Oregon title problems, computed
In Oregon, a manufactured home's paper is a Manufactured Home Ownership Document (not a DMV certificate of title), and the office that holds it is the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS), Building Codes Division — Manufactured Home Ownership Document program (MHODS). 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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Oregon does NOT title manufactured homes through DMV. Since May 1, 2005, ownership is documented by a Manufactured Home Ownership Document issued by DCBS Building Codes Division. Pre-2005 DMV certificates of title remain valid evidence of ownership until the home is moved or sold (ORS 446.621).
Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS), Building Codes Division — Manufactured Home Ownership Document program (MHODS) — https://www.oregon.gov/bcd/man-home-own/pages/man-home-own-forms.aspx. 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.
There is no DMV duplicate title for a manufactured home in Oregon. 1) If you hold a pre-2005 certificate of title and have misplaced it, DCBS may require proof sufficient to satisfy it on ownership and security interests, which may include an affidavit in the Department's form (ORS 446.621(3)). 2) On a move or sale, submit the ownership evidence to DCBS under ORS 446.631/446.641 — DCBS enters the home in its records and issues an Ownership Document. 3) File the Ownership Document Application (Form 2952) with a valid county tax certification.
Form: Form 2952 — Manufactured Home Ownership Document Application for New and Used Homes; affidavit under ORS 446.621(3) if title is misplaced
Fee: The current fee is listed on the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS), Building Codes Division — Manufactured Home Ownership Document program (MHODS) page — check it there before you go: https://www.oregon.gov/bcd/man-home-own/pages/man-home-own-forms.aspx
Who may apply: Owner of record / person who can prove ownership to DCBS satisfaction
1) Get a valid county tax certification from the county where the home sits (certified by that county and filed before its expiration date). 2) File Form 2952 with DCBS. 3) Any secured party already of record must sign acknowledging the transfer or release their interest before ownership can transfer. 4) Pay the $55 ownership document fee. The same Form 2952 / tax-certification packet is used for destroyed, damaged, repossessed, and altered homes (repossession also needs Form 3926, Affidavit of Repossession, + $55; return all tags/labels to BCD, PO Box 14470, Salem, OR 97309).
Form: Form 2952 — Manufactured Home Ownership Document Application
Fee: $55 ownership document fee
Who must sign: Seller/owner must transfer; every secured party of record must acknowledge or release
No bonded-title program was verified for Oregon in our October 2026 dataset. The usual routes are the owner of record applying for a duplicate and signing over, or a court order establishing ownership.
If you bought and never transferred, file Form 2952 now with the county tax certification and whatever ownership evidence you hold. If the prior title is misplaced, expect DCBS to require the ORS 446.621(3) affidavit and proof on ownership and security interests. A secured party of record who will not acknowledge or release will block the transfer.
Heirs / personal representative file Form 2952 with the county tax certification, certified death certificate, and estate authority so DCBS can record the heir/representative and issue a new Ownership Document; any secured party of record must still acknowledge or release.
The per-section title rule for Oregon was not verified in our dataset — match every section's serial number to the title record with the agency before you buy or sell a multi-section home.
Eligibility: Home to be recorded as real property — new homes going directly into real property are NOT processed through the MHODS system (BCD forms page).
With an ownership transfer: file Form 2952 + valid county tax certification + secured-party acknowledgment/release + $55. Without an ownership transfer: file the recorded Application for Recording Manufactured Home as Real Property (Form 5176, obtained/recorded through the county) — no BCD fee for the no-transfer recording route per the BCD forms page. Once recorded as real property, the home transfers with the land by deed.
Form: Form 5176 — Application for Recording Manufactured Home as Real Property (county); Form 2952 if ownership also transfers
Fee: No fee for recording without ownership transfer; $55 ownership document fee with transfer
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: Oregon 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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Verified October 2026. State data verified October 2026 — re-checked quarterly.
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.