Is a garage that was built on a mobile home lot whose property is it?
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Is a garage that was built on a mobile home lot whose property is it?
My dad recently passed away. He lived in a mobile home park and he built a garage on the lot and has been paying the taxes on the building for 23 years. It is on a solid foundation and technically it belongs to the property owner. Do we have any right to the garage or at least any back taxes paid back?
Asked on May 23, 2017 under Real Estate Law, Oregon
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You do not have any right to the taxes back--your father chose to build the garage and pay the taxes on it when he did not have to, and his voluntary choice does not obligate the lot/property owner.
You have no right to land the garage sits on: the fact that your father was allowed to build and use a garage does not take away any ofthe property owner's rights over part of their property.
As long as the lease does not state that any structure built on the land becomes the property of the lot owner, you have a reasonable claim to the garage itself, but can't keep it there if the lot owner does not want you to: i.e. you could move it to another place, if such is technically feasible.
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