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Registration And Titling
History
The Department's Registration and Titling Program was transferred from the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Housing and Community Development on July 1, 1981. The transfer was one part of an effort to enact State laws and programs to treat manufactured homes as housing and not as a vehicle, in order that manufactured housing could be better utilized to address the need for affordable housing.
In 1984 legislation was enacted giving the program authority to register and title truck campers on a voluntary basis. This enabled purchasers of truck campers to obtain financing at the time of purchase. Previously lending institutions were hesitant to provide purchase loans because there was nothing to secure the institution's investment interests.
In 1985 legislation was enacted authorizing the issuance of titles for floating homes. Floating homes are personal property homes without motive power. The value of some floating homes created the need for a government issued title document. The title document now gives the owner the ability to obtain financing, and lenders an instrument to secure their investment interest.