Helpful tips for buying and selling mobile homes in Georgia

Once a T-234 is filed, a Georgia manufactured home's title is cancelled and the home is generally treated as part of the land. Here's how the process works, how to check whether one was filed, and why it changes how a sale is handled.

A double-wide can have one title or two, and more than one identification number, depending on how the manufacturer originally documented it. Here's how to find the HUD label and data plate, match them to your title, and what to do if one is missing.

Mobile home liens don't expire the way car liens do in Georgia. Here's how to verify what's on your title, release a lien the standard way, and what to do (and what won't work) when the lienholder is gone.

Georgia won't reissue a title straight to an heir. Here's how the full-probate path and the T-20 affidavit path each work, and what to do first if a lien is still on the original title.

Whether you can sell depends on why your name isn't on the title. Here's how an unfiled title, a Georgia bonded title, and a lender-held title each get resolved before a sale can close.

A lost mobile home title usually is not a permanent problem. In most cases you file a replacement application at your county tag office, pay an $8 fee, and receive a new title in your name.

This guide is for owners who aren't sure what kind of title problem they have, or who have a clean title and just want to understand the paperwork before they sell. If you already know you're dealing with a lost title, a lien, an inherited home, or a title that was never converted to real…