Jamie Ellis' manufactured-home source packet

Send the SOL, label and land-record clues before the file becomes a status debate.

For agents, lenders, sellers, buyers and investors: collect the TDHCA, county, tax, payoff and title-commitment sources that help the right reviewer answer the right manufactured-home question.

Audience and job

Make a manufactured-home file easier to route.

A manufactured-home transaction can create several questions at once: Statement of Ownership status, label or serial identity, tax records, payoff or lien release, land ownership, lender conditions, title-commitment requirements and whether a reviewer needs attorney or underwriter input. This handoff keeps the sources separated before the file turns into guesswork.

The useful handoff

Name the TDHCA or county source, attach the manufactured-home document you have, and ask one process question. The Statement of Ownership, land record, tax record, lender instructions, title commitment, attorney advice and underwriting review still control the file-specific result.

Official sources

Use current TDHCA, land and TDI sources.

These sources were checked on September 18, 2026. They help frame the manufactured-home packet, but they do not replace TDHCA, tax-office, county, lender, title, underwriting or legal review.

TDHCA Manufactured Housing Division, read September 18, 2026

Start with the state manufactured-housing source.

TDHCA's Manufactured Housing Division page routes visitors to Statement of Ownership materials, record searches, license records, installation records, tax lien records and manufactured-housing FAQs. Use that state source before relying on an old bill of sale or listing description.

Read the official source ->
TDHCA ownership records, data updated September 18, 2026

Search by the identifiers the state system recognizes.

The TDHCA ownership-record page asks for a label or seal number, serial number, owner name, certificate number, address, city, install county or ZIP, and notes that best results come from label or certificate searches. Send the identifier used, not just the words 'mobile home.'

Read the official source ->
Texas Property Code Section 2.001, read September 18, 2026

Keep real-property status as a review question.

Texas law ties manufactured-home real-property treatment to the Statement of Ownership election and attachment to land in the way the statute describes. Send the SOL, land deed and title-commitment clue so the reviewer can compare the sources instead of guessing.

Read the official source ->
TDI Procedural Rule P-53, read September 18, 2026

Make the guide public, neutral and referral-safe.

TDI P-53 permits legal promotional and educational activity that is not conditioned on referral of title-insurance business. This handoff offers source organization only; it does not discount a title premium or provide a referral benefit.

Read the official source ->
What to send

Give each reviewer the manufactured-home fact they can verify.

A manufactured-home handoff does not need to decide ownership, fixture status, lien priority, tax treatment, real-property status or title coverage. It needs enough source context for the right professional to identify the next step.

  1. Property address, county, contract status, target closing date and whether the home is described as manufactured, mobile, modular, personal property, real property or unclear
  2. TDHCA Statement of Ownership, certificate number, label or Texas seal number, serial number, section count and owner-of-record clue if available
  3. Land deed, legal description, appraisal or tax-account clue, installation county, tax-lien search clue and any county-recording reference already found
  4. Payoff, release, lender condition, title-commitment item, survey note or seller disclosure that mentions the home or its attachment to the land
  5. One process question for the title team, lender, TDHCA, tax office, county clerk, underwriter or attorney before the file reaches signing pressure
What to avoid

Keep status conclusions out of the first note.

  • Do not decide whether the home is real property, personal property, modular construction or part of the insured land.
  • Do not decide whether a Statement of Ownership is sufficient, current, released, surrendered, corrected or legally effective.
  • Do not decide lien priority, tax status, ownership, fixture status, title, underwriting or insurability.
  • Do not promise lender approval, funding, recording, title coverage, curative timing or a closing date.
TDI safety posture

No rate claim. No referral bargain. No ownership or lien advice.

This public resource is available to anyone on the same terms. It is not conditioned on sending a closing to WG Title and it does not offer a rebate, discount, commission, gift or thing of value for a referral.

Prepared as a courtesy. This document is available to any real estate professional on the same terms and is not conditioned on directing a closing to WG Title.

WG Title provides title and escrow services, not legal advice. WG Law is a separate, independently operated company and any relationship with it is governed by its own engagement.

Read TDI Procedural Rule P-53 ->
D1-first conversion path

Send the property and the first manufactured-home question.

This uses the existing closing-readiness form. The page URL, referrer, UTM fields and click IDs stay with the lead record, so the title team can see that the question came from this manufactured-home source guide.

Do not paste wire instructions, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, identity-document numbers, full TDHCA portal credentials, private tax returns or private lender account credentials into this form.

Five facts. One clear first question. We will tell you what to gather next.

Educational information only. Available on the same terms to everyone and not conditioned on directing a closing to WG Title. No quote, legal advice, underwriting decision or guaranteed closing date.