TITLE 55

PROPERTY IN GENERAL

CHAPTER 20

MANUFACTURED HOME RESIDENCY ACT

55-2009A.  Notice of lienholder — Limit on back rent — abandonment. (1) Any lienholder or legal owner of a home who wants to be protected under this section must so notify the landlord in writing of his secured or legal interest.

(2)  If the resident becomes sixty (60) days in arrears in his rent or at the time of suspected abandonment by the resident on a lot, it is incumbent upon the landlord to notify in writing the lienholder and legal owner of the home and to communicate to the lienholder and legal owner the liability for any rent and other charges specified in the rental agreement. The lienholder shall be responsible for utilities from the date of notice. However, the landlord shall be entitled to a maximum of sixty (60) days rent due prior to notice to lienholder. Any and all costs shall then become the responsibility of the legal owner or lienholder of the home. The home may not be removed from the lot without a signed written agreement from the landlord or manager showing clearance for removal, showing all moneys due and owing paid in full, or an agreement reached with the legal owner and the landlord.

History:

[55-2009A, added 1981, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 373.; am. 2011, ch. 184, sec. 10, p. 528.]