Arizona title problems, computed
In Arizona, a manufactured home's paper is a Certificate of Title (mobile home certificate of title, ARS 28-2063), and the office that holds it is the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Motor Vehicle Division (MVD). This page is the whole process in one place: the duplicate path, the transfer, the bonded branch where the state offers one, the never-transferred and deceased-owner routes, and conversion to real property — with the form, the verified fee, and who must sign, from the state's own sources.
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Mobile homes are titled by ADOT MVD like motor vehicles, ARS 28-2063.
Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) — https://azdot.gov/mvd/vehicle-services-faq. Every fee on this page is printed only where the dataset verified it; where a fee was not verified, the page sends you to the agency page for the current figure instead of guessing.
1) The owner of record applies for a duplicate — online by activating an AZ MVD Now account, or at an MVD / Authorized Third Party office. 2) Owner name, legal status, lienholder, and vehicle information must stay the same; only the address / location address may change. 3) Pay the fee.
Form: Title and Registration Application, Form 96-0236 (check Duplicate / Title Only)
Fee: The current fee is listed on the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) page — check it there before you go: https://azdot.gov/mvd/vehicle-services-faq
Who may apply: Owner of record only
Seller signs the title over; buyer completes a title application with lien information, submits the most current title and $4 title fee, plus a lien release if a paid lien still shows (release must describe year/make/VIN, show the paid date, and carry the lienholder's full signature). File at MVD or an Authorized Third Party office.
Form: Title and Registration Application, Form 96-0236
Fee: $4 title fee (general); mobile-home certificate fee $7 per ARS 28-2003 — see duplicate note
Who must sign: Seller must sign the title assignment; buyer signs the application; lienholder must give written permission to add/delete a name while a lien is unpaid
Bonded title is an option in Arizona. Bond: 1.5x value of the mobile home as determined in the MVD process (per ARS Title 28 bonded-title provisions). Forms: Bond Title Application — Mobile Home, Form 40-1003: Step 1 vehicle inspection by a certified inspector, Step 2 applicant affidavit, Step 3 owner & lienholder notifications (MVR request, $3 fee).
Start with the inspection and record search, not the bond purchase. If the search finds the real owner/lienholder who can supply the paperwork, MVD will expect those documents instead of a bond.
Use the bonded-title process (Form 40-1003) when you cannot produce a properly signed current title: inspection, affidavit explaining how you got the home (purchase, gift, no title, title not properly signed), MVD record search and mailed notice to the owner/lienholder of record, then the bond if no valid claim/paperwork resolves it.
Transfer after death follows Arizona vehicle-title succession: surviving spouse / estate representative presents the death certificate and probate or small-estate affidavit paperwork at MVD and applies for a title in the heir's name.
Yes — ARS 28-2063(B): if a mobile home consists of two or more separate sections, EACH section has a separate certificate of title. You need every section's title to own the whole home.
Eligibility: Owner owns BOTH the mobile home and the land under it, and the home is permanently affixed; all property taxes paid current (proof from the County Treasurer). ARS 42-15203 / 33-1501 / 42-15201.
1) Confirm taxes are paid current with the County Treasurer. 2) Complete an Affidavit of Affixture (from the County Assessor or a title company) and take it with the title(s)/MCO to MVD — MVD processes the surrender and signs the affidavit; you get a receipt for the surrendered titles. 3) Record the Affidavit of Affixture with the County Recorder. The home is then taxed as one unit with the land. To undo it, the home must be re-titled through ADOT MVD.
Form: Affidavit of Affixture (ARS 42-15203)
Fee: The current fee is listed on the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) page — check it there before you go: https://azdot.gov/mvd/vehicle-services-faq
Why people do this: converting from personal-property titling to real-property titling saves a typical borrower about $49,000 over a $100,000 loan (Pew, February 2026). The full routing picture — which loan doors conversion opens — is on the financing-by-title-status page and in the conversion explainer.
Same state, other problem: Arizona mobile home park laws — lot rent, closure, and purchase rights →
This state's titling definitions sit inside the federal ROAD Act parity wave (states certify by July 11, 2027 — July 11, 2028 for biennial-legislature states). See the ROAD Act tracker →
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General information about how the process works in your state — not legal advice. For a contested eviction, a park-sale fight, or a title dispute with a lienholder, a local attorney or legal-aid office is the next step.