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                                   8152
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. THIELE, STECK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the real  property  law,
   in  relation  to  manufactured  home  certificates  of  title, and the
   conveyance and encumbrance of manufactured 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
 land-home property act".
   § 2. Section 2107 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by  adding
 thirteen  new  subdivisions (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l),
 (m), (n), (o) and (p) to read as follows:
   (D) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-D  OF
 THIS ARTICLE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO
 A  MANUFACTURED HOME WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THERE HAS BEEN FILED AN AFFI-
 DAVIT OF AFFIXATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH FIVE  OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF
 SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE, PARAGRAPH FIVE
 OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-B  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE,  AND  PARAGRAPH  FIVE  OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-C OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (E) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL FILE, UPON RECEIPT, EACH AFFIDAVIT OF AFFI-
 XATION THAT IS DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (B)  OF  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-NN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, EACH DECLARATION
 THAT IS DELIVERED PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  SIX  OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF
 SECTION  TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-C OF THIS ARTICLE AND EACH AFFIDA-
 VIT OF SEVERANCE THAT IS DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (E) OF
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-UU OF  THE  REAL  PROPERTY  LAW,  WHEN
 SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY.
   (F)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  MAINTAIN  A RECORD OF EACH AFFIDAVIT OF
 AFFIXATION HE OR SHE FILES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION  (E)  OF  THIS
 SECTION.  THE  RECORD  SHALL STATE THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF THE MANUFAC-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD11575-01-1

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 TURED HOME, THE COUNTY OF RECORDATION, THE DATE OF RECORDATION, THE BOOK
 AND PAGE NUMBER OF EACH BOOK OF DEEDS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN  RECORDED  AN
 AFFIDAVIT  OF AFFIXATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A)
 OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE-NN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW AND
 THIS ARTICLE, AND IF APPLICABLE, A STATEMENT THAT FILED WITH THE AFFIDA-
 VIT OF AFFIXATION IS A DECLARATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH SIX OF SUBDIVI-
 SION (A) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-C OF THIS ARTICLE,  AND
 ANY OTHER DATA THE COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES.
   (G)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL FILE, UPON RECEIPT, EACH APPLICATION FOR
 SURRENDER OF THE MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE  OF  ORIGIN  RELATING  TO  A
 MANUFACTURED  HOME  THAT IS DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-
 ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  WHEN  SATISFIED  AS  TO  ITS
 GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY.
   (H) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A RECORD OF EACH MANUFACTURED HOME
 MANUFACTURER'S  CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN THAT HE OR SHE ACCEPTS FOR SURREN-
 DER AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A OF THIS  ARTI-
 CLE.    THE RECORD SHALL STATE THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED
 HOME, THE DATE THE MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF  ORIGIN  WAS  DELIVERED
 FOR  SURRENDER,  THE COUNTY OF RECORDATION, THE DATE OF RECORDATION, AND
 THE BOOK AND PAGE NUMBER OF EACH BOOK OF  DEEDS  WHERE  THERE  HAS  BEEN
 RECORDED  AN  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (III) OF
 SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE-NN  OF  THE  REAL
 PROPERTY  LAW  AND  THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  ANY OTHER DATA THE COMMISSIONER
 PRESCRIBES.
   (I) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL FILE, UPON RECEIPT,  EACH  APPLICATION  FOR
 SURRENDER  OF  THE  CERTIFICATE OF TITLE RELATING TO A MANUFACTURED HOME
 THAT IS DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVEN-
 TEEN-B  OF  THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGU-
 LARITY.
   (J) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A RECORD OF EACH MANUFACTURED HOME
 CERTIFICATE OF TITLE THAT HE OR SHE ACCEPTS FOR SURRENDER AS PROVIDED IN
 SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-B OF THIS ARTICLE. THE RECORD SHALL
 STATE THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF  THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME,  THE  DATE  THE
 CERTIFICATE OF TITLE WAS DELIVERED FOR SURRENDER, THE COUNTY OF RECORDA-
 TION,  THE DATE OF RECORDATION, THE BOOK AND PAGE NUMBER OF EACH BOOK OF
 DEEDS WHERE THERE HAS BEEN RECORDED AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION  PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH  (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-
 NINE-NN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW AND THIS ARTICLE, AND  ANY  OTHER  DATA
 THE COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES.
   (K)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL FILE, UPON RECEIPT, EACH APPLICATION FOR
 CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION RELATING  TO  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  THAT  IS
 DELIVERED  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-C OF
 THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY.
   (L) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A RECORD OF EACH  APPLICATION  FOR
 CONFIRMATION  OF  CONVERSION  ACCEPTED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-C OF THIS ARTICLE. THE RECORD SHALL STATE THE NAME  OF
 THE  OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME, THE COUNTY OF RECORDATION, THE DATE
 OF RECORDATION, THE BOOK AND PAGE NUMBER OF EACH  BOOK  OF  DEEDS  WHERE
 THERE HAS BEEN RECORDED AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
 (III)  OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-NN OF THE
 REAL PROPERTY LAW AND THIS ARTICLE, AND ANY OTHER DATA THE  COMMISSIONER
 PRESCRIBES.
   (M)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL FILE, UPON RECEIPT, EACH APPLICATION FOR A
 NEW CERTIFICATE OF TITLE RELATING TO A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS  DELIV-
 ERED  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-D OF THIS
 ARTICLE, WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY.

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   (N) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAINTAIN A  RECORD  OF  EACH  AFFIDAVIT  OF
 SEVERANCE  HE  OR  SHE  FILES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (M) OF THIS
 SECTION AND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-D OF THIS ARTICLE.  THE
 RECORD  SHALL  STATE THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME, THE
 COUNTY OF RECORDATION, THE DATE OF RECORDATION, THE BOOK AND PAGE NUMBER
 OF  EACH  BOOK  OF  DEEDS  WHERE THERE HAS BEEN RECORDED AN AFFIDAVIT OF
 SEVERANCE PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-UU OF  THE  REAL
 PROPERTY LAW, AND ANY OTHER DATA THE COMMISSIONER PRESCRIBES.
   (O)  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LAW, THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL MAINTAIN THE RECORDS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION INDEFINITELY.
   (P) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH ELECTRONIC PUBLIC ACCESS  TO  THE
 RECORDS  MAINTAINED  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISIONS (F), (H), (J), (L)
 AND (N) OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. Subdivision (e) of section 2108 of the vehicle and  traffic  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  322  of  the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a certificate of title
 to a vehicle which is a [mobile home or a] manufactured home  issued  by
 the  commissioner  is prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on it,
 notwithstanding the fact that such vehicle, at any time, in any  manner,
 shall  have  become  [attached  to realty] AFFIXED IN ANY MANNER TO REAL
 PROPERTY.
   § 4. The vehicle and  traffic  law  is  amended  by  adding  four  new
 sections 2117-a, 2117-b, 2117-c and 2117-d to read as follows:
   § 2117-A. SURRENDER OF MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN TO A MANU-
 FACTURED  HOME.  (A)  THE  OWNER  OR  OWNERS  OF A MANUFACTURED HOME WHO
 POSSESS THE MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF  ORIGIN  TO  THE  MANUFACTURED
 HOME  THAT  IS AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVI-
 SION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-NN OF  THE  REAL  PROPERTY
 LAW, OR WHICH THE OWNER OR OWNERS INTEND TO AFFIX TO A PERMANENT FOUNDA-
 TION,  MAY  SURRENDER  THE  MANUFACTURER'S  CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN TO THE
 MANUFACTURED HOME TO THE COMMISSIONER BY FILING WITH THE COMMISSIONER AN
 APPLICATION FOR SURRENDER OF THE MANUFACTURER'S  CERTIFICATE  OF  ORIGIN
 CONTAINING OR ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (1) THE NAME, RESIDENCE AND MAILING ADDRESS OF THE OWNER;
   (2)  A  DESCRIPTION  OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME INCLUDING, SO FAR AS THE
 FOLLOWING DATA EXISTS: THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE MAKE, THE MODEL
 NAME, THE MODEL YEAR, THE DIMENSIONS,  AND  THE  VEHICLE  IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER  OR  NUMBERS  OF  THE  MANUFACTURED HOME AND WHETHER IT IS NEW OR
 USED, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRES;
   (3) THE DATE OF PURCHASE BY THE OWNER OF THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME,  THE
 NAME  AND  ADDRESS OF THE PERSON FROM WHOM THE HOME WAS ACQUIRED AND THE
 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ANY LIENHOLDERS IN THE ORDER OF APPARENT  PRIORI-
 TY;
   (4)  A STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE OWNER, STATING EITHER, (I) ANY FACTS OR
 INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE OWNER THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY
 OF THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR THE EXISTENCE OR  NON-EXISTENCE
 OF  SECURITY  INTERESTS  IN OR LIEN ON IT; OR (II) THAT NO SUCH FACTS OR
 INFORMATION ARE KNOWN TO THE OWNER;
   (5) THE RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION AS PROVIDED BY PARA-
 GRAPH (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE-NN
 OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW;
   (6) THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN;
   (7)  THE  NAME  AND  MAILING  ADDRESS  OF  EACH PERSON WISHING WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SURRENDER FROM THE COMMISSIONER; AND

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   (8) ANY OTHER INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS  THE  COMMISSIONER  REASONABLY
 REQUIRES  TO  IDENTIFY  THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND TO ENABLE
 HIM OR HER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE OWNER SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENTS  OF
 SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-NN OF THE REAL
 PROPERTY  LAW  AND THE OWNER IS ENTITLED TO SURRENDER THE MANUFACTURER'S
 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN AND THE EXISTENCE  OR  NON-EXISTENCE  OF  SECURITY
 INTERESTS IN THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
   (B) WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY OF THE SURREN-
 DER  OF  THE MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN TO A MANUFACTURED HOME
 AND UPON SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS
 SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CANCEL THE MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF
 ORIGIN  AND  UPDATE HIS OR HER RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF SUBDIVISIONS (G) AND (H) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN OF  THIS
 ARTICLE  AND  PROVIDE  WRITTEN  ACKNOWLEDGMENT  OF  COMPLIANCE  WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO EACH PERSON IDENTIFIED IN PARAGRAPH  SEVEN
 OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   (C)  UPON  SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION A MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME SHALL BE CONVEYED AND ENCUMBERED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-SS OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   (D) UPON WRITTEN  REQUEST,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE  WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2117-B. SURRENDER OF TITLE TO A MANUFACTURED HOME. (A) THE OWNER OR
 OWNERS OF A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS COVERED BY A CERTIFICATE OF  TITLE
 AND  THAT  IS  AFFIXED  TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION AS PROVIDED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-MM OF THE REAL  PROPERTY  LAW,  OR  WHICH  THE
 OWNER OR OWNERS INTEND TO AFFIX TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION, MAY SURRENDER
 THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE MANUFACTURED HOME TO THE COMMISSIONER BY
 FILING  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  AN  APPLICATION  FOR SURRENDER OF TITLE
 CONTAINING OR ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (1) THE NAME, RESIDENCE AND MAILING ADDRESS OF THE OWNER;
   (2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME INCLUDING, SO  FAR  AS  THE
 FOLLOWING DATA EXISTS: THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE MAKE, THE MODEL
 NAME,  THE  MODEL  YEAR,  THE DIMENSIONS, AND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER OR NUMBERS OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND WHETHER IT IS NEW OR USED
 AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRES;
   (3) THE DATE OF PURCHASE BY THE OWNER OF THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME,  THE
 NAME  AND  ADDRESS OF THE PERSON FROM WHOM THE HOME WAS ACQUIRED AND THE
 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST HOLDERS AND LIENHOLDERS  IN
 THE ORDER OF APPARENT PRIORITY;
   (4)  A STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE OWNER, STATING EITHER: (I) ANY FACTS OR
 INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE OWNER THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY
 OF THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR THE EXISTENCE OR  NON-EXISTENCE
 OF  SECURITY  INTERESTS IN OR LIENS ON IT; OR (II) THAT NO SUCH FACTS OR
 INFORMATION ARE KNOWN TO THE OWNER;
   (5) THE RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION AS PROVIDED BY PARA-
 GRAPH (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE-NN
 OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW;
   (6)  THE  NAME  AND  MAILING  ADDRESS  OF  EACH PERSON WISHING WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SURRENDER FROM THE COMMISSIONER;
   (7) THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, WHICH, UPON CONCURRENT TRANSFER
 OF TITLE TO THE MANUFACTURED HOME, MAY BE ENDORSED BY THE CURRENT  OWNER
 OF RECORD TO HIS OR HER PURCHASER;
   (8)  ANY  RELEASE OF LIEN REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION;
 AND
   (9) ANY OTHER INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS  THE  COMMISSIONER  REASONABLY
 REQUIRES  TO  IDENTIFY  THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME, TO DETERMINE

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 WHETHER THE OWNER SATISFIED THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-RR OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, AND TO  ENABLE  HIM  OR
 HER  TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE OWNER IS ENTITLED TO SURRENDER THE CERTIF-
 ICATE  OF TITLE AND THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF SECURITY INTERESTS
 IN OR LIENS ON THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
   (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL NOT ACCEPT FOR SURRENDER A  CERTIFICATE  OF
 TITLE  TO  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  UNLESS AND UNTIL ANY LIENS PURSUANT TO
 SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED FIVE-A AND ANY SECURITY INTERESTS PURSUANT TO
 SECTIONS TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN AND  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTEEN  OF
 THIS ARTICLE HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
   (C) WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY OF THE SURREN-
 DER  OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO A MANUFACTURED HOME AND UPON SATISFAC-
 TION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISIONS (A) AND (B)  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CANCEL THE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND UPDATE HIS OR
 HER  RECORDS  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS (I) AND
 (J) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE. THE COMMISSION-
 ER SHALL ALSO PROVIDE WRITTEN  ACKNOWLEDGMENT  OF  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION TO EACH PERSON IDENTIFIED ON THE APPLICATION
 FOR SURRENDER OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE UNDER PARAGRAPH SIX OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   (D)  UPON  SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION A MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME SHALL BE CONVEYED AND ENCUMBERED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-SS OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   (E) UPON WRITTEN  REQUEST,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROVIDE  WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2117-C.  CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION OF A MANUFACTURED HOME. (A) THE
 OWNER OR OWNERS OF A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS NOT COVERED BY A  CERTIF-
 ICATE  OF TITLE OR A MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN, OR OF A MANU-
 FACTURED HOME THAT IS COVERED BY A MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF  ORIGIN
 OR  CERTIFICATE  OF  TITLE BUT WHICH THE OWNER OR OWNERS, AFTER DILIGENT
 SEARCH AND INQUIRY, ARE UNABLE TO PRODUCE, AND  THAT  IS  AFFIXED  TO  A
 PERMANENT FOUNDATION, OR WHICH THE OWNER INTENDS TO AFFIX TO A PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION,  MAY  SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-NN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW BY FILING WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER AN APPLICATION FOR CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION CONTAINING OR
 ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (1) THE NAME, RESIDENCE AND MAILING ADDRESS OF THE OWNER;
   (2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME INCLUDING, SO  FAR  AS  THE
 FOLLOWING DATA EXISTS: THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE MAKE, THE MODEL
 NAME,  THE  MODEL  YEAR,  THE DIMENSIONS, AND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER OR NUMBERS OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND WHETHER IT IS NEW OR USED
 AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRES;
   (3) THE DATE OF PURCHASE BY THE OWNER OF THE  MANUFACTURED  HOME,  THE
 NAME  AND  ADDRESS OF THE PERSON FROM WHOM THE HOME WAS ACQUIRED AND THE
 NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ANY SECURITY INTEREST HOLDERS AND LIENHOLDERS  IN
 THE ORDER OF APPARENT PRIORITY;
   (4)  A STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE OWNER, STATING EITHER: (I) ANY FACTS OR
 INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE OWNER THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY
 OF THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR THE EXISTENCE OR  NON-EXISTENCE
 OF  SECURITY INTERESTS  IN OR LIENS ON IT; OR (II) THAT NO SUCH FACTS OR
 INFORMATION ARE KNOWN TO THE OWNER;
   (5) THE RECORDED ORIGINAL OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION  AS  PROVIDED
 BY  PARAGRAPH  (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-
 NINE-NN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW;
   (6) A SWORN DECLARATION BY AN ATTORNEY AT LAW, DULY ADMITTED TO  PRAC-
 TICE  IN  THE  COURTS  OF  THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR AN AGENT OF A TITLE

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 INSURANCE COMPANY DULY LICENSED TO ISSUE POLICIES OF TITLE INSURANCE  IN
 THE  STATE  OF NEW YORK, THAT THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS FREE AND CLEAR OF
 OR HAS BEEN RELEASED OR WILL BE RELEASED FROM ALL RECORD SECURITY INTER-
 ESTS, LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES; AND: (I) ANY FACTS OR INFORMATION KNOWN TO
 HIM OR HER THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE TITLE OF THE
 MANUFACTURED  HOME  OR THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF SECURITY INTER-
 ESTS IN IT; OR (II) THAT NO SUCH FACTS OR INFORMATION ARE KNOWN  TO  HIM
 OR HER; AND
   (7)  THE  NAME  AND  MAILING  ADDRESS  OF  EACH PERSON WISHING WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION FROM THE COMMISSIONER; AND
   (8) ANY OTHER INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS  THE  COMMISSIONER  REASONABLY
 REQUIRES TO IDENTIFY THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND TO DETERMINE
 THE OWNER SATISFIED THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 THIRTY-NINE-NN  OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW, AND THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXIS-
 TENCE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN OR LIENS ON THE MANUFACTURED HOME.
   (B) WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY OF THE CONFIR-
 MATION OF CONVERSION OF A MANUFACTURED HOME AND UPON SATISFACTION OF THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL
 UPDATE  HIS OR HER RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVI-
 SIONS (F), (K) AND (L) OF SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ALSO  PROVIDE  WRITTEN  ACKNOWLEDGMENT  OF
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO EACH PERSON IDENTIFIED
 ON  THE APPLICATION FOR CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION UNDER PARAGRAPH SEVEN
 OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   (C) UPON SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION  A  MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME SHALL BE CONVEYED AND ENCUMBERED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-SS OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   (D)  UPON  WRITTEN  REQUEST,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2117-D. APPLICATION TO REINSTATE CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO A  MANUFAC-
 TURED  HOME.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, WHERE A
 MANUFACTURED HOME  HAS  BEEN  AFFIXED  TO  A  PERMANENT  FOUNDATION,  AS
 PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-MM OF THE REAL PROPERTY
 LAW, AND AN AFFIDAVIT OF  AFFIXATION  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (III)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-NN OF THE REAL
 PROPERTY LAW HAS BEEN RECORDED IN THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS IN THE COUN-
 TY IN WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS LOCATED, AND WHERE THE MANUFACTURED
 HOME SUBSEQUENTLY IS DETACHED OR SEVERED FROM  THE  REAL  PROPERTY,  THE
 OWNER  OR OWNERS MAY APPLY FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE OF TITLE BY FILING WITH
 THE COMMISSIONER AN APPLICATION TO ISSUE A NEW CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO A
 MANUFACTURED HOME CONTAINING OR ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (1) THE NAME, RESIDENCE AND MAILING ADDRESS OF THE OWNER;
   (2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME INCLUDING, SO  FAR  AS  THE
 FOLLOWING DATA EXISTS: THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE MAKE, THE MODEL
 NAME,  THE  MODEL  YEAR,  THE DIMENSIONS, AND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER OR NUMBERS OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND  WHETHER  IT  IS  NEW  OR
 USED, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRES;
   (3) A STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE APPLICANT, STATING EITHER: (I) ANY FACTS
 OR  INFORMATION  KNOWN TO THE APPLICANT THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE
 VALIDITY OF THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR THE EXISTENCE OR  NON-
 EXISTENCE  OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN OR LIENS ON IT; OR (II) THAT NO SUCH
 FACTS OR INFORMATION ARE KNOWN TO THE APPLICANT;
   (4) THE RECORDED ORIGINAL OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE AS PROVIDED BY
 SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-UU OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW;
   (5) A SWORN DECLARATION BY AN ATTORNEY AT LAW, DULY ADMITTED TO  PRAC-
 TICE  IN  THE  COURTS  OF  THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR AN AGENT OF A TITLE

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 INSURANCE COMPANY DULY LICENSED TO ISSUE POLICIES OF TITLE INSURANCE  IN
 THE  STATE  OF NEW YORK, THAT THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS FREE AND CLEAR OF
 ALL SECURITY INTERESTS, LIENS AND  ENCUMBRANCES  OR  THAT  ALL  SECURITY
 INTERESTS,  LIENS  AND ENCUMBRANCES WILL BE RELEASED, AND: (I) ANY FACTS
 OR INFORMATION KNOWN TO HIM OR HER  THAT  COULD  REASONABLY  AFFECT  THE
 VALIDITY  OF THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR THE EXISTENCE OR NON-
 EXISTENCE OF ANY SECURITY INTERESTS IN OR LIEN ON IT; OR  (II)  THAT  NO
 SUCH FACTS OR INFORMATION ARE KNOWN TO HIM OR HER; AND
   (6)  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS THE COMMISSIONER REASONABLY
 REQUIRES TO IDENTIFY THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND TO ENABLE HIM OR  HER  TO
 DETERMINE  WHETHER  THE  OWNER IS ENTITLED TO A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND
 THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN OR LIENS ON  THE
 MANUFACTURED HOME.
   (B)  WHEN SATISFIED AS TO ITS GENUINENESS AND REGULARITY OF THE APPLI-
 CATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO A MANUFACTURED HOME AND UPON SATIS-
 FACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ISSUE  A NEW CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND UPDATE HIS OR
 HER RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (C)  IMMEDIATELY UPON SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION
 AND THEREAFTER, A MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE CONVEYED AND ENCUMBERED  AS
 PERSONAL PROPERTY AS PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER.
   § 5. Subdivisions (d) and (e) of section 2118 of the vehicle and traf-
 fic law, subdivision (d) as added by chapter 322 of the laws of 1993 and
 subdivision  (e)  as  amended  by  chapter  84  of the laws of 2001, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (d) A security interest noted on a certificate of title to  a  vehicle
 which is a [mobile home or a] manufactured home shall have priority over
 [any  other] ALL subsequent liens or security interests except for those
 set forth in subdivision (c) of section [two  thousand  one]  TWENTY-ONE
 hundred three of this article.
   (e)  [After]  EXCEPT  AS  OTHERWISE  PROVIDED  IN  SECTIONS TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-B AND TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE OF THIS ARTICLE,
 AND ARTICLE NINE-C OF THE REAL PROPERTY  LAW,  AFTER  a  certificate  of
 title  has  been issued [in this state] for a [vehicle which is a mobile
 home or a] manufactured home, and as long as the  [vehicle  which  is  a
 mobile  home or a] manufactured home is subject to any security interest
 perfected pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall not  FILE  AN
 AFFIDAVIT  OF AFFIXATION, NOR revoke the certificate of title, NOR ISSUE
 A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED  SEVEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  and,  in any event, the validity and
 priority of any security interest perfected  pursuant  to  this  section
 shall continue, notwithstanding the provision of any other law[, includ-
 ing  but  not  limited to section 9-303 and section 9-313 of the uniform
 commercial code].
   § 6. Section 2123 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 322 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2123. Exclusiveness  of procedure. The method provided in this arti-
 cle of perfecting and giving notice of  security  interests  subject  to
 this  article  is  exclusive. Security interests subject to this article
 are hereby exempted from the provisions of law which otherwise relate to
 the perfection of security interests,  [including  but  not  limited  to
 section  9-313  of  the uniform commercial code] PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 WITH RESPECT TO A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS OR  WILL  BE  AFFIXED  TO  A
 PERMANENT  FOUNDATION,  UPON  RECORDATION  OF AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (III) OF SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED

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 THIRTY-NINE-NN OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW AND SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIRE-
 MENTS  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-A, TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED
 SEVENTEEN-B OR TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-C  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  ANY
 PERFECTION  OR  TERMINATION  OF A SECURITY INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO SUCH
 MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE NINE-C OF
 THE REAL PROPERTY LAW.
   § 7. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 2124 of the vehicle and
 traffic law, as added by chapter 322 of the laws of 1993, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   (2) [Notwithstanding any other provision of law] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN
 SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-B AND SUBDIVISION (E) OF SECTION
 TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, 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] REAL PROPERTY.
   § 8. The real property law is amended by adding a new article  9-C  to
 read as follows:
 
                                ARTICLE 9-C
     CONVEYANCE AND ENCUMBRANCE OF MANUFACTURED HOMES AS REAL PROPERTY
 SECTION 339-MM. MANUFACTURED HOME; AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION.
         339-NN. CONVERSION PROCEDURE.
         339-OO. AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION.
         339-PP. DISPOSITION OF LIENS.
         339-QQ. NOTICE TO COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
         339-RR. TIME OF CONVERSION.
         339-SS. CONVEYANCE AND ENCUMBRANCE AS A REAL PROPERTY.
         339-TT. MANUFACTURED HOMES THAT REMAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY.
         339-UU. AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE.
         339-VV. DOCUMENTS IN TRUST.
         339-WW. HOME WARRANTY.
         339-XX. IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS.
   § 339-MM.  MANUFACTURED  HOME; AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION.  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "MANUFACTURED HOME" MEANS A "MANUFAC-
 TURED HOME" AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH FIFTY-THREE  OF  SUBSECTION  (A)  OF
 SECTION  9-102  OF  THE  UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.   FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, ARTICLE FORTY-SIX OF THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,  AND  THE
 UNIFORM  COMMERCIAL CODE, A MANUFACTURED HOME IS "AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION" IF IT IS ANCHORED TO REAL PROPERTY BY ATTACHMENT TO A PERMA-
 NENT FOUNDATION, AND CONNECTED TO A RESIDENTIAL UTILITY, SUCH AS  WATER,
 GAS, ELECTRICITY, SEWER OR SEPTIC SERVICE.
   §  339-NN.  CONVERSION  PROCEDURE.    (A) A MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE
 DEEMED TO BE REAL PROPERTY AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS  APPLICABLE
 THERETO WHEN THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE SATISFIED:
   (I) THE MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION;
   (II)  THE  OWNERSHIP  INTERESTS  IN THE MANUFACTURED HOME AND THE REAL
 PROPERTY TO WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS OR SHALL BE AFFIXED SHALL  BE
 IDENTICAL,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME,
 IF NOT THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY, IS  IN  POSSESSION  OF  THE  REAL
 PROPERTY  UNDER  THE  TERMS OF A LEASE IN RECORDABLE FORM, AND THE OWNER
 HAS THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE LESSOR OF THE REAL PROPERTY; AND
   (III) EACH PERSON HAVING AN OWNERSHIP  INTEREST  IN  SUCH  HOME  SHALL
 EXECUTE  AND RECORD WITH THE RECORDING OFFICER OF THE COUNTY OR COUNTIES
 IN WHICH THE REAL PROPERTY IS LOCATED  AN  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION  AS
 PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-OO OF THIS ARTICLE, AND
 SATISFY THE OTHER APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE.

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   (B) UPON RECEIPT OF THE  RECORDED  ORIGINAL  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION
 PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-QQ OF THIS ARTICLE, ANY
 PERSON DESIGNATED THEREIN FOR FILING  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MOTOR
 VEHICLES  SHALL  FILE THE RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION WITH
 THE  COMMISSIONER.    (I)  IN  THE  CASE  WHERE THE HOME IS COVERED BY A
 MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN, THE RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF
 AFFIXATION AND THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE
 FILED WITH THE  COMMISSIONER  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED
 SEVENTEEN-A OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW. (II) IN THE CASE THE HOME IS
 COVERED  BY  A  CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, THE RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF
 AFFIXATION AND THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE SHALL BE FILED WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTEEN-B
 OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW.  (III)  IN THE CASE THE HOME IS NOT
 COVERED BY A MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN OR  A  CERTIFICATE  OF
 TITLE,  OR WHERE A MANUFACTURED HOME THAT IS COVERED BY A MANUFACTURER'S
 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN OR CERTIFICATE OF TITLE BUT  WHICH  THE  OWNER  OR
 OWNERS,  AFTER  DILIGENT  SEARCH AND INQUIRY, ARE UNABLE TO PRODUCE, THE
 RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION  SHALL  BE  FILED  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-C
 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   § 339-OO. AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION. (A) TO CONVEY OR VOLUNTARILY ENCUM-
 BER A MANUFACTURED HOME, AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION SHALL CONTAIN OR  BE
 ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (I) SO FAR AS THE DATA EXISTS, THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE MAKE,
 THE  MODEL  NAME,  THE MODEL YEAR, THE DIMENSIONS, AND THE VEHICLE IDEN-
 TIFICATION NUMBER OR NUMBERS OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME, AND WHETHER IT IS
 NEW OR USED;
   (II)(A) A STATEMENT THAT THE PARTY  EXECUTING  THE  AFFIDAVIT  IS  THE
 OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED THEREIN OR, (B) IF NOT THE OWNER OF
 THE  REAL PROPERTY, (1) A STATEMENT THAT THE PARTY EXECUTING THE AFFIDA-
 VIT IS IN POSSESSION OF THE REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO  THE  TERMS  OF  A
 LEASE  IN RECORDABLE FORM, AND (2) THE CONSENT OF THE LESSOR OF THE REAL
 PROPERTY SHALL BE ENDORSED UPON OR ATTACHED  TO  THE  AFFIDAVIT  AND  BE
 ACKNOWLEDGED  OR  PROVED  IN THE MANNER AS TO ENTITLE A CONVEYANCE TO BE
 RECORDED;
   (III) THE STREET ADDRESS AND THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE REAL PROPER-
 TY UPON WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS OR WILL BE AFFIXED TO A PERMANENT
 FOUNDATION;
   (IV) AS APPLICABLE, (A) IF THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS NOT COVERED  BY  A
 CERTIFICATE  OF TITLE, A STATEMENT BY THE OWNER OR OWNERS TO THAT EFFECT
 A STATEMENT THAT, THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL SURRENDER THE
 ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES;
   (B)  IF  THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS COVERED BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, A
 STATEMENT BY THE OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME  THAT  THE  MANUFACTURED
 HOME  IS COVERED BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND THAT THE OWNER OR OWNERS
 OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL SURRENDER  THE  ORIGINAL  CERTIFICATE  OF
 TITLE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES;
   (C)  IF  THE  MANUFACTURED HOME IS COVERED BY NEITHER A MANUFACTURER'S
 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN NOR A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE,  A  STATEMENT  BY  THE
 OWNER OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME TO THAT EFFECT;
   (V) A STATEMENT THAT THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS OR SHALL BE AFFIXED TO A
 PERMANENT FOUNDATION TO THE REAL PROPERTY;
   (VI)  THE  NAME  AND  ADDRESS  OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED FOR FILING THE
 RECORDED ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR
 VEHICLES, TO WHOM THE RECORDING OFFICER SHALL RETURN  THE  AFFIDAVIT  OF

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 AFFIXATION AFTER IT HAS BEEN DULY RECORDED IN THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS,
 AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION.
   (B)  THE  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION  SHALL BE IN THE FORM SET FORTH IN
 SUBDIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION, DULY ACKNOWLEDGED  OR  PROVED  IN  LIKE
 MANNER  AS  TO  ENTITLE A CONVEYANCE TO BE RECORDED AND WHEN SO ACKNOWL-
 EDGED OR PROVED, UPON PAYMENT OF THE LAWFUL FEES THEREFOR, THE RECORDING
 OFFICER SHALL IMMEDIATELY CAUSE THE  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION  AND  ANY
 ATTACHMENTS  THERETO,  TO  BE DULY RECORDED AND INDEXED IN THE RECORD OF
 DEEDS.
   (C) AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION SHALL BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORM  SET
 FORTH BELOW:
 
 _______________________, 20____
 DATE
 _______________________________
 PLACE OF RECORDING
 
 RECORD & RETURN BY [] MAIL [] PICKUP TO:
 _______________________________
 NAME
 _______________________________
 ADDRESS 1
 _______________________________
 ADDRESS 2
 
                 MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION
 
 HOMEOWNER, BEING DULY SWORN, ON HIS OR HER OATH, STATES AS FOLLOWS:
 
 1. HOMEOWNER OWNS THE MANUFACTURED HOME ("HOME") DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
 
 _________________________________________________________________________
 NEW/USED YEAR           MANUFACTURER'S NAME       MODEL NAME OR MODEL NO.
 _________________________________________________________________________
 MANUFACTURER'S SERIAL NO.                                  LENGTH / WIDTH
 
 2. THE HOME IS OR WILL BE LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING "PROPERTY ADDRESS":
 
 _________________________________________________________________________
 STREET OR ROUTE        CITY       COUNTY            STATE        ZIP CODE
 
 3. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY ADDRESS ("LAND") IS:
 
 _________________________________________________________________________
 _________________________________________________________________________
 _________________________________________________________________________
 
 4. THE HOMEOWNER IS THE OWNER OF THE LAND OR, IF NOT THE OWNER OF THE
    LAND, IS IN POSSESSION OF THE REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO A LEASE IN
    RECORDABLE FORM, AND THE CONSENT OF THE LESSOR IS ATTACHED TO THIS
    AFFIDAVIT.
 
 5. THE HOME IS, OR SHALL BE PROMPTLY UPON DELIVERY, ANCHORED TO THE LAND
    BY ATTACHMENT TO A PERMANENT FOUNDATION AND CONNECTED TO APPROPRIATE
    RESIDENTIAL UTILITIES (E.G., WATER, GAS, ELECTRICITY, SEWER).

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 6. HOMEOWNER INTENDS THAT THE HOME BE AN IMMOVABLE FIXTURE AND A
    PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT TO THE LAND.
 
 7. THE HOME SHALL BE ASSESSED AND TAXED AS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE LAND.
 
 8. HOMEOWNER SHALL INITIAL ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, AS IT APPLIES TO
    TITLE TO THE HOME.
 
    [__] THE HOME IS NOT COVERED BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. A COPY OF THE
    MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN, DULY ENDORSED TO THE HOMEOWNER,
    IS  ATTACHED  TO  THIS  AFFIDAVIT.  THE HOMEOWNER SHALL SURRENDER THE
    ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN.
 
    [__] THE HOME IS NOT COVERED BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.  AFTER  DILI-
    GENT  SEARCH  AND  INQUIRY,  THE  HOMEOWNER  IS UNABLE TO PRODUCE THE
    ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN.
 
    [__] THE HOME IS COVERED BY A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. A COPY OF THE
    CERTIFICATE OF TITLE IS ATTACHED TO  THIS  AFFIDAVIT.  THE  HOMEOWNER
    SHALL SURRENDER THE ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, HOMEOWNER(S) HAS EXECUTED THIS AFFIDAVIT IN MY
 PRESENCE AND IN THE PRESENCE OF THE UNDERSIGNED WITNESSES ON THIS
 ___________ DAY OF _______________________, __________.
 
 _________________________(SEAL)        _________________________(SEAL)
 HOMEOWNER #1                           WITNESS
 
 _________________________              _________________________
 PRINTED NAME                                PRINTED NAME
 
 _________________________(SEAL)        _________________________(SEAL)
 HOMEOWNER #2                           WITNESS
 
 _________________________              _________________________
 PRINTED NAME                                PRINTED NAME
 
 STATE OF ___________________  )
                               ) SS.:
 COUNTY OF __________________  )

      ON  THE  _____________  DAY  OF  _______________  IN THE YEAR _____
 BEFORE ME, THE UNDERSIGNED, A NOTARY  PUBLIC  IN  AND  FOR  SAID  STATE,
 PERSONALLY APPEARED
 _______________________________________________________________________,
 PERSONALLY  KNOWN  TO  ME  OR  PROVED TO ME ON THE BASIS OF SATISFACTORY
 EVIDENCE TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL(S) WHOSE NAME(S) IS(ARE) SUBSCRIBED TO THE
 WITHIN INSTRUMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT HE/SHE/THEY  EXECUTED  THE
 SAME   IN   HIS/HER/THEIR   CAPACITY(IES),  AND  THAT  BY  HIS/HER/THEIR
 SIGNATURE(S) ON THE INSTRUMENT, THE  INDIVIDUAL(S),  OR  THE  PERSON  ON
 BEHALF OF WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL(S) ACTED, EXECUTED THE INSTRUMENT.
 
 _______________________________
 NOTARY SIGNATURE

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 _______________________________
 NOTARY PRINTED NAME
 
 NOTARY PUBLIC; STATE OF _______________
 QUALIFIED IN THE COUNTY OF ____________
 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: ________________
 
 OFFICIAL SEAL:
 
 
 LENDER'S STATEMENT OF INTENT:
 
 THE UNDERSIGNED ("LENDER") INTENDS THAT THE HOME BE AN IMMOVABLE FIXTURE
 AND A PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT TO THE LAND.
 
 _______________________________
       LENDER
 BY:____________________________
       AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
 
 STATE OF _________________  )
                             ) SS.:
 COUNTY OF ________________  )

 ON  THE ____________ DAY OF ________ IN THE YEAR ________ BEFORE ME, THE
 UNDERSIGNED, A NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR SAID STATE, PERSONALLY APPEARED
 _______________________________________________________________________,
 PERSONALLY KNOWN TO ME OR PROVED TO ME  ON  THE  BASIS  OF  SATISFACTORY
 EVIDENCE TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL(S) WHOSE NAME(S) IS(ARE) SUBSCRIBED TO THE
 WITHIN  INSTRUMENT  AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT HE/SHE/THEY EXECUTED THE
 SAME  IN  HIS/HER/THEIR  CAPACITY(IES),  AND   THAT   BY   HIS/HER/THEIR
 SIGNATURE(S)  ON  THE  INSTRUMENT,  THE  INDIVIDUAL(S), OR THE PERSON ON
 BEHALF OF WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL(S) ACTED, EXECUTED THE INSTRUMENT.
 
 _______________________________
 NOTARY SIGNATURE

 _______________________________
 NOTARY PRINTED NAME
 
 NOTARY PUBLIC; STATE OF _________________
 QUALIFIED IN THE COUNTY OF ______________
 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: __________________
 OFFICIAL SEAL:
   (D) THE FEE FOR RECORDING AN AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION  SHALL  BE  TWO
 HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   (E)  NO  TRANSFER  TAX SHALL BE DUE UPON THE FILING OF AN AFFIDAVIT OF
 AFFIXATION.
   § 339-PP. DISPOSITION OF LIENS.  NEITHER THE ACT OF AFFIXING  A  MANU-
 FACTURED  HOME  TO  REAL PROPERTY, NOR THE RECORDING OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF
 AFFIXATION SHALL IMPAIR THE RIGHTS OF ANY HOLDER OF A SECURITY  INTEREST

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 IN  A  MANUFACTURED  HOME  PERFECTED  AS  PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED EIGHTEEN OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, UNLESS  AND  UNTIL  THE
 DUE  FILING WITH AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF
 AN  APPLICATION  TO  SURRENDER  THE  TITLE  AND A RELEASE OF ANY LIEN AS
 PROVIDED IN SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE  OF  THE  VEHICLE  AND
 TRAFFIC  LAW.  UPON  THE FILING OF SUCH A RELEASE, THE SECURITY INTEREST
 CREATED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW TERMINATES.  THE RECORDING  OF
 AN  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION  DOES NOT CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE LIEN
 NOTED ON A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, AND NO MORTGAGE RECORDING TAX SHALL  BE
 IMPOSED  AT  THE TIME AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION IS RECORDED OR UPON ANY
 LIEN UPON A MANUFACTURED HOME CREATED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   § 339-QQ. NOTICE TO COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.   UPON PAYMENT  OF
 THE  FEES PROVIDED BY LAW AND RECORDATION OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION
 OR AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE, THE RECORDING OFFICER SHALL ENDORSE THE AFFI-
 DAVIT AS "RECORDED IN LAND RECORDS", SETTING FORTH THEREON THE  INDEXING
 INFORMATION  FOR  THE AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION OR THE AFFIDAVIT OF SEVER-
 ANCE AND THE RECORDING OFFICER  SHALL  FORTHWITH  FORWARD  THE  RECORDED
 ORIGINAL  AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION OR THE AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE TO THE
 PERSON DESIGNATED THEREIN FOR FILING  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  MOTOR
 VEHICLES.
   §  339-RR.    TIME  OF  CONVERSION.  (A)  A MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE
 CONSIDERED REAL PROPERTY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-
 NINE-SS  OF  THIS ARTICLE WHEN AN APPLICATION TO SURRENDER A MANUFACTUR-
 ER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN-
 TEEN-A OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, AN  APPLICATION  TO  SURRENDER  A
 CERTIFICATE  OF TITLE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-B
 OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, OR AN APPLICATION  FOR  CONFIRMATION  OF
 CONVERSION  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-C OF THE
 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW IS DELIVERED TO AND ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
   (B) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS  SECTION,  A  MANUFACTURED
 HOME  SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED  REAL  PROPERTY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-SS OF THIS ARTICLE IF AN APPLICATION TO SURRENDER  A
 MANUFACTURER'S  CERTIFICATE  OF  ORIGIN  PURSUANT  TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,  AN  APPLICATION  TO
 SURRENDER  A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED
 SEVENTEEN-B OF THE VEHICLE  AND  TRAFFIC  LAW,  OR  AN  APPLICATION  FOR
 CONFIRMATION OF CONVERSION PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED SEVEN-
 TEEN-C  OF  THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW IS DELIVERED TO THE COMMISSIONER
 OF MOTOR VEHICLES WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RECORDING THE RELATED  AFFIDAVIT
 OF AFFIXATION WITH THE RECORDING OFFICER IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE REAL
 PROPERTY  TO  WHICH THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS OR SHALL BE AFFIXED AND THE
 APPLICATION IS THEREAFTER ACCEPTED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THE REQUIREMENTS
 OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED SATISFIED AS OF THE DATE  THE  AFFIDAVIT
 OF AFFIXATION IS RECORDED.
   §  339-SS. CONVEYANCE AND ENCUMBRANCE AS REAL PROPERTY. UPON SATISFAC-
 TION OF THE CONDITIONS PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE-NN
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  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.  TITLE TO SUCH MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE TRANSFERRED BY  DEED
 OR OTHER FORM OF CONVEYANCE THAT IS EFFECTIVE TO TRANSFER AN INTEREST IN
 REAL  PROPERTY,  TOGETHER  WITH  THE  LAND  TO  WHICH  SUCH STRUCTURE IS
 AFFIXED. THE MANUFACTURED HOME SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE REAL  PROPERTY  AND
 SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THIS STATE APPLICABLE TO REAL PROPERTY.

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   §  339-TT. MANUFACTURED HOMES THAT REMAIN PERSONAL PROPERTY. EXCEPT AS
 PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-NN, SECTION THREE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY-NINE-OO,  AND SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE-QQ, OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE, AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION IS NOT NECESSARY OR EFFECTIVE TO  CONVEY
 OR  ENCUMBER A MANUFACTURED HOME OR TO CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE MANU-
 FACTURED HOME TO REAL PROPERTY.
   § 339-UU. AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE.  (A) IF AND WHEN A MANUFACTURED HOME
 FOR WHICH AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION HAS  BEEN RECORDED, IS DETACHED  OR
 SEVERED FROM THE REAL PROPERTY WHERE IT IS AFFIXED, ANY PERSON HAVING AN
 INTEREST  IN  THE  REAL PROPERTY MAY RECORD AN AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE IN
 THE LAND RECORDS OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE AFFIDAVIT  OF  AFFIXATION  WITH
 RESPECT  TO  THE  HOME  IS  RECORDED.  THE  AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE SHALL
 CONTAIN OR BE ACCOMPANIED BY:
   (I) THE NAME, RESIDENCE AND MAILING ADDRESS OF THE OWNER OF THE  MANU-
 FACTURED HOME;
   (II)  A  DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME INCLUDING, SO FAR AS THE
 FOLLOWING DATA EXISTS: THE NAME OF THE MANUFACTURER, THE MAKE, THE MODEL
 NAME, THE MODEL YEAR, THE DIMENSIONS,  AND  THE  VEHICLE  IDENTIFICATION
 NUMBER  OR  NUMBERS  OF  THE  MANUFACTURED HOME AND WHETHER IT IS NEW OR
 USED;
   (III) A STATEMENT OF BOOK NUMBER, PAGE NUMBER AND DATE OF  RECORDATION
 OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION;
   (IV)  A STATEMENT OF EITHER, (A) ANY FACTS OR INFORMATION KNOWN TO THE
 AFFIANT THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE  TITLE  OF  THE
 MANUFACTURED  HOME  OR THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF SECURITY INTER-
 ESTS IN IT OR LIENS ON IT, OR (B) THAT NO SUCH FACTS OR INFORMATION  ARE
 KNOWN TO THE AFFIANT;
   (V)  A SWORN DECLARATION BY AN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, DULY ADMITTED TO PRAC-
 TICE IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR AN AGENT  OF  THE  TITLE
 INSURANCE  COMPANY DULY LICENSED TO ISSUE POLICIES OF TITLE INSURANCE IN
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK THAT THE MANUFACTURED HOME IS FREE  AND  CLEAR  OF
 ALL  SECURITY  INTERESTS,  LIENS  AND ENCUMBRANCES, AND (A) ANY FACTS OR
 INFORMATION KNOWN TO HIM OR HER THAT COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDI-
 TY OF THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME OR THE EXISTENCE  OR  NON-EXIS-
 TENCE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN OR LIENS ON IT; OR (B) THAT NO SUCH FACTS
 OR INFORMATION ARE KNOWN TO HIM OR HER; AND
   (VI)  THE  NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON DESIGNATED FOR RECORDING THE
 AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES, TO  WHOM
 THE  RECORDING OFFICER SHALL DELIVER THE AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE AFTER IT
 HAS BEEN DULY RECORDED IN THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS, AS PROVIDED IN THIS
 SECTION.
   (B) THE AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE SHALL BE IN THE FORM SET FORTH IN PARA-
 GRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION DULY ACKNOWLEDGED OR PROVED IN LIKE MANNER
 AS TO ENTITLE A CONVEYANCE TO BE RECORDED AND WHEN  SO  ACKNOWLEDGED  OR
 PROVED, UPON PAYMENT OF THE LAWFUL FEES THEREFOR, SUCH RECORDING OFFICER
 SHALL IMMEDIATELY CAUSE THE AFFIDAVIT AND ANY ATTACHMENTS THERETO, TO BE
 DULY RECORDED AND INDEXED IN THE RECORD OF DEEDS.
   (C)  THE  AFFIDAVIT  OF SEVERANCE SHALL CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS SECTION. AN AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE SHALL BE  SUBSTANTIALLY  IN  THE
 FORM SET FORTH BELOW:

 ______________, 20 _____          FILING INSTRUCTIONS: ______, ________,
 DATE                                                   _______ _______.
 ________________________
 PLACE OF RECORDING

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 PREPARED BY:                       RECORD & RETURN BY [] MAIL [] PICKUP
                                                                  TO:
 
 _______________________________    ________________________________
 NAME    BAR NO. (IF APPLICABLE)    NAME
 _______________________________    ________________________________
 ADDRESS 1                          ADDRESS 1
 _______________________________    ________________________________
 ADDRESS 2                          ADDRESS 2
 _______________________________    ________________________________
 TELEPHONE NUMBER                   TELEPHONE NUMBER
 
                 MANUFACTURED HOME AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE
 
 STATE OF  __________________  )
                               )  SS.:
 COUNTY OF __________________  )
 
 BEFORE  ME,  THE  UNDERSIGNED  NOTARY  PUBLIC,  ON  THIS  DAY PERSONALLY
 APPEARED HOMEOWNER(S) KNOWN TO ME TO  BE  THE  PERSON(S)  WHOSE  NAME(S)
 IS/ARE SUBSCRIBED BELOW (EACH A "HOMEOWNER"), AND WHO, BEING BY ME FIRST
 DULY SWORN, DID EACH ON HIS OR HER OATH STATE AS FOLLOWS:
 
 1.  THE  LEGAL  DESCRIPTION OF THE REAL PROPERTY FROM WHICH THE MANUFAC-
     TURED HOME ("HOME"), DESCRIBED BELOW, IS OR WILL BE SEVERED ("LAND")
     IS:
 ________________________________________________________________________
 ________________________________________________________________________
 ________________________________________________________________________
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
 2. THE HOMEOWNER(S) RESIDE AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
 
 ________________________________________________________________________
 STREET OR ROUTE               CITY        COUNTY      STATE    ZIP CODE

 MAILING ADDRESS, IF DIFFERENT:
 
 ________________________________________________________________________
 STREET OR ROUTE               CITY        COUNTY      STATE    ZIP CODE
 
 3. HOMEOWNER OWNS THE HOME DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
 
 ________________________________________________________________________
 NEW/USED       MANF.           MODEL NAME        MANF.     LENGTH/WIDTH
   YEAR       NAME/MAKE        AND MODEL NO.   SERIAL NO.
 
 4. THE HOME IS OR WAS LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING "PROPERTY ADDRESS":
 
 ________________________________________________________________________
 STREET OR ROUTE               CITY        COUNTY      STATE    ZIP CODE

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 5. AN AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION WAS DULY RECORDED IN THE LAND  RECORDS  OF
    _______________________  COUNTY  ON  _______________________, WITH AN
    INSTRUMENT NUMBER OF _____________ AND/OR IN THE DEED  BOOK  IN  BOOK
    NUMBER  _____________  AT  PAGE  NUMBER  __________.  A  COPY  OF THE
    RECORDED AFFIDAVIT OF AFFIXATION IS ATTACHED TO THIS AFFIDAVIT.
 
 6. THE  HOME  IS  SUBJECT  TO  THE  FOLLOWING SECURITY INTEREST (EACH, A
    "SECURITY INTEREST"):
 
 NAME OF LIENHOLDER: _______________ NAME OF LIENHOLDER: ________________

 ADDRESS: __________________________ ADDRESS: ___________________________
 
 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL                  ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL
 AMOUNT SECURED: ___________________ AMOUNT SECURED: ____________________
 
 7. OTHER THAN THOSE DISCLOSED IN THIS AFFIDAVIT, (I)  THE  HOMEOWNER  IS
    NOT  AWARE OF ANY FACTS OR INFORMATION KNOWN TO HIM OR HER THAT COULD
    REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED  HOME
    OR  THE  EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN OR LIENS
    ON IT OR (II) THAT NO SUCH FACTS OR  INFORMATION  ARE  KNOWN  TO  THE
    HOMEOWNER.
 
 8. THE  SWORN STATEMENT OF AN ATTORNEY AT LAW, DULY ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
    IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR AN AGENT OF A TITLE INSUR-
    ANCE COMPANY DULY LICENSED TO ISSUE POLICIES OF  TITLE  INSURANCE  IN
    THE  STATE OF NEW YORK WHERE THE HOME IS ATTACHED ("SEVERANCE CERTIF-
    ICATION"). THE SEVERANCE CERTIFICATION STATES THAT  THE  MANUFACTURED
    HOME  IS  FREE  AND CLEAR OF ALL SECURITY INTERESTS, LIENS AND ENCUM-
    BRANCES OR ALL SECURITY INTERESTS, LIENS  AND  ENCUMBRANCES  WILL  BE
    RELEASED,  AND  (A) ANY FACTS OR INFORMATION KNOWN TO HIM OR HER THAT
    COULD REASONABLY AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF THE TITLE OF THE MANUFACTURED
    HOME OR THE EXISTENCE OR NON-EXISTENCE OF SECURITY  INTERESTS  IN  OR
    LIENS  ON  IT;  OR (B) THAT NO SUCH FACTS OR INFORMATION ARE KNOWN TO
    HIM OR HER.

 9. THE HOMEOWNER DESIGNATES THE FOLLOWING PERSON TO  FILE  THE  RECORDED
    COPY  OF  THIS  MANUFACTURED  HOME  AFFIDAVIT  OF  SEVERANCE WITH THE
    DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES. AFTER RECORDING OF THIS AFFIDAVIT,  THE
    COUNTY  CLERK COURT SHALL RETURN THE RECORDED COPY TO THIS DESIGNATED
    PERSON:
 
    NAME: ___________________________
 
    ADDRESS: ____________________________________
 
 10. THIS AFFIDAVIT IS EXECUTED BY HOMEOWNER(S)
     PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE
     STATE LAW.
 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, HOMEOWNER(S) HAS EXECUTED THIS AFFIDAVIT IN MY PRES-
 ENCE ON THIS __________ DAY OF __________________, _________.
 
 ________________________________(SEAL)

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 HOMEOWNER #1
 
 ________________________________
 PRINTED NAME
 
 ________________________________(SEAL)
 HOMEOWNER #2
 
 ________________________________
 PRINTED NAME
 
 STATE OF _______________ )
                          ) SS.:
 COUNTY OF _______________)
 
      ON THE ________ DAY OF _________________ IN THE YEAR _______ BEFORE
 ME,  THE  UNDERSIGNED, A NOTARY PUBLIC IN AND FOR SAID STATE, PERSONALLY
 APPEARED
 ___________________________________________________________________,
 PERSONALLY KNOWN TO ME OR PROVED TO ME  ON  THE  BASIS  OF  SATISFACTORY
 EVIDENCE TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL(S) WHOSE NAME(S) IS(ARE) SUBSCRIBED TO THE
 WITHIN  INSTRUMENT  AND ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT HE/SHE/THEY EXECUTED THE
 SAME  IN  HIS/HER/THEIR  CAPACITY(IES),  AND   THAT   BY   HIS/HER/THEIR
 SIGNATURE(S)  ON  THE  INSTRUMENT,  THE  INDIVIDUAL(S), OR THE PERSON ON
 BEHALF OF WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL(S) ACTED, EXECUTED THE INSTRUMENT.
 
 ___________________________________________
 NOTARY SIGNATURE
 
 ___________________________________________
 NOTARY PRINTED NAME
 
 NOTARY PUBLIC; STATE OF ___________________
 QUALIFIED IN THE COUNTY OF ________________
 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: ___________________
 
 OFFICIAL SEAL:

   (D) THE FEE FOR RECORDING AN AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE SHALL  BE  TWENTY-
 FIVE DOLLARS.
   (E) UPON RECEIPT FROM THE RECORDING OFFICER OF THE AFFIDAVIT OF SEVER-
 ANCE  BY  THE PERSON PRESENTING THE AFFIDAVIT FOR RECORDING, SUCH PERSON
 SHALL FORTHWITH DELIVER FOR FILING TO THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES
 THE AFFIDAVIT OF SEVERANCE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.
   § 339-VV.  DOCUMENTS  IN  TRUST.  (A)  MANUFACTURER'S  CERTIFICATE  OF
 ORIGIN.  THE HOLDER OF A MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN TO A MANU-
 FACTURED  HOME  MAY  DELIVER IT TO ANY PERSON TO FACILITATE CONVEYING OR
 ENCUMBERING THE HOME.  ANY  PERSON  RECEIVING  ANY  SUCH  MANUFACTURER'S

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 CERTIFICATE  OF  ORIGIN  SO  DELIVERED  HOLDS IT IN TRUST FOR THE PERSON
 DELIVERING IT.
   (B)  CERTIFICATE  OF TITLE.  THE HOLDER OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO A
 MANUFACTURED HOME MAY DELIVER IT TO ANY PERSON TO  FACILITATE  CONVEYING
 OR  ENCUMBERING  THE  HOME. ANY PERSON RECEIVING ANY SUCH MANUFACTURER'S
 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN SO DELIVERED HOLDS IT  IN  TRUST  FOR  THE  PERSON
 DELIVERING IT.
   (C) LIEN RELEASE.  THE HOLDER OF A SECURITY INTEREST IN A MANUFACTURED
 HOME  MAY  DELIVER  LIEN  RELEASE  DOCUMENTS TO ANY PERSON TO FACILITATE
 CONVEYING OR ENCUMBERING THE HOME. ANY PERSON RECEIVING ANY  SUCH  DOCU-
 MENTS SO DELIVERED HOLDS THE DOCUMENTS IN TRUST FOR THE LIENHOLDER.
   §  339-WW.  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-XX. IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION  SHALL  IMPAIR
 ANY  RIGHTS  EXISTING  UNDER  LAW  PRIOR  TO  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION OF ANYONE CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN A MANUFACTURED HOME.
   § 9. Regulations. The commissioner of motor vehicles is hereby author-
 ized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for  the
 implementation of this act.
   § 10. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022. Effective immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.