Checked Nov 10, 2026
Mobile home moving permits and tax clearance by state
Every state treats a mobile home on the road as an oversize load, so the mover needs a state oversize permit. Many states add a step for the owner: pay the property taxes and get a county moving permit, tax certificate or decal before the home can leave, then record the new location. We confirmed official-source steps for all 50 states, and every state links its official oversize permit office. 30 states also have a tax, title or installer step from an official statute or agency page. For 20 states we found the oversize-permit rule but not a statewide tax-clearance statute; those pages say so and leave that step blank.
States with tax, title or installer steps
Alabama
In Alabama you need a $10 county move permit, issued only after the home's taxes or registration are paid, plus the hauler's state oversize permit.
3 steps, each with its official source
Arizona
In Arizona a used home cannot get an oversize moving permit until the county assessor issues a Form 504 tax clearance showing ad valorem taxes are paid, good for no more than 30 days.
3 steps, each with its official source
Arkansas
In Arkansas a manufactured home wider than 8 feet or longer than 60 feet needs an ARDOT special permit for each continuous move, with a statewide width cap of 18 feet; cities and counties may not add their own moving permits once ARDOT has issued one.
3 steps, each with its official source
California
In California a licensed C-47 manufactured-housing contractor must install or prepare a home for moving, Caltrans will issue a transport permit only to a transporter or licensed manufacturer or dealer with an HCD decal, and HCD will not transfer a tax-assessed title without a county tax clearance certificate.
3 steps, each with its official source
Colorado
In Colorado the county treasurer issues an authentication of paid ad valorem taxes and an orange transportable manufactured home permit before a used home may move, and moves on state highways also need a CDOT permit.
3 steps, each with its official source
Florida
In Florida only an FLHSMV-licensed installer can set up the home, and the county or city setup permit is issued to that licensed installer.
2 steps, each with its official source
Georgia
In Georgia a home can't be moved without the current mobile home decal, and the county tax commissioner only issues it after all taxes on the home are paid.
3 steps, each with its official source
Illinois
In Illinois, before a mobile home subject to the Mobile Home Local Services Tax may be moved more than one mile, the transporting company must have a county treasurer permit certifying that current and past due taxes are paid.
2 steps, each with its official source
Indiana
In Indiana a mobile or manufactured home may not be moved, and BMV will not transfer its title, until the owner has a county treasurer permit issued only after taxes, assessments, interest, penalties, judgments, and costs due on the home are paid. The permit expires in 90 days.
2 steps, each with its official source
Iowa
In Iowa a home may not be moved from its present site until the owner has a tax clearance statement from the county treasurer certifying that prior-year taxes are not owing and current-period taxes are paid.
2 steps, each with its official source
Kentucky
In Kentucky a home wider than 8.5 feet needs a KYTC overweight/overdimensional permit, and a manufactured home can't be longer than 90 feet.
2 steps, each with its official source
Minnesota
In Minnesota, the state will not issue a manufactured-home certificate of title unless the application includes a county auditor or treasurer statement that manufactured-home personal property taxes levied on the unit in the current owner's name have been paid. Moves on state highways also need a MnDOT oversize permit.
2 steps, each with its official source
Mississippi
In Mississippi the owner registers the home with the county tax collector within 7 days of moving it in, with proof of last year's taxes, and utilities won't connect without that registration.
2 steps, each with its official source
Montana
In Montana the county treasurer issues a tax-paid sticker for a home that is to be moved only after all taxes, interest, and penalties have been paid, and the owner must display the sticker so it is visible from the exterior before and during the move.
2 steps, each with its official source
Nevada
In Nevada a trip permit from the county assessor is required before a manufactured or mobile home is moved on any highway or road, and the assessor issues it only after proof of ownership and that property taxes for the full year have been paid. The permit is good for no more than five consecutive working days.
2 steps, each with its official source
New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, a building or structure taxed as real estate — including a manufactured home that is not dealer stock-in-trade — may not be moved from the location where it was last taxed unless the owner gives the mover a receipted tax bill, a certificate that all property taxes are paid, or a signed local authorization to relocate without payment.
2 steps, each with its official source
New Mexico
In New Mexico, NMDOT will not issue a special oversize permit to move a manufactured home that originates in the state until the owner presents a county assessor or treasurer certificate that current and past property taxes are paid, or that no tax liability exists.
2 steps, each with its official source
North Carolina
In North Carolina a mobile home can't be moved from its site without a tax permit from the county tax collector, displayed near the rear tag during the move.
2 steps, each with its official source
Ohio
In Ohio, before a taxable manufactured or mobile home is moved on public roads, the owner must get a $5 relocation notice from the county auditor, issued only after the required manufactured-home taxes are paid, and attach the yellow notice to the rear of the home.
3 steps, each with its official source
Oklahoma
In Oklahoma the Department of Public Safety won't issue a move permit without the home's current-year registration and decal, which come after taxes are paid.
1 steps, each with its official source
Oregon
In Oregon a manufactured structure may not be moved to a different situs unless the Building Codes Division approves the move and the county assessor issues a trip permit, which is issued only after current and delinquent taxes and special assessments are paid.
2 steps, each with its official source
Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania the local tax collector must issue a $2 removal permit, only after all taxes levied on the home are paid, before the home may be moved out of the taxing district.
2 steps, each with its official source
South Carolina
In South Carolina you need a county moving permit before relocating, and it needs a treasurer's certificate that no taxes are unpaid, plus a title or title application.
2 steps, each with its official source
Tennessee
In Tennessee every mobile home move on public roads needs a permit, and moves are daylight only, Monday through Saturday.
2 steps, each with its official source
Texas
In Texas the mover gets a TxDMV permit for a home over legal size, and the owner records the new location with TDHCA on a new Statement of Ownership.
4 steps, each with its official source
Utah
In Utah a manufactured or mobile home may not be transported, including by its owner, unless a tax clearance has been obtained from the county assessor (or the treasurer, if that duty has been reassigned) showing that all property taxes, interest, and penalties have been paid, and the clearance is displayed on the rear of the home in transit.
2 steps, each with its official source
Vermont
In Vermont a manufactured home may not be moved over state highways unless the hauler has a copy of the town-clerk-endorsed manufactured home uniform bill of sale, and the clerk will not endorse it until property taxes on the home have been paid.
2 steps, each with its official source
Virginia
In Virginia a used manufactured home may not leave the locality where it has been used as a residence until the owner gets a tax permit from the treasurer, issued only after all local property taxes assessed or assessable against the home are paid.
2 steps, each with its official source
Washington
In Washington a special movement permit from WSDOT or local authorities is required, and for a home assessed for property taxes the permit is not valid until the county treasurer certifies that lien and delinquent taxes are satisfied and a movement decal is displayed.
1 steps, each with its official source
Wyoming
In Wyoming, before a transportable home whose move starts in the state is taken on a street or highway, the owner must pay the current year's taxes to the county treasurer and present the treasurer's receipt to WYDOT before an over-width permit may be issued.
1 steps, each with its official source
States where a statewide tax-clearance statute was not found
Each of these pages still has the official oversize-permit office and any installer program we could confirm. The tax step is left blank on purpose.
- Alaska
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Dakota
- Rhode Island
- South Dakota
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
All 50 states: permit offices and installer programs
| State | Oversize permit office | Installer licensing | Tax and title steps |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Permits · 800-499-2782 | Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission | Written up |
| Alaska | Permits · 907-365-1200 | HUD (federal installation program) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Arizona | Permits · 602-771-2960 | Arizona Department of Housing, Office of Manufactured Housing | Written up |
| Arkansas | Permits · 501-569-2381 | Arkansas Manufactured Home Commission | Written up |
| California | Permits · 916-322-1297 | California Department of Housing and Community Development, Manufactured and Factory-Built Housing Programs | Written up |
| Colorado | Permits · 800-350-3765 | Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Housing | Written up |
| Connecticut | Permits · 860-594-2880 | HUD (federal installation program) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Delaware | Permits · 302-744-2700 | State-run installation program | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Florida | Permits · 850-410-5777 | Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Manufactured Housing Section | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Georgia | Permits · 844-837-5500 | Georgia State Fire Marshal's Office, Manufactured Housing Division | Written up |
| Hawaii | Permits · (808) 831-6700, ext 107 | HUD (federal installation program) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Idaho | Permits · 800-662-7133 | Idaho Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Illinois | Permits · 217-785-1477 | HUD (federal installation program) | Written up |
| Indiana | Permits · 317-615-7200 | State-run installation program | Written up |
| Iowa | Permits · 515-237-3268 | State-run installation program | Written up |
| Kansas | Permits · 785-368-6501 | State-run installation program | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Kentucky | Permits · 502-564-1257 | Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, Manufactured Housing Division | Written up |
| Louisiana | Permits · 225-343-2345 or 800-654-1433 | Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office, Manufactured Housing Division | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Maine | Permits · 207-624-9000, ext. 52134 | Maine Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Maryland | Permits · 800-846-6435 | HUD (federal installation program) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Massachusetts | Permits · 781-431-5148 | HUD (federal installation program) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Michigan | Permits · 517-241-8999 | HUD (federal installation program) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Minnesota | Permits · 651-296-6000 | Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry | Written up |
| Mississippi | Permits · 888-737-0061 | Mississippi State Fire Marshal's Office, Manufactured Housing Division | Written up |
| Missouri | Permits · 888-737-0061 | Missouri Public Service Commission, Manufactured Housing and Modular Units Programs | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Montana | Permits · 406-444-7262 | HUD (federal installation program) | Written up |
| Nebraska | Permits · 402-471-0034 | HUD (federal installation program) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Nevada | Permits · 800-552-2127 | Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Manufactured Housing Division | Written up |
| New Hampshire | Permits · 603-271-2691 | Not confirmed | Written up |
| New Jersey | Permits · 609-963-2085 | HUD (federal installation program) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| New Mexico | Permits · 505-476-2475 | New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, Manufactured Housing Division | Written up |
| New York | Permits · 518-485-2999 or 888-783-1685 | New York Department of State, Division of Building Standards and Codes | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| North Carolina | Permits · 1-888-221-8166 | North Carolina Office of the State Fire Marshal, Manufactured Building Division | Written up |
| North Dakota | Permits · 701-328-2621 | North Dakota Department of Commerce, Division of Community Services | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Ohio | Permits · 614-351-2300 | State-run installation program | Written up |
| Oklahoma | Permits · 405-425-7012 | State-run installation program | Written up |
| Oregon | Permits · 503-373-0000 | Oregon Building Codes Division | Written up |
| Pennsylvania | Permits · 717-787-4680 | Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Housing and Building Standards Division | Written up |
| Rhode Island | Permits · 401-563-4582 | HUD (federal installation program) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| South Carolina | Permits · 877-349-7190 | South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Manufactured Housing Board | Written up |
| South Dakota | Permits · 605-224-7364 | HUD (federal installation program) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Tennessee | Permits · 615-741-3821 | Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, State Fire Marshal's Office (Manufactured Housing and Modular Building Section) | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Texas | Permits · 800-299-1700, option 1 | Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Manufactured Housing Division | Written up |
| Utah | Permits · 801-965-4892 | Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing | Written up |
| Vermont | Permits · 802-828-2064 | HUD (federal installation program) | Written up |
| Virginia | Permits · 804-249-5130 | Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, State Building Codes Office | Written up |
| Washington | Permits · 360-704-6340 | Washington Department of Labor and Industries | Written up |
| West Virginia | Permits · 304-558-9547 | West Virginia Division of Labor | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Wisconsin | Permits · 608-266-7320 | Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services | Not found statewide — see the state page |
| Wyoming | Permits · 307-777-4376 | HUD (federal installation program) | Written up |
Permit office phone numbers come from the FHWA list of state oversize/overweight permit contacts. Installer programs come from HUD's list of state administrative agencies and HUD's Manufactured Home Installation Program. This is a summary of official sources, not legal advice.
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