N.Y.
Real Property Law Section 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 § 344-C (Affidavit of affixation)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 § 344-E (Notice to commissioner of motor vehicles)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 Vehicle & Traffic Law § 2117-A (Surrender of manufacturer’s certificate of origin to a manufactured home)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 Vehicle & Traffic Law § 2117-B (Surrender of title to a manufactured home)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 Vehicle & Traffic Law § 2117-C (Confirmation of conversion of a manufactured home)section twenty-one hundred seventeen-c of the vehicle and traffic law. * NB Effective December 12, 2026
Source:
Section 344-B — Conversion procedure, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/RPP/344-B (updated Dec. 19, 2025; accessed Dec. 20, 2025).
