N.Y. Real Property Law § 344-b: Conversion procedure

* § 344-b. Conversion procedure. (a) A manufactured home shall be

deemed to be real property and shall be governed by the laws applicable

thereto when the following conditions are satisfied:

(i) The manufactured home shall be affixed to a permanent foundation;

(ii) The ownership interests in the manufactured home and the real

property to which the manufactured home is or shall be affixed shall be

identical, provided, however, that the owner of the manufactured home,

if not the owner of the real property, is in possession of the real

property under the terms of a lease in recordable form, and the owner

has the written consent of the lessor of the real property; and

(iii) Each person having an ownership interest in such home shall

execute and record with the recording officer of the county or counties

in which the real property is located an affidavit of affixation as

provided in section three hundred forty-four-c of this article, and

satisfy the other applicable requirements of this article.

(b) Upon receipt of the recorded original affidavit of affixation

pursuant to section three hundred forty-four-e of this article, any

person designated therein for filing with the commissioner of motor

vehicles shall file the recorded original affidavit of affixation with

the commissioner.

(i) In the case where the home is covered by a manufacturer's

certificate of origin, the recorded original affidavit of affixation and

the original manufacturer's certificate of origin shall be filed with

the commissioner pursuant to section twenty-one hundred seventeen-a of

the vehicle and traffic law.

(ii) In the case the home is covered by a certificate of title, the

recorded original affidavit of affixation and the original certificate

of title shall be filed with the commissioner in accordance with section

twenty-one hundred seventeen-b of the vehicle and traffic law.

(iii) In the case the home is not covered by a manufacturer's

certificate of origin or a certificate of title, or where a manufactured

home that is covered by a manufacturer's certificate of origin or

certificate of title but which the owner or owners, after diligent

search and inquiry, are unable to produce, the recorded original

affidavit of affixation shall be filed with the commissioner in

accordance with section twenty-one hundred seventeen-c of the vehicle

and traffic law.

* NB Effective December 12, 2026