Virginia title problems, computed
In Virginia, a manufactured home's paper is a Certificate of Title, and the office that holds it is the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). 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.
Skip the reading — get your exact path →
Manufactured homes are titled as vehicles by Virginia DMV.
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) — https://transactions-t.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/substitute.asp. 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) Bring your current registration card and driver's license / ID to a DMV customer service center, or apply online where eligible. 2) Complete Form VSA 67, Application for Replacement and Substitute Titles (use VSA 66 if a lien/supplemental-lien change is also needed). All owners must sign to give authorization. 3) If the title is mutilated or illegible, surrender it; if it is lost or stolen, DMV processes the substitute without it.
Form: VSA 67 — Application for Replacement and Substitute Titles; VSA 66 — Application for Supplemental Lien, Replacement Title, Transfer of Lien and Substitute Title
Fee: The current fee is listed on the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) page — check it there before you go: https://transactions-t.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/substitute.asp
Who may apply: Owner(s) of record — all owners must sign; lienholder involvement required while a lien is on record
Seller fully endorses the assignment on the back of the title, disclosing all security interests, and delivers the title to the buyer at the sale (Va. Code 46.2-628; failing to do so is a Class 3 misdemeanor). Buyer completes Form VSA 17A, Application for Certificate of Title and Registration, with a bill of sale or Vehicle Price Certification (Form SUT-1), the odometer disclosure on the title/application, and fees/tax at a customer service center or by mail. Form VSA 70 is used only if an agent acts under power of attorney.
Form: VSA 17A — Application for Certificate of Title and Registration; SUT-1 if no bill of sale
Fee: The current fee is listed on the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) page — check it there before you go: https://transactions-t.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/substitute.asp
Who must sign: Seller must endorse the title assignment with lien disclosure; buyer signs VSA 17A
No bonded-title program was verified for Virginia 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.
For a normal transfer, Virginia needs the endorsed title — the titled owner must get a substitute title (VSA 67) and endorse it. The important exception is conversion (below): if you are converting to real property and are NOT the titled owner, 46.2-653.1 lets you prove the transfer with a deed, court order, or records establishing a chain of successive ownership, plus lien-satisfaction proof and the original/duplicate title or MCO if available.
Heirs / personal representative file with a certified death certificate and estate authority at a customer service center, obtaining a substitute title (VSA 67) first if the decedent's title is missing, then transferring via VSA 17A.
The per-section title rule for Virginia 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: Wheels and mobility equipment removed and the home attached to real property OWNED by the manufactured-home owner (Va. Code 46.2-653.1). DMV will NOT cancel the title while a recorded security interest is unreleased, unless you document that the loan was satisfied.
1) Submit a sworn affidavit in the Commissioner-approved form (Form VSA 35 family / DMV 276 Manufactured Home Conversion publication) to DMV stating the wheels/mobility equipment are removed and the home is attached to your real property, with lien-release or loan-satisfaction proof and the title/MCO if available (plus the chain-of-ownership papers if you are not the titled owner). 2) DMV rescinds and cancels the Virginia title and sends written confirmation. 3) File a sworn Affidavit of Affixation with the circuit court clerk of the locality where the land sits. Detaching later (severing back to personal property) reverses the process with a new title application.
Form: VSA 35 — Manufactured Home conversion affidavit (see DMV publication DMV 276); Affidavit of Affixation filed with circuit court
Fee: The current fee is listed on the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) page — check it there before you go: https://transactions-t.dmv.virginia.gov/vehicles/substitute.asp
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: Virginia 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 →
See the $39 Manufactured Home Playbook
One payment, yours to keep. Everything inside →
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.