KRS 186A.297: Filing of affidavit of conversion to real estate when manufactured home

is permanently affixed to land -- Requirements for surrender of certificate of

title.

(1) When a manufactured home is or is to be permanently affixed to real estate, the

owner may execute and file an affidavit of conversion to real estate with the county

clerk of the county in which the real estate is located. The affidavit shall attest to the

fact that the home has been or will be permanently affixed to the real estate a nd be

accompanied by a surrender of the Kentucky certificate of title. The county clerk

shall file the affidavit of conversion to real estate in the miscellaneous record book.

(2) A county clerk shall not accept a surrender of a Kentucky certificate of tit le which

displays an unreleased lien unless it is accompanied by:

(a) A release of the lien; or

(b) An affidavit, signed under oath by the attorney who satisfied the liens noted

on the Kentucky certificate of title, attesting that all liens noted on the

Kentucky certificate of title have been paid. An affidavit filed by an attorney

under this paragraph may only be signed by an attorney licensed to practice

law in the Commonwealth.

(3) The provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall not excuse a lender who placed

a lien on the certificate of title from filing a release of the lien.

(4) Upon receipt of the information identified in subsection (2) of this section, the

county clerk shall accept the affidavit of conversion and the surrender of the

Kentucky certificate of title.

(5) In the event of an inaccurate or fraudulent affidavit, the title surrender becomes null

and void.

(6) The county clerk shall be held harmless if he or she relies upon receipt of the

information identified in subsection (2) of this section.

(7) When the county clerk files the affidavit of conversion to real estate, the county

clerk shall furnish a copy to the property valuation administrator for inclusion in the

real property tax rolls of the county. A filing of an affidavit of con version to real

estate and a surrender of a Kentucky certificate of title shall be deemed a conversion

of the property as an improvement to the real estate upon which it is located.