NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 507

HOUSE BILL 483

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A HUSBAND AND WIFE TO OWN A MOBILE HOME AS TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Chapter 41 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to read as follows:

"§ 41-2.5. Tenancy by the entirety in mobile homes. - (a) When a husband and wife become co-owners of a mobile home, in the absence of anything to the contrary appearing in the instrument of title, they become tenants by the entirety with all the incidents of an estate by the entirety in real property, including the right of survivorship in the case of death of either.

(b)        For the purpose of this section it shall be immaterial whether the property at any particular time shall be classified for any purpose as either real or personal. The provisions of subsection (a) shall not limit or prohibit any other type of ownership otherwise authorized by law.

(c)        For purposes of this section 'mobile home' means a portable manufactured housing unit designed for transportation on its own chassis and placement on a temporary or semipermanent foundation having a measurement of over 32 feet in length and over eight feet in width. As used in this Article, 'mobile home' also means a double-wide mobile home which is two or more portable manufactured housing units designed for transportation on their own chassis, which connect on site for placement on a temporary or semipermanent foundation having a measurement of over 32 feet in length and over eight feet in width.

(d)        Nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal or modify any of the provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 105 relating to the administration of the inheritance tax laws or any other provision of the law relating to inheritance taxes."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective September 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of June, 1981.