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No manufactured home which has been in use as a place of residence shall be moved from the county, city or town wherein it has been in use, until the owner thereof has obtained a tax permit from the treasurer of the county or city. Such permits shall be supplied to the treasurers by the Department of Taxation. The treasurer shall not issue a tax permit until such owner has paid to the city or county and town all local property taxes assessed or assessable against the manufactured home. The permit shall expire in forty-five days and shall be conspicuously displayed on the left center of the rear of the manufactured home at all times when such manufactured home is being transported. The seller of a manufactured home subject to the provisions of this section shall deliver a copy of this section of the Code of Virginia to the purchaser at the time of the sale.\n\t\tAny dealer in manufactured homes or any party having a secured interest in a particular manufactured home may use dealer plates as authorized in \u00a7 46.2-1550 in lieu of the tax permit required hereunder. Any such dealer or secured party who removes a manufactured home from a county or city on account of repossession or other operation of law shall notify the treasurer thereof before such removal.\n\t\tThe violation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor and be punishable as such.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":247617,"text":"No manufactured home, as defined in \u00a7 36-85.3, intended for use as a full-time place of residence shall be delivered to or located upon the lot or parcel of real estate where the manufactured home will be used as a place of residence until the necessary permits for connection to water and sewer outlets have been secured, or if there be no existing water and sewer outlets, until permits for a well and septic system have been acquired from the local health departments.\n\t\tThe owner of any manufactured home moving the manufactured home into a county, city or town for use rather than for sale shall within ten days after moving the manufactured home notify the commissioner of revenue or director of finance of the county, city or town of his name, address and description and location of the manufactured home. No manufactured home which has been in use as a place of residence shall be moved from the county, city or town wherein it has been in use, until the owner thereof has obtained a tax permit from the treasurer of the county or city. Such permits shall be supplied to the treasurers by the Department of Taxation. The treasurer shall not issue a tax permit until such owner has paid to the city or county and town all local property taxes assessed or assessable against the manufactured home. The permit shall expire in forty-five days and shall be conspicuously displayed on the left center of the rear of the manufactured home at all times when such manufactured home is being transported. The seller of a manufactured home subject to the provisions of this section shall deliver a copy of this section of the Code of Virginia to the purchaser at the time of the sale.\n\t\tAny dealer in manufactured homes or any party having a secured interest in a particular manufactured home may use dealer plates as authorized in \u00a7 46.2-1550 in lieu of the tax permit required hereunder. Any such dealer or secured party who removes a manufactured home from a county or city on account of repossession or other operation of law shall notify the treasurer thereof before such removal.\n\t\tThe violation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor and be punishable as such.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":16384,"edition_id":1,"name":"Special Provisions for Mobile Homes","identifier":"6","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14766,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:15:57","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:15:57","permalink":{"id":257925,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16384,"identifier":"6","token":"58.1\/III\/35\/6","url":"\/58.1\/III\/35\/6\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14766,"edition_id":1,"name":"Tangible Personal Property, Machinery and Tools and Merchants' Capital","identifier":"35","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12704,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:48","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:48","permalink":{"id":257733,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14766,"identifier":"35","token":"58.1\/III\/35","url":"\/58.1\/III\/35\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12704,"edition_id":1,"name":"Local Taxes","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12703,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":256459,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12704,"identifier":"III","token":"58.1\/III","url":"\/58.1\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12703,"edition_id":1,"name":"Taxation","identifier":"58.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":251959,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12703,"identifier":"58.1","token":"58.1","url":"\/58.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":68378,"structure_id":16384,"section_number":"58.1-3520","catch_line":"Local permits required before moving a manufactured home to the place where it is to be used as a place of residence; payment of property taxes before moving manufactured homes","url":"\/58.1-3520\/","token":"58.1\/III\/35\/6\/58.1-3520","metadata":false},{"id":67631,"structure_id":16384,"section_number":"58.1-3521","catch_line":"Manufactured homes; proration of tax","url":"\/58.1-3521\/","token":"58.1\/III\/35\/6\/58.1-3521","metadata":false},{"id":67948,"structure_id":16384,"section_number":"58.1-3522","catch_line":"Assessment method for manufactured homes","url":"\/58.1-3522\/","token":"58.1\/III\/35\/6\/58.1-3522","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":67631,"structure_id":16384,"section_number":"58.1-3521","catch_line":"Manufactured homes; proration of tax","url":"\/58.1-3521\/","token":"58.1\/III\/35\/6\/58.1-3521","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/58.1-3520\/","history_text":"

The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1974, chapter 426; in 1982, chapter 617; in 1984, chapter 675; in 1994, chapter 152<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":64678,"section_number":"36-85.3","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-85.3\/"},{"id":72295,"section_number":"46.2-1550","catch_line":"Use of dealer's and manufacturer's license plates, generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1550\/"}],"permalink":{"id":257927,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68378,"identifier":"58.1-3520","token":"58.1\/III\/35\/6\/58.1-3520","url":"\/58.1-3520\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-3520\/","token":"58.1\/III\/35\/6\/58.1-3520","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local permits required before moving a manufactured home to the place where it is to be used as a place of residence; payment of property taxes before moving manufactured homes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-3520","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No manufactured home, as defined in \u00a7 36-85.3<\/a>, intended for use as a full-time place of residence shall be delivered to or located upon the lot or parcel of real estate where the manufactured home will be used as a place of residence until the necessary permits for connection to water and sewer outlets have been secured, or if there be no existing water and sewer outlets, until permits for a well and septic system have been acquired from the local health departments<\/span>.\n\t\tThe owner of any manufactured home moving the manufactured home into a county, city or town for use rather than for sale shall within ten days after moving the manufactured home notify the commissioner of revenue or director of finance of the county, city or town of his name, address and description and location of the manufactured home. No manufactured home which has been in use as a place of residence shall be moved from the county, city or town wherein it has been in use, until the owner thereof has obtained a tax permit from the treasurer of the county or city. Such permits shall be supplied to the treasurers by the Department<\/span> of Taxation. The treasurer shall not issue<\/span> a tax permit until such owner has paid to the city or county and town all local property taxes assessed or assessable against the manufactured home. The permit shall expire in forty-five days and shall be conspicuously displayed on the left center of the rear of the manufactured home at all times when such manufactured home is being transported. The seller of a manufactured home subject to the provisions of this section shall deliver a copy of this section of the Code of Virginia to the purchaser at the time of the sale.\n\t\tAny dealer in manufactured homes or any party<\/span> having a secured interest in a particular manufactured home may use dealer plates as authorized in \u00a7 46.2-1550<\/a> in lieu of the tax permit required hereunder. Any such dealer or secured party<\/span> who removes a manufactured home from a county or city on account of repossession or other operation of law<\/span> shall notify the treasurer thereof before such removal.\n\t\tThe violation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span> and be punishable as such.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL PERMITS REQUIRED BEFORE MOVING A MANUFACTURED HOME TO THE PLACE WHERE IT\nIS TO BE USED AS A PLACE OF RESIDENCE; PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES BEFORE MOVING\nMANUFACTURED HOMES (\u00a7 58.1-3520)\n\nNo manufactured home, as defined in \u00a7 36-85.3, intended for use as a full-time\nplace of residence shall be delivered to or located upon the lot or parcel of\nreal estate where the manufactured home will be used as a place of residence\nuntil the necessary permits for connection to water and sewer outlets have been\nsecured, or if there be no existing water and sewer outlets, until permits for a\nwell and septic system have been acquired from the local health departments.\n\t\tThe owner of any manufactured home moving the manufactured home into a county,\ncity or town for use rather than for sale shall within ten days after moving the\nmanufactured home notify the commissioner of revenue or director of finance of\nthe county, city or town of his name, address and description and location of\nthe manufactured home. No manufactured home which has been in use as a place of\nresidence shall be moved from the county, city or town wherein it has been in\nuse, until the owner thereof has obtained a tax permit from the treasurer of the\ncounty or city. Such permits shall be supplied to the treasurers by the\nDepartment of Taxation. The treasurer shall not issue a tax permit until such\nowner has paid to the city or county and town all local property taxes assessed\nor assessable against the manufactured home. The permit shall expire in\nforty-five days and shall be conspicuously displayed on the left center of the\nrear of the manufactured home at all times when such manufactured home is being\ntransported. The seller of a manufactured home subject to the provisions of this\nsection shall deliver a copy of this section of the Code of Virginia to the\npurchaser at the time of the sale.\n\t\tAny dealer in manufactured homes or any party having a secured interest in a\nparticular manufactured home may use dealer plates as authorized in \u00a7 46.2-1550\nin lieu of the tax permit required hereunder. Any such dealer or secured party\nwho removes a manufactured home from a county or city on account of repossession\nor other operation of law shall notify the treasurer thereof before such\nremoval.\n\t\tThe violation of this section shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor and be\npunishable as such.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 58-766.3; 1974, c. 426; 1982, c. 617; 1984, c. 675; 1994,\nc. 152.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}