HB 2275 Summary

• Establishes procedures for mobile home park landlords to handle abandoned mobile homes, including notification requirements within ten days to the legal owner or lienholder about outstanding rent and utility costs.

• Defines abandonment as: tenant absent for 30+ days without notice, rent unpaid for one month with no occupancy evidence, or mobile home remaining after eviction judgment.

• Creates a landlord lien on abandoned mobile homes for unpaid rent and allows landlords to seize homes after giving notice and allowing seven days for payment, then sell at public auction if debt unpaid within 60 days.

• Requires sale proceeds distributed in order: costs of sale, landlord lien satisfaction, lienholder claims, return to former owner (within 90 days), then unclaimed balance to the department of revenue with provisions for two-year claims period.

• Mandates mobile home park landlords maintain standardized registration forms showing mobile home identification, ownership status, and lien information, with tenant notification required within ten days of any lien changes.