Tex. Prop. Code § 2.001 · Chapter 2. NATURE OF PROPERTY
MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a manufactured home is personal property.
(b) A manufactured home is real property if:
(1) the statement of ownership and location for the home issued under Section 1201.207, Occupations Code, reflects that the owner has elected to treat the home as real property; and
(2) a certified copy of the statement of ownership and location has been filed in the real property records in the county in which the home is located.
(c) In this section, "consumer," "document of title," "first retail sale," "manufactured home," and "mobile home" have the meanings assigned by Chapter 1201, Occupations Code.
(d) to (h) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 52(2).
(i) This section does not require a retailer or retailer's agent to obtain a license under Chapter 1101, Occupations Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 978, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1055, Sec. 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 41 to 43, 52(2), eff. June 18, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.802, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.2.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Occupations Code
Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Prop. Code § 2.001. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Property Code
- Tex. Prop. Code § 63.003CONVERSION OF LIEN FROM PERSONAL PROPERTY LIEN TO REAL PROPERTY LIEN.Printed as Section 2.001(b)
- Tex. Prop. Code § 63.004REFINANCING OF LIEN.Printed as Section 2.001
- Tex. Prop. Code § 63.005CONVERSION OF LIEN FROM A PERSONAL PROPERTY LIEN TO A REAL PROPERTY LIEN FOR THE DEBT FOR THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS THEREON.Printed as Section 2.001
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