THE PARK FOR SALE, OR receives a bona fide  offer  to  purchase  a
 manufactured home park that such manufactured home park owner intends to
 ACCEPT OR respond to with a counteroffer, [such counteroffer] A MANUFAC-
 TURED  HOME  PARK OWNER shall include a notice stating that such ACCEPT-
 ANCE OR counteroffer shall be subject to the right of the homeowners  of
 the manufactured home park to purchase the manufactured home park pursu-
 ant  to this subdivision. Notwithstanding any provision of law OR AGREE-
 MENT to the contrary, every acceptance [of a counteroffer] by a prospec-
 tive purchaser of a manufactured home  park  shall  be  [deemed  to  be]
 subject  to the right of the homeowners of the manufactured home park to
 purchase the manufactured home park pursuant to this [subdivision if the
 purchaser certifies pursuant to paragraph (b) of this  subdivision  that
 he or she intends to change the use of the land] SECTION.
   §  11.  Subdivision  3  of  section 233-a of the real property law, as
 added by chapter 561 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   3. (a) If a manufactured home park owner TAKES ANY ACTION TO MARKET OR
 OFFER THE PARK FOR SALE, OR receives a bona fide  offer  to  purchase  a
 manufactured home park that such manufactured home park owner intends to
 accept  or respond to with a counteroffer, [and the purchaser has certi-
 fied pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this  section  that
 he  intends  to change the use of the land,] such manufactured home park
 owner shall notify:
   (i) the officers of the manufactured  homeowners'  association  within
 such park of [the offer to purchase and] all the terms thereof; provided
 that the park owner has been notified of the establishment of a manufac-
 tured  homeowners'  association  and  been  provided  with the names and
 addresses of the officers of such association; or
   (ii) if no homeowners' association exists, all manufactured homeowners
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   (III) THE COMMISSIONER OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL.
   (b)  The  manufactured  home park owner's notification shall state (I)
 the price [and]; (II) MATERIAL terms and conditions of sale [or, in  the
 case  where such manufactured home park owner intends to make a counter-
 offer, the price and material terms  and  conditions]  upon  which  such
 manufactured  home  park owner would sell the park; (III) THAT THE MANU-
 FACTURED HOMEOWNERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE A  MANUFACTURED  HOMEOWN-
 ER'S ASSOCIATION OR A MANUFACTURED HOMEOWNERS' COOPERATIVE FOR THE PARK;
 (IV) THAT PURCHASE FINANCING MAY BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE NEW YORK STATE
 HOMES  AND  COMMUNITY RENEWAL; AND (V) THAT THE MANUFACTURED HOMEOWNERS'
 ASSOCIATION, A COOPERATIVE, OR MANUFACTURED HOME OWNERS OR TENANTS  HAVE
 ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY DAYS TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO PURCHASE THE PARK IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
   (c) (i) If a manufactured homeowners' association exists at  the  time
 of the offer, the association shall have the right to purchase the park;
 provided  that  the association shall have delivered to the manufactured
 home park owner an executed offer to purchase which meets the  identical
 price,  terms,  and  conditions of the offer or counteroffer provided in
 the notice of the manufactured home park owner within one hundred [twen-
 ty] SIXTY days of receipt of notice  from  the  manufactured  home  park
 owner,  unless  otherwise agreed to in writing. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD,
 THE PARK OWNER SHALL NOT ACCEPT A FINAL UNCONDITIONAL OFFER TO  PURCHASE
 THE PARK.
   (ii) If an offer to purchase by the association is not delivered with-
 in  such  one  hundred  [twenty] SIXTY day period, then, unless the park
 owner thereafter elects to offer to sell the park at a price lower  than
 the  price  specified in the notice to the homeowners' association or at
 terms substantially different from those presented to  the  association,
 the park owner has no further obligations under this section.
   (iii)  If  the  park  owner, after such one hundred [twenty] SIXTY day
 period, elects to offer to sell the park at a price lower than the price
 specified in the notice given or at terms substantially  different  from
 those  previously  presented  to  the  association, then the association
 shall be entitled to notice thereof and shall have an  additional  [ten]
 FORTY-FIVE  days after receipt of notice of the revised terms to deliver
 to the park owner an executed offer to purchase which meets the  revised
 price, terms, and conditions as presented by the park owner.
   (d) (i) If there is no existing homeowners' association at the time of
 the  offer,  the  homeowners  shall have the right to purchase the park;
 provided the following conditions are met:
   (A) The manufactured homeowners shall have the right to form  a  manu-
 factured homeowners' association, whether incorporated or not.
   (B)  Such  homeowners'  association  shall  include at least fifty-one
 percent of all manufactured homeowners, who  shall  have  given  written
 consent   to   forming   a  manufactured  homeowners'  association.  The
 provisions of section two hundred twenty-three-b of this  article  shall
 apply to the formation of a manufactured homeowners' association.
   (C)  The  association,  acting  through its officers, shall have given
 notice to the park owner of its formation, the names  and  addresses  of
 its  officers,  and  delivered an executed offer to purchase the park at
 the identical price, terms, and conditions of the offer presented in the
 notification given by the park owner within one hundred  [twenty]  SIXTY
 days  of  receipt of notice from the park owner, unless otherwise agreed
 to in writing. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD, THE PARK OWNER SHALL NOT  ACCEPT
 A FINAL UNCONDITIONAL OFFER TO PURCHASE THE PARK.

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   (ii) If the homeowners fail to form a manufactured homeowners' associ-
 ation,  or  if  upon the formation of a manufactured homeowners' associ-
 ation, the association does not deliver an executed offer to purchase as
 set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision within  the  one  hundred
 [twenty]  SIXTY  day period, then, unless the park owner elects to offer
 the park at a price lower than the price specified in the notice  previ-
 ously  presented  to the homeowners, the park owner has no further obli-
 gation under this section; and
   (iii) If the park owner thereafter elects to sell the park at a  price
 lower  than  the  price  specified in the notice to the homeowners or at
 terms substantially different from those previously presented, then  the
 association shall have an additional [ten] FORTY-FIVE days after receipt
 of  notice of the revised terms to deliver to the park owner an executed
 offer to purchase which meets the revised price, terms,  and  conditions
 as presented by the park owner.
   §  12.  The  executive law is amended by adding a new section 602-a to
 read as follows:
   § 602-A. SALE OF MANUFACTURED HOME  NOTICE  REQUIREMENTS.  1.  WHEN  A
 MANUFACTURED HOME IS SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE. A. IF A MANUFACTURED HOME
 IS APPRAISED, THE APPRAISAL SHALL BE PREPARED BY A LICENSED OR CERTIFIED
 APPRAISER  PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE SIX-E OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL COMPLY WITH
 THE UNIFORM STANDARDS OF APPRAISAL  PRACTICE,  AS  APPLICABLE,  AND  THE
 APPRAISAL  SHALL  INCLUDE  A COVER SHEET WHICH ITEMIZES THE VALUE OF THE
 UNSITED MANUFACTURED HOME, THE VALUE OF ANY ADJACENT OR ATTACHED  STRUC-
 TURES LOCATED ON THE SITE AND THE VALUE OF THE SITED LOCATION, IF APPLI-
 CABLE, AND VALUATIONS OF SALES OF COMPARABLE PROPERTIES.
   B. IN THE CASE OF A NEW MANUFACTURED HOME, A RETAILER SHALL PROVIDE TO
 A  PROSPECTIVE  PURCHASER  A  WRITTEN DISCLOSURE WHICH STATES THE RETAIL
 PRICE OF THE UNSITED MANUFACTURED HOME, ANY APPLICABLE TAXES, THE SET-UP
 AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS, AND THE VALUE OF THE SITED LOCATION, IF APPLI-
 CABLE.
   C. A LEGIBLE COPY OF THE DISCLOSURE REQUIRED IN PARAGRAPH  B  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ON A NEW MANUFACTURED HOME IN
 A  LOCATION  THAT IS CLEARLY VISIBLE TO A PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER FROM THE
 EXTERIOR.
   2. NOTICE TO PURCHASER. A. WHEN A RETAILER AND PURCHASER AGREE FOR THE
 SALE OF A MANUFACTURED HOME, THE RETAILER SHALL DELIVER A NOTICE TO  THE
 PURCHASER  AND  OBTAIN  A  SIGNED RECEIPT FROM THE PURCHASER. THE NOTICE
 MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING  OR  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR  STATEMENTS:  (I)
 UNDER  THE  LAWS OF NEW YORK, THE PURCHASER SHALL ELECT WHETHER THE HOME
 WILL BE REAL PROPERTY OR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND IT  MAY  BE  FINANCED  AS
 RESIDENTIAL  REAL  PROPERTY IF IT IS TITLED AS REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-NN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, EXCEPT IF
 THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS ALREADY TITLED AS REAL PROPERTY IT SHALL REMAIN
 TITLED AS REAL PROPERTY; (II) THE PURCHASER'S ELECTION  MAY  AFFECT  THE
 AMOUNT OF THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS AND COSTS FOR A LOAN TO BUY THE HOME, THE
 PURCHASER'S  LEGAL RIGHTS IN THE HOME, AND THE TAXATION OF THE HOME; AND
 (III) THE PURCHASER SHOULD CONSULT A TRUSTED  ADVISER,  OTHER  THAN  THE
 RETAILER, ABOUT THIS ELECTION.
   B. A RETAILER MAY NOT DIRECT OR OTHERWISE STEER A PURCHASER TO CLASSI-
 FY  THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME  AS  REAL  PROPERTY OR PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR
 PURPOSES OF FINANCING OR OTHERWISE.
   3. NOTICE OF WARRANTY. ANY RETAILER THAT  SELLS  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME
 THAT IS COVERED BY A WARRANTY SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PURCHASER THAT
 THE WARRANTIES APPLY AND THAT THE CONVERSION TO REAL PROPERTY ALONE DOES
 NOT CHANGE NOR VOID ANY RIGHTS ARISING FROM BREACH OF WARRANTY.

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   §  13.  Subdivision  1  of  section  290  of the real property law, as
 amended by chapter 549 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  The term "real property," as used in this article, includes lands,
 tenements and hereditaments and chattels real, except a lease for a term
 not exceeding three years, AND A MANUFACTURED HOME IF IT IS FINANCED  OR
 CONVEYED  AS RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 THIRTY-NINE-NN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   § 14. The real property law is amended by adding a new article 9-C  to
 read as follows:

                                ARTICLE 9-C
                           MANUFACTURED HOME ACT
 SECTION 339-LL. SHORT TITLE.
         339-MM. DEFINITIONS.
         339-NN. MANUFACTURED HOMES WARRANTY DEEDS.
         339-OO. MANUFACTURED HOMES AFFIXED TO LAND.
         339-PP. RECORDING.
         339-QQ. PROCEDURE TO CONVERT MANUFACTURED HOME TO REAL PROPERTY.
         339-RR. RELOCATION  OF  A MANUFACTURED HOME TO ANOTHER COUNTY OR
                   STATE.
         339-SS. HOME WARRANTY.
         339-TT. RELATION TO OTHER LAW.
         339-UU. DISPOSITION OF LIENS ON VEHICLES.
         339-VV. CONVEYANCE AND ENCUMBRANCES.
         339-WW. SEVERABILITY.
   § 339-LL. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS
 THE "MANUFACTURED HOME ACT".
   § 339-MM. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS  ARTICLE,  UNLESS  THE  CONTEXT
 OTHERWISE REQUIRES: (A) THE TERM "RECORDING OFFICER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME
 MEANING  AS  SUCH  TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS
 CHAPTER.
   (B) "RETAILER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED  IN
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  339-NN.  MANUFACTURED  HOME WARRANTY DEEDS. 1. (A) ANY MANUFACTURED
 HOME PURCHASED FROM A RETAILER ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 NINETEEN THAT IS FINANCED AS RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY OR WILL BE TITLED
 AS RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE CONVEYED BY A WARRANTY DEED DRAFT-
 ED  IN  SUBSTANTIALLY  THE  FORM  PROVIDED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO OF THIS
 SECTION.
   (B) AN OWNER OF A MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL, UPON FINANCING OR REFINANC-
 ING A MANUFACTURED HOME AS RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY OR SELLING A  MANU-
 FACTURED  HOME  THAT  HAS  BEEN OR WILL BE CONVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL REAL
 PROPERTY, ISSUE TO THE GRANTEE OR PURCHASER EITHER A WARRANTY DEED OR  A
 QUITCLAIM  DEED  THAT  IS  DRAFTED IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM PROVIDED IN
 SUBDIVISIONS TWO OR THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   2. A DEED THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION  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 MANUFACTURED  HOME;  THAT  THE  MANUFACTURED
 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

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 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  MANUFACTURED  HOME IS AFFIXED TO LAND SHALL UNREASONABLY WITHHOLD THE
 CONSENT REQUIRED BY THIS STATUTORY FORM.
 
   FORM FOR MANUFACTURED HOME WARRANTY DEED
   ______, OF ______, COUNTY, STATE OF ______, ("GRANTOR"), FOR
   CONSIDERATION PAID, GRANTS TO ___ OF STREET, ___ (CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE)
   OF ___, ___ COUNTY, STATE OF ___ ("GRANTEE"), WITH WARRANTY
   COVENANTS AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION 1 OF § 339-NN OF THE REAL PROPER-
 TY LAW, THE _______ (DESCRIPTION OF MANUFACTURED  HOME  BEING  CONVEYED:
 NAME   OF  MANUFACTURER,  MODEL  AND  SERIAL  NUMBER  AND  ENCUMBRANCES,
 EXCEPTIONS, RESERVATIONS, IF ANY) WHICH MANUFACTURED HOME IS AFFIXED  TO
 LAND,  OR  IS  TO BE AFFIXED TO LAND, AT _______ (STATE NAME OF PARK, IF
 ANY,  AND  STREET  ADDRESS),  ____________  (CITY,  TOWN,  VILLAGE)   OF
 ________, _______ COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND
 UPON WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS AFFIXED TO LAND, OR IS TO BE AFFIXED
 TO  LAND,  IS  OWNED  BY ________ BY DEED DATED AND RECORDED AT ________
 BOOK _______, PAGE _________ IN THE LAND  RECORDS  OF  THE  ____  COUNTY
 _________ (CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE) OF ___________.
   [ ]  THE MANUFACTURED HOME HAS BEEN AFFIXED TO LAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 REAL PROPERTY LAW § 339-OO.
   SIGNED THIS _____ DAY OF ________, ____.
   (HERE ADD ACKNOWLEDGMENT)
   ______________, OWNER OF THE TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND  UPON  WHICH  THE
 AFORESAID  MANUFACTURED  HOME IS AFFIXED TO LAND, OR IS TO BE AFFIXED TO
 LAND, HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE CONVEYANCE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
   SIGNED THIS _______ DAY OF ________, ___.
   (HERE ADD ACKNOWLEDGMENT)
   [ ] CHECK BOX IF THE MANUFACTURED HOME HAS  BEEN  RELOCATED  FROM  ONE
 SITE TO ANOTHER WITHIN NEW YORK, AND ATTACH A RELOCATION STATEMENT.
   3.  A DEED THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION 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  MANUFACTURED
 HOME  IS AFFIXED TO LAND SHALL UNREASONABLY WITHHOLD CONSENT REQUIRED BY
 THIS STATUTORY FORM.
   FORM FOR MANUFACTURED HOME QUITCLAIM DEED
   _____, OF ______, ________ COUNTY, STATE OF _______  ("GRANTOR"),  FOR
 CONSIDERATION  PAID,  GRANTS  TO  _____  OF  _____  STREET, (CITY, TOWN,
 VILLAGE) OF __________, _________ COUNTY,  STATE  OF  _________  ("GRAN-
 TEE"),  WITH  QUITCLAIM COVENANTS, THE (DESCRIPTION OF MANUFACTURED HOME
 BEING CONVEYED:   NAME OF MANUFACTURER,  MODEL  AND  SERIAL  NUMBER  AND
 ENCUMBRANCES,  EXCEPTIONS, RESERVATIONS, IF ANY) WHICH MANUFACTURED HOME
 IS AFFIXED TO LAND, OR IS TO BE AFFIXED TO  LAND,  AT  _________  (STATE
 NAME  OF PARK, IF ANY, AND STREET ADDRESS), ______ (CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE)
 OF _______ COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK.
   THE TRACT OR PARCEL OF  LAND  UPON  WHICH  THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME  IS
 AFFIXED  TO  LAND  OR IS TO BE AFFIXED TO LAND, IS OWNED BY _________ BY
 DEED DATED ______ AND RECORDED AT BOOK _____, PAGE _______, IN THE  LAND
 RECORDS OF(CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE) OF ______ COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK.
   [ ]  THE MANUFACTURED HOME HAS BEEN AFFIXED TO LAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 REAL PROPERTY LAW § 339-OO.
   SIGNED THIS _______ DAY OF ______, _____.
   (HERE ADD ACKNOWLEDGMENT)

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   _______, OWNER OF THE PARCEL OF LAND UPON WHICH THE AFORESAID MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME IS AFFIXED TO LAND, OR IS  TO  BE  AFFIXED  TO  LAND,  HEREBY
 CONSENTS TO THE CONVEYANCE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
   SIGNED THIS _____ DAY OF _____, _____.
   (HERE ADD ACKNOWLEDGMENT)
   [ ]  CHECK  BOX  IF  THE MANUFACTURED HOME HAS BEEN RELOCATED FROM ONE
 SITE TO ANOTHER WITHIN NEW YORK, AND ATTACH A RELOCATION STATEMENT.
   § 339-OO. MANUFACTURED HOMES AFFIXED TO LAND. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS
 SECTION:    (A)  "MANUFACTURED HOME" MEANS A STRUCTURE, TRANSPORTABLE IN
 ONE OR MORE SECTIONS, WHICH IN THE TRAVELING MODE, IS EIGHT BODY FEET OR
 MORE IN WIDTH OR FORTY BODY FEET OR MORE IN LENGTH, OR WHEN  ERECTED  ON
 SITE, IS THREE HUNDRED TWENTY OR MORE SQUARE FEET, AND WHICH IS BUILT ON
 A  PERMANENT CHASSIS AND DESIGNED TO BE USED AS A DWELLING WITH OR WITH-
 OUT A PERMANENT FOUNDATION WHEN CONNECTED  TO  REQUIRED  UTILITIES,  AND
 INCLUDES  THE PLUMBING, HEATING, AIR-CONDITIONING AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
 CONTAINED THEREIN. THE TERM INCLUDES ANY STRUCTURE THAT MEETS ALL OF THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH  EXCEPT  THE  SIZE  REQUIREMENTS  IF  THE
 MANUFACTURER  VOLUNTARILY  FILES  A CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY THE UNITED
 STATES SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND COMPLIES WITH  THE
 STANDARDS ESTABLISHED UNDER TITLE 42 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE;
   (B)  "AFFIXED  TO  LAND" MEANS A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT HAS THE TOWING
 HITCH, WHEELS, OR AXLES REMOVED, AND  THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME  HAS  BEEN
 CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY OR ANY RESIDENTIAL UTILITY, SUCH AS
 SEWAGE, SEPTIC, WATER, GAS, OR OIL OR WILL BE PLACED AT A SITE THAT WILL
 BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY OR ANY RESIDENTIAL UTILITY.
   2.  A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS AFFIXED TO LAND MAY BE DEFINED AS REAL
 PROPERTY BY ELECTION OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OWNER  BY  FILING  A  DEED
 WITH  THE RECORDING OFFICER OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS
 AFFIXED TO LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS  SECTION.  THE  MANUFACTURED
 HOME  OWNER  SHALL  FILE  THE  DEED WITH THE RECORDING OFFICER WHERE THE
 MANUFACTURED HOME IS LOCATED WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF  AFFIXATION  OF  THE
 MANUFACTURED HOME.
   3.  A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS AFFIXED TO LAND AND THE LAND IS EITHER
 OWNED BY THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR LEASED BY  THE  OWNER  OF
 THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME  MAY BE FINANCED AS RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY. A
 MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS FINANCED AS RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE
 DEFINED AS REAL PROPERTY.
   4. WHEN A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS AFFIXED TO LAND IS  DEEMED  TO  BE
 REAL  PROPERTY  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO BE REAL PROPERTY FOR ALL PURPOSES AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE
 LAWS OF THIS STATE APPLICABLE TO REAL PROPERTY TO THE EXTENT THEY DO NOT
 CONFLICT WITH THIS ARTICLE OR SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED  TWENTY-TWO  AND  TWO
 HUNDRED  THIRTY-THREE-A  OF THIS CHAPTER. ANY MORTGAGE, LIEN OR SECURITY
 INTEREST WHICH CAN ATTACH TO LAND, BUILDINGS ERECTED THEREON OR FIXTURES
 AFFIXED THERETO, SHALL ATTACH, AS OF THE DATE OF RECORDING IN  THE  SAME
 MANNER AS REAL PROPERTY TO THE MANUFACTURED HOME. TITLE TO SUCH MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME SHALL BE TRANSFERRED BY DEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION,
 UNLESS  THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS NOT THE OWNER OF THE LAND,
 WHEREUPON THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY IS  REQUIRED  TO
 TRANSFER THE MANUFACTURED HOME WHICH SHALL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD.
   5.  A  MANUFACTURED HOME WHICH IS AFFIXED TO LAND INTENDED FOR CONTIN-
 UOUS RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY BY THE OWNER ON LAND OWNED OR LEASED  BY  ITS
 OWNER  SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED A HOMESTEAD UNDER SECTION FIFTY-TWO HUNDRED
 SIX OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
   § 339-PP. RECORDING. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, ARTICLE NINE  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER SHALL APPLY TO THE RECORDING OF CONVEYANCES, ENCUMBRANCES,

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 AND LIENS OF MANUFACTURED HOMES WHICH ARE CONSIDERED  REAL  PROPERTY  TO
 THE  EXTENT  THAT  IT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THIS ARTICLE, IN WHICH CASE
 THIS ARTICLE SHALL CONTROL.
   2.  NO  MORTGAGE  RECORDING TAX SHALL BE IMPOSED AT THE TIME A DEED IS
 RECORDED FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME.
   § 339-QQ. PROCEDURE TO CONVERT MANUFACTURED HOME TO REAL PROPERTY.  1.
 ANY MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS FINANCED PURSUANT TO A MOTOR VEHICLE LOAN,
 MOTOR VEHICLE RETAIL INSTALLMENT  CONTRACT,  "RENT-TO-OWN"  CONTRACT  AS
 DEFINED  IN PARAGRAPH NINE OF SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIR-
 TY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, OR ANOTHER FORM OF CHATTEL  MORTGAGE,  IF  THE
 MANUFACTURED  HOME IS SUBSEQUENTLY FINANCED OR CONVEYED AS REAL PROPERTY
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, OR A MANUFACTURED HOME  SOLD  OUTRIGHT  TO  BE
 TRANSFERRED  AS  REAL PROPERTY IF PREVIOUSLY OWNED AS CHATTEL, THE MANU-
 FACTURED HOME SHALL BE CONVERTED TO REAL PROPERTY AS FOLLOWS:
   (I) IF THE MANUFACTURED HOME HAS A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AS A  VEHICLE,
 THE  MANUFACTURED HOMEOWNER SHALL FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES IN SECTION TWEN-
 TY-ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW FOR RELEASE
 OF THE SECURITY INTEREST, EXCEPT THAT THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES
 MAY RELEASE THE LIENHOLDER'S RIGHTS ON THE  CERTIFICATE  BUT  SHALL  NOT
 ISSUE  A  NEW  CERTIFICATE UPON SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT
 SECTION.  THE MANUFACTURED HOMEOWNER SHALL PROVIDE PROOF OF THE  CONVER-
 SION  TO  REAL PROPERTY TO THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN ACCORD-
 ANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED  TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND
 TRAFFIC LAW; AND
   (II)  IF  THE  CHATTEL  MORTGAGE  OR SECURITY INTEREST IS FILED WITH A
 RECORDING OFFICER OR DEPARTMENT OF STATE,  THE  HOMEOWNER  MUST  FILE  A
 TERMINATION  STATEMENT  OF  THE  SECURITY  INTEREST  ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN
 RELEASED OF THE LIEN BY THE LIENHOLDER WITH THE RECORDING OFFICER  WHERE
 THE  CHATTEL MORTGAGE FOR THE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS LAST RECORDED AND AS
 REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
   2. A REQUEST TO PURGE THE SECURITY INTEREST  SHALL  BE  FILED  WITH  A
 RECORDING  OFFICER  OF  THE  COUNTY  WHERE THE MANUFACTURED HOME WILL BE
 AFFIXED TO LAND, AND SHALL INCLUDE THE MOST RECENT UNIFORM BILL OF  SALE
 AND  EITHER THE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN OR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND THE
 TERMINATED UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE FINANCING  STATEMENT  OR  STATEMENTS,
 AND  AN  EXECUTED  WARRANTY  OR  QUITCLAIM  DEED, WHICH SHALL BE DRAFTED
 SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.
   3. UPON THE FILING BY THE RECORDING OFFICER OF THE DEED, AND UPON  THE
 OWNER'S PROCURING THE CONSENT OF THE HOLDERS OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST IN
 THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME  SHOWN  TO  BE UNRELEASED, THE MANUFACTURED HOME
 SHALL BECOME REAL PROPERTY.
   4. UPON RECEIVING A REQUEST TO PURGE THE SECURITY INTEREST OF A  MANU-
 FACTURED  HOME  WHICH FULFILLS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION, OR UPON
 FILING A DEED IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  THREE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-OO OF THIS ARTICLE, THE RECORDING OFFICER SHALL MARK
 OR  STAMP  THE MOST RECENT OF EITHER THE VEHICLE BILL OF SALE OR CERTIF-
 ICATE OF ORIGIN OR CERTIFICATE OF TITLE WITH THE WORD  "CONVERTED",  AND
 SHALL  SEND  THE  MARKED  OR STAMPED DOCUMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
 VEHICLES TO INFORM THE COMMISSIONER THAT THE MANUFACTURED HOME HAS  BEEN
 CONVERTED  TO  REAL PROPERTY AND SHALL NO LONGER BE A REGISTERED VEHICLE
 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR  VEHICLES
 SHALL MAINTAIN RECORDS OF THE CONVERSION IN THE SAME MANNER AND DURATION
 AS IT KEEPS ITS RECORDS FOR VEHICLES.
   5.  (A)  A  MANUFACTURED HOME THAT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO REAL PROPERTY
 SHALL NOT BE CONVERTED OR REDEFINED AS PERSONAL PROPERTY.

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   (B) A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT  IS  CONVERTED  TO  REAL  PROPERTY  SHALL
 CONTINUE  TO  BE  CONSIDERED A MANUFACTURED HOME FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE
 NEW YORK STATE UNIFORM FIRE PREVENTION AND BUILDING CODE, THE  NEW  YORK
 STATE  ENERGY CODE, ARTICLE TWENTY-ONE-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, AND ARTI-
 CLE THIRTY-FIVE OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.
   §  339-RR.  RELOCATION  OF  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME TO ANOTHER COUNTY OR
 STATE. 1. IF A DEED FOR ANY MANUFACTURED HOME IS RECORDED BY THE RECORD-
 ING OFFICER OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS  AFFIXED  TO
 LAND,  AND IF THAT MANUFACTURED HOME IS RELOCATED TO ANOTHER SITE WITHIN
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL,  WITHIN
 FIFTEEN DAYS OF THE RELOCATION, DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) FILE WITH THE RECORDING OFFICER WHERE THE DEED WAS LAST RECORDED A
 RELOCATION STATEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION;
   (II)  FILE  WITH  THE RECORDING OFFICER WHERE THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS
 RELOCATED A COPY OF THE RELOCATION STATEMENT AS REQUIRED BY THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION,  TOGETHER  WITH THE DEED FILED WITH THE RECORDING OFFICER OF THE
 COUNTY WHERE THE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS PREVIOUSLY SITED. IF THE  RECORDS
 OF  A  COUNTY IN WHICH THE DEED OR CONVEYANCE IS RECORDED ARE DESTROYED,
 AN ATTESTED COPY OF THE DEED OR  OTHER  CONVEYANCE  FROM  THE  RECORDING
 OFFICER  SHALL HAVE THE SAME VALIDITY AS A COPY FROM THE RECORDING OFFI-
 CER'S OFFICE; AND
   (III) PROVIDE A COPY OF THE RELOCATION  STATEMENT  FILED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS  SUBDIVISION  TO  THE  HOLDERS OF ANY UNRELEASED, RECORDED SECURITY
 INTERESTS IN THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
   FORM FOR RELOCATION STATEMENT
   _____, OF  ____,_____  COUNTY,  STATE  OF  ______,  IS  THE  OWNER  OF
 (DESCRIPTION OF MANUFACTURED HOME: NAME OF MANUFACTURER, MODEL AND SERI-
 AL  NUMBER  AND  ENCUMBRANCES,  EXCEPTIONS, RESERVATIONS, IF ANY), WHICH
 MANUFACTURED HOME HAS BEEN RELOCATED.
   THE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS PREVIOUSLY LOCATED AT _____ (STATE  NAME  OF
 PARK, IF ANY, AND STREET ADDRESS), (CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE) OF ______ COUN-
 TY,  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK AND TITLE, IF ANY, TO THE SAME WAS RECORDED AT
 BOOK ______, PAGE _____,________ IN THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  (CITY,  TOWN,
 VILLAGE)  OF _____. _____ THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS/HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO
 ____ (STATE NAME OF PARK, IF ANY, AND STREET ADDRESS),  ________  (CITY,
 TOWN,  VILLAGE)  OF _______,_______ COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK AND TITLE,
 IF ANY, TO THE SAME WAS RECORDED AT BOOK _________ , PAGE _____, IN  THE
 RECORDS  OF THE (CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE) OF _______. _________ THE TRACT OR
 PARCEL OF LAND UPON WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS AFFIXED  TO  LAND  IS
 OWNED  BY  _______  BY DEED DATED _______ AND RECORDED AT BOOK _______ ,
 PAGE ________ IN THE LAND RECORDS OF THE (CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE) OF  _____
 .
   THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME IS SUBJECT TO AN EXISTING MORTGAGE BY ________
 IN FAVOR OF ________, RECORDED AT BOOK ________, PAGE ____ , IN THE LAND
 RECORDS OF THE (CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE) OF __________.
   IF THE RELOCATION IS TO A COUNTY IN NEW YORK OTHER THAN THE COUNTY  IN
 WHICH  THE DEED TO THE GRANTOR WAS RECORDED, A DUPLICATE ORIGINAL OF THE
 DEED TO THE GRANTOR SHALL BE RECORDED IN THE LAND RECORDS OF THE  COUNTY
 OF THE RELOCATION AT THE SAME TIME THIS STATEMENT IS RECORDED.
   SIGNED THIS _______ DAY OF ______, _____.
   2.  AN  OUT-OF-STATE  TRANSFER  STATEMENT  SUBSTANTIALLY  IN  THE FORM
 PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL, WHEN DULY EXECUTED AND  RECORDED  BY
 THE  RECORDING  OFFICER  IN  WHICH  THE MANUFACTURED HOME WAS PREVIOUSLY
 LOCATED, HAVE THE FORCE AND EFFECT OF TRANSFERRING TITLE OF THE MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME TO THE GRANTEE, THE GRANTEE'S HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, AND  ASSIGNS

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 AND TERMINATING THE RECORD TITLE OR DEED OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME IN THE
 COUNTY  RECORDS  UNDER  CIRCUMSTANCES  BY WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS
 RELOCATED OUTSIDE THIS STATE. NO OWNER OF LAND ON WHICH  A  MANUFACTURED
 HOME  IS  SITED SHALL UNREASONABLY WITHHOLD THE CONSENT REQUIRED BY THIS
 STATUTORY FORM. NO MANUFACTURED HOME MAY BE RELOCATED TO A SITE  OUTSIDE
 THIS STATE UNLESS ALL HOLDERS OF LIENS, ATTACHMENTS, OR ENCUMBRANCES, IF
 ANY, CONSENT IN WRITING ON THE TRANSFER STATEMENT.
   FORM FOR OUT-OF-STATE TRANSFER STATEMENT
   _____,  OF  _____,  COUNTY, STATE OF _______("GRANTOR"), FOR CONSIDER-
 ATION PAID, ________ GRANTS  TO  ________,  (COMPLETE  MAILING  ADDRESS)
 ______,______    OF  _____  STREET,  (CITY,  TOWN,  VILLAGE) OF _______,
 _________ COUNTY, STATE OF ("GRANTEE"), THE __________  (DESCRIPTION  OF
 MANUFACTURED HOME BEING CONVEYED: NAME OF MANUFACTURER, MODEL AND SERIAL
 NUMBER  AND  ENCUMBRANCES, EXCEPTIONS, RESERVATIONS, IF ANY) WHICH MANU-
 FACTURED HOME WAS SITUATED AT (STATE NAME OF PARK, IF  ANY,  AND  STREET
 ADDRESS  (CITY,  TOWN,  VILLAGE)  ______OF________  COUNTY, STATE OF NEW
 YORK. THE TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND UPON WHICH THE MANUFACTURED  HOME  WAS
 AFFIXED  TO LAND IS OWNED BY__________ BY_____ DEED ______ DATED _______
 AND RECORDED AT BOOK _______,  PAGE  ________  IN  THE  ________  COUNTY
 REGISTRY OF DEEDS.
   THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME IS TRANSFERRED SUBJECT TO AN EXISTING MORTGAGE
 BY _______IN FAVOR OF _______, RECORDED AT BOOK ______,  PAGE  ____,  IN
 THE  LAND  RECORDS OF THE COUNTY (CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE) OF _______, STATE
 OF NEW YORK.
   SIGNED THIS ___________ DAY OF ________, _________.
   (HERE ADD ACKNOWLEDGMENT) _____________, OWNER OF THE TRACT OR  PARCEL
 OF  LAND UPON WHICH THE AFORESAID MANUFACTURED HOME WAS SITUATED, HEREBY
 CONSENTS TO THE CONVEYANCE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
   SIGNED _______ THIS DAY OF ______, ______.
             (HERE ADD ACKNOWLEDGMENT)
   _________, HOLDER OF (LIEN, ATTACHMENT OR ENCUMBRANCE) HEREBY  CONSENT
 TO  THE CONVEYANCE OF THE AFORESAID MANUFACTURED HOME, SUBJECT TO CONDI-
 TION THAT THE AFORESAID (LIEN, ATTACHMENT OR ENCUMBRANCE)  SHALL  REMAIN
 IN FORCE AND EFFECT THEREON.
   SIGNED THIS __________ DAY OF ________, _______.
 (HERE ADD ACKNOWLEDGMENT)
   3.  AN  ATTACHMENT, MORTGAGE, SECURITY INTEREST, LIEN, OR OTHER ENCUM-
 BRANCE ON  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME,  WHEN  PROPERLY  PERFECTED,  SHALL  BE
 ENFORCEABLE  UNTIL RELEASED OR DISCHARGED NOTWITHSTANDING THE RELOCATION
 OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
   4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL IMPAIR ANY RIGHTS EXISTING UNDER  LAW
 PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION OF ANYONE CLAIMING AN INTER-
 EST IN A MANUFACTURED HOME, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.
   §  339-SS.  HOME  WARRANTY.  A WARRANTY THAT APPLIES TO A MANUFACTURED
 HOME WHEN IT IS SOLD AND RIGHTS ARISING FROM A BREACH  OF  THE  WARRANTY
 ARE  NOT AFFECTED BY A SUBSEQUENT CHANGE IN THE HOME'S CLASSIFICATION AS
 REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. NO ADDITIONAL  WARRANTY  APPLIES
 TO  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  SOLELY  BECAUSE OF A SUBSEQUENT CHANGE IN THE
 HOME'S CLASSIFICATION AS REAL PROPERTY.
   § 339-TT. RELATION TO OTHER LAW. 1. IF  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  BECOMES
 REAL  PROPERTY  PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, IT IS NOT A FIXTURE AND IS NOT
 SUBJECT TO THE LAW OF FIXTURES AFTER THE CONVERSION.
   2. ANY STATUTORY FEES FOR THE RECORDING OF DEEDS AS AUTHORIZED BY THIS
 CHAPTER ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS ARTICLE.

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   3. ANY FEES TO BE PAID TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AS  AUTHOR-
 IZED  BY SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAF-
 FIC LAW SHALL BE DUE ACCORDING TO SUCH SECTION.
   §  339-UU. DISPOSITION OF LIENS ON VEHICLES. NEITHER THE ACT OF AFFIX-
 ING A MANUFACTURED HOME TO LAND, NOR THE RECORDING OF A  DEED,  NOR  THE
 FINANCING  OF  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  AS REAL PROPERTY, SHALL IMPAIR THE
 RIGHTS OF ANY HOLDER OF A  SECURITY  INTEREST  IN  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME
 PERFECTED  AS  PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE
 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, UNLESS THE PROCEDURES FOR A RELEASE OF ANY LIEN
 AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE VEHICLE  AND
 TRAFFIC LAW ARE COMPLETE. UPON THE FILING OF SUCH A RELEASE, THE SECURI-
 TY INTEREST CREATED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW TERMINATES.
   §  339-VV.  CONVEYANCE  AND  ENCUMBRANCES.  EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS
 ARTICLE, FINANCING AS RESIDENTIAL REAL  PROPERTY  IS  NOT  NECESSARY  TO
 CONVEY OR ENCUMBER A MANUFACTURED HOME.
   § 339-WW. SEVERABILITY. IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR THE APPLI-
 CATION THEREOF TO ANY PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCES IS HELD INVALID, THE INVA-
 LIDITY  SHALL NOT AFFECT OTHER PROVISIONS OR APPLICATIONS OF THE ARTICLE
 WHICH CAN BE GIVEN EFFECT WITHOUT THE INVALID PROVISION OR  APPLICATION,
 AND TO THIS END THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE ARE DECLARED TO BE SEVER-
 ABLE.
   §  15.  The  section  heading  and  paragraph  2 of subdivision (a) of
 section 2124 of the vehicle and traffic law, as added by chapter 322  of
 the laws of 1993, are amended to read as follows:
   Suspension [or], revocation, OR NON-TRANSFERABILITY of certificates.
   (2) [Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the] THE commissioner
 shall not suspend or revoke a certificate of title to a vehicle which is
 a  mobile  home  or manufactured home by reason of the fact that, at any
 time, in any manner, it shall have become attached to realty EXCEPT THAT
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT TRANSFER TITLE OWNERSHIP TO OR ISSUE A DUPLI-
 CATE TITLE FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME ONCE IN RECEIPT  OF  NOTICE  IN  SUCH
 FORM AND MANNER AS THE COMMISSIONER MAY PRESCRIBE THAT SUCH MANUFACTURED
 HOME  HAS  BEEN  CONVERTED  TO  REAL  PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-QQ OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   § 16. Paragraph 4 of section 6-2.1 of the estates, powers  and  trusts
 law,  as  amended by chapter 480 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (4) Only as to real property and, on and after January first, nineteen
 hundred ninety-six, as to the shares of stock of a cooperative apartment
 corporation allocated to an apartment or unit together with  the  appur-
 tenant  proprietary lease, AND, ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
 NINETEEN A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT HAS BEEN CONVERTED  TO  REAL  PROPERTY
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-QQ OF THE REAL PROPERTY
 LAW, tenancy by the entirety.
   § 17. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.