Texas title problems, computed
In Texas, a manufactured home's paper is a Statement of Ownership (formerly Statement of Ownership and Location / SOL), and the office that holds it is the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), Manufactured Housing Division. 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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Texas does NOT use a DMV certificate of title. Ownership is the Statement of Ownership issued only by TDHCA.
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), Manufactured Housing Division — https://www.tdhca.texas.gov/instructions-information-applying-statement-ownership. 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) If the home is titled as personal property or retailer inventory, print a free copy of the current record from the TDHCA website. 2) For a free certified copy with no changes, mail/fax/email TDHCA. 3) Only if the title record itself must be reissued because the original is lost or destroyed, file Form 1023 Application for Statement of Ownership (use Form 1037 instructions). 4) If a lien is on record, include Form B release, proof the lien is paid, or the lienholder's written consent. 5) Pay the issuance fee.
Form: Form 1023 — Application for Statement of Ownership; instructions Form 1037
Fee: $55 Statement of Ownership issuance fee; certified copy with no changes: no fee
Who may apply: Owner of record, or lienholder if a lien is on record (Block 10b signed by owner if no liens, otherwise by lienholder)
File Form 1023 with TDHCA within 60 days of the sale with the chain of ownership, tax statement from the tax assessor-collector showing no personal-property taxes due for each January 1 in the 18 months before the sale, and the $55 fee per transaction. Seller who files late after day 61 may be assessed a $100 late fee (from June 1, 2026 initiative, Occupations Code 1201.206(h)).
Form: Form 1023 — Application for Statement of Ownership
Fee: $55 per transaction; $100 late fee possible after 60 days
Who must sign: Seller/owner of record and buyer as required in Form 1023 blocks; lienholder consent/release if lien exists
There is no surety-bond title in Texas. The state uses these papers instead: Form 1008 Ownership Affidavit of Fact; Form 1009 Ownership Affidavit of Error. Do not buy a 'bonded title' product for a Texas manufactured home; TDHCA does not issue one.
File Form 1023 for each transfer in the chain. If past owners did not sign, TDHCA accepts authenticated copies of all intervening conveyances, a court order confirming ownership, or a title commitment in your name from a licensed Texas title insurer. A licensed retailer or attorney is usually needed when the chain is broken.
Use Form 1014 Form C — Statement of Inheritance, plus probate documents (Letters Testamentary) or an Affidavit of Heirship recorded in the county real property records. TDHCA transfers to the heirs on those papers plus Form 1023 and the fee.
No — Texas issues ONE Statement of Ownership for the whole home listing all serial numbers/sections, unlike states that title each section separately.
Eligibility: Home attached to land you own, or land under a qualifying long-term lease (at least 5 years if unfinanced, with lienholder written consent on file); all liens discharged or lienholder written consent, unless a title company is insuring the conversion.
1) Discharge liens or get written consent (or provide the title commitment/policy if refinancing through a title company). 2) File Form 1023 electing real property with the legal description. 3) TDHCA issues the Statement of Ownership showing the election. 4) Record a certified copy in the county real property records — conversion is not complete until recorded.
Form: Form 1023 — Application for Statement of Ownership; Form 1070 Affidavit of Fact for Real Property
Fee: $55
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: Texas 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.