OAR 150-308-0760: Manufactured Structure Classified as Real or Personal Property

(1) When the records in the assessor's office or the ownership document issued by Building Codes Division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) do not identify the same ownership for a manufactured structure as for the land upon which the structure is located, the assessor must classify the manufactured structure as personal property. However, if the taxpayer submits documentation establishing that the ownership of the manufactured structure and land upon which the structure is located is the same, the assessor must classify the manufactured structure as real property. Example 1: The land is in the name of Pat Public, Inc., a corporation, and the manufactured structure is in the name of Pat Public. Because a corporation is a different legal entity than an individual, the ownership is not the same, so the manufactured structure must be classified as personal property. Example 2: Spouses in a marriage are owners of a parcel of land upon which a manufactured structure is located. The ownership document for the manufactured structure is in one spouse’s name only. The ownership is not the same and the manufactured structure must be classified as personal property. Example 3: Pat Public owns a manufactured structure and is buying on contract the parcel of land upon which the structure is located. For purposes of ORS 308.875 the ownership is the same and the manufactured structure must be classified as real property. (2) When the owner of a manufactured structure has a leasehold estate of 20 years or more, and the lease specifically permits the owner to record that lease in the county deed records, the owner may complete an application as prescribed by DCBS to have the home classified as real property. If the assessor determines that the manufactured structure qualifies for recording as required by ORS 446.626, and the lease has subsequently been recorded in the county deed records, the assessor must then classify the home as real property. (3) When the owner of a manufactured structure is a member of a manufactured dwelling park nonprofit cooperative formed under ORS 62.800 to 62.815 that owns the land on which the manufactured structure is located, the owner may complete an application as prescribed by DCBS to have the home classified as real property. If the assessor determines that the manufactured structure qualifies for recording as required by ORS 446.626, the assessor must then classify the home as real property.