As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Authorized agent" means the county clerk and recorder in each of the counties of
the state, except in the city and county of Denver, and therein the manager of revenue, or such
other official of the city and county of Denver as may be appointed by the mayor to perform
functions related to the registration of manufactured homes, is the authorized agent.
(1.5) "Clerk and recorder" means the clerk and recorder of any county or city and county
in the state of Colorado.
(2) "Dealer" means any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association licensed
under the laws of this state to engage in the business of buying, selling, exchanging, or otherwise
trading in manufactured homes.
(3) "Department" means the department of revenue.
(4) "Director" means the executive director of the department of revenue.
(5) "Home" means any manufactured home as defined in subsection (6) of this section.
(6) "Manufactured home" means a preconstructed building unit or combination of
preconstructed building units that is constructed in compliance with the federal manufactured
home construction safety standard, as defined in section 24-32-3302 (13), C.R.S. "Manufactured
home" shall also include a mobile home, as defined in section 24-32-3302 (24), C.R.S.
(7) "Manufacturer" means a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or association
engaged in the manufacture of new manufactured homes.
(8) Repealed.
(9) "Mortgages" or "mortgage" or "chattel mortgage" means chattel mortgages,
conditional sales contracts, or any other like instrument intended to operate as a mortgage or to
create a lien on a manufactured home as security for an undertaking of the owner thereof or
some other person; except that, as used in part 2 of this article, "mortgage" also includes
mortgages, deeds of trust, and other liens on real property.
(10) "Owner" means any person, association of persons, firm, or corporation in whose
name the title to a manufactured home is registered.
(11) "Person" means a natural person, association of persons, firm, partnership, or
corporation.
(12) "State" includes the territories and the federal districts of the United States.
(13) "Verification of application form" means the form generated by an authorized agent
upon receipt of a properly completed application for title submitted in accordance with section
38-29-107.
Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1448, § 1, effective June 15. L. 89: (6) amended
and (8) repealed, pp. 729, 731, §§ 35, 40, effective July 1. L. 2003: (1) amended, p. 562, § 1,
effective July 1. L. 2008: (1.5) and (13) added and (6) and (9) amended, p. 442, § 2, effective
July 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
10
cases (
2 in the last 5 years), 1988–2025 · leading case:
In re Romero, 533 B.R. 807 (Bankr.D. Colo. 2015).
In re Romero, 533 B.R. 807 (Bankr.D. Colo. 2015).
· cites it 6× “n a permanent chassis designed for long-term residential occupancy and containing complete electrical, plumbing, and sanitary facilities and designed to be installed in a permanent or semipermanent manner with or without a permanent foundation, which is capable of being drawn…”
Tucker v. Wolfe, 968 P.2d 179 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998).
· cites it 2× “1998 (defining mobile home similarly under Tax Deferral for the Elderly Act); §38-29-102(6), C.R.S.1998 (defining manufactured housing as a preconstructed building unit or units without motive power designed and commonly used for residential occupancy by persons in either…”
In Re Harris, 166 B.R. 163 (Bankr.D. Colo. 1994).
· cites it 2× “That statute provides: A manufactured home as defined in section 38-29-102(6), which includes a mobile home as defined in section 38-12-201.”
In re Galvin, 583 B.R. 262 (Bankr.D. Colo. 2018).
· cites it 6× “6 reads as follows: Mobile home, manufactured home, trailer, and trailer coach homestead exemption (1) A manufactured home as defined in section 38-29-102 (6), which includes a mobile home or manufactured home as defined in section 38-12-201.”
Shaffstall v. Adams Cnty. (Colo. Ct. App. 2025).
· cites it 2× “A mobile home is considered “purged” once it is permanently 2 affixed to the ground, converting it from personal property to real property.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-29-102(10) — 1 case
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-29-102(6) — 6 cases
In re Romero, 533 B.R. 807 (Bankr.D. Colo. 2015).
“n a permanent chassis designed for long-term residential occupancy and containing complete electrical, plumbing, and sanitary facilities and designed to be installed in a permanent or semipermanent manner with or without a permanent foundation, which is capable of being drawn…”
Tucker v. Wolfe, 968 P.2d 179 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998).
“1998 (defining mobile home similarly under Tax Deferral for the Elderly Act); §38-29-102(6), C.R.S.1998 (defining manufactured housing as a preconstructed building unit or units without motive power designed and commonly used for residential occupancy by persons in either…”
In Re Harris, 166 B.R. 163 (Bankr.D. Colo. 1994).
“That statute provides: A manufactured home as defined in section 38-29-102(6), which includes a mobile home as defined in section 38-12-201.”
In re Galvin, 583 B.R. 262 (Bankr.D. Colo. 2018).
“6 reads as follows: Mobile home, manufactured home, trailer, and trailer coach homestead exemption (1) A manufactured home as defined in section 38-29-102 (6), which includes a mobile home or manufactured home as defined in section 38-12-201.”
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-29-102(8) — 1 case
— Colo. Rev. Stat. § 38-29-102(9) — 1 case
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