Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB785: Revise laws related to manufactured homes
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising laws related to consideration of manufactured homes as improvements to real property; providing an alternate process to be considered as improvements to real property for certain manufactured homes with missing identification tags; amending section 15-1-116, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO CONSIDERATION OF MANUFACTURED HOMES AS IMPROVEMENTS TO REAL PROPERTY; PROVIDING AN ALTERNATE PROCESS TO BE CONSIDERED AS IMPROVEMENTS TO REAL PROPERTY FOR CERTAIN MANUFACTURED HOMES WITH MISSING IDENTIFICATION TAGS; AMENDING SECTION 15-1-116, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 15-1-116, MCA, is amended to read: "15-1-116. Manufactured home considered as improvement to real property -- requirements. (1) A manufactured home must be considered an improvement to real property for tax purposes (b) the manufactured home is attached to a permanent foundation so that it is no longer capable of being drawn over public highways and it is placed on land that is owned or being purchased by the owner of the manufactured home or, if the land is owned by another person, it is placed on the land with the permission of the landowner; and (c) a statement of intent declaring the manufactured home as an improvement to real property is recorded with the county clerk and recorder on a form furnished by the department of justice. (2) (a) To eliminate a manufacturer's certificate of origin properly assigned to an owner or a certificate of title of a manufactured home, an owner shall record the statement of intent, as provided in subsection (3). (b) The statement of intent must (ii) the …
Sponsors
- Falk, Terry (R, 10) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 7, 2025): 49 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 5, 2025): 46 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 4, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Property, Taxation--Property
Common questions
- What is HB785?
- HB785 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise laws related to manufactured homes.
- What does HB785 do?
- In its own words: An act revising laws related to consideration of manufactured homes as improvements to real property; providing an alternate process to be considered as improvements to real property for certain manufactured homes with missing identification tags; amending section 15-1-116, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of HB785?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB785?
- Falk, Terry (R, 10).
- Where is the official record for HB785?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2347
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