Who Owns an Abandoned Mobile Home if the Seller Didn't Transfer Title to the Buyer?
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Answer:
Generally, the person(s) named on the title or deed which is recorded in the land recorder's office is the legal owner. However, it is possible that the person named on the title may bring a quiet title action to have the deed transferred into a buyer's name. A quiet title or trespass to try title action is the method of determining title to lands. In a quiet title action, it is possible to ask the court to issue an injunction to force another to do or refrain from doing an act. An injunction is an equitable remedy that the court may order when money damages will be inadequate to remedy the harm suffered. The court may order records to be corrected to reflect true ownership of property.
Please see the following NV statute:
NRS 118B.120 Maintenance of tenant's lot; removal of unoccupied
manufactured home; reimbursement for cost of maintenance.
1. The landlord or his agent or employee may:
(a) Require that the tenant landscape and maintain the tenant's lot if
the landlord advises the tenant in writing of reasonable requirements for
the landscaping.
(b) If the tenant does not comply with the provisions of paragraph (a),
maintain the tenant's lot and charge the tenant a service fee for the
actual cost of that maintenance.
(c) Require that the manufactured home be removed from the park if it is
unoccupied for more than 90 consecutive days and the tenant or dealer is
not making good faith and diligent efforts to sell it.
2. The landlord shall maintain, in the manner required for the other
tenants, any lot on which is located a manufactured home within the park
which has been repossessed, abandoned or held for rent or taxes. The
landlord is entitled to reimbursement for the cost of that maintenance from
the repossessor or lienholder or from the proceeds of any sale for taxes,
as the case may be.
3. The landlord shall trim all the trees located within the park and
dispose of the trimmings from those trees absent a written voluntary
assumption of that duty by the tenant for trees on the tenant's lot.
4. For the purposes of this section, a manufactured home shall be deemed
to be abandoned if:
(a) It is located on a lot in a manufactured home park, other than a
cooperative park, for which no rent has been paid for at least 60 days;
(b) It is unoccupied; and
(c) The manager of the manufactured home park reasonably believes it to
be abandoned.
