Is a mobile home personal or real property?
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Is a mobile home personal or real property?
My father owned a mobile home and passed away. According to a state statute, a mobile home is personal property since he rented the land and lived in a mobile home park. I am the executor and personal representative for his estate. The home has the axle on it and is movable. Is this mobile home considered personal or real property? It has a title like a car and we did not have to go through a closing process to sell it.
Asked on July 27, 2014 under Estate Planning, Wisconsin
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
I am so sorry for your loss. It sounds as if you have answered your own question but I am going to give you a link to The Wisconsin Department of Revenue booklet that helps explain this as well. It is my understanding that if it is hooked up to utilities it is considered real property AND on a foundation owned by the mobile home owner. It is personal property when the owner of the land is not the owner of the home AND it is not set upon land OR connected to utilities. So it sounds as if yours is personal property. Good luck.
http://www.revenue.wi.gov/pubs/slf/pb075.pdf
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