The riograndesun informs MHProNews the Rio Arriba County Commissioners in New Mexico have adopted a resolution that would require manufactured home owners to obtain a tax certificate before moving their homes. While public hearings would be held before the the measure becomes law, the resolution would assess a $10 tax on moving a factory-built home on any municipal roadway in the county, excluding tribal lands, excluding sold homes moving from a dealer’s lot and modular homes. It would also be a way to locate all the homes in the county to collect property taxes for the estimated thousands that have not paid taxes, likely equaling thousands of dollars in county revenues. County records say there are 5,166 manufactured homes registered and an estimated 4,532 without registration.

(Photo credit: Jeff Tucker/riograndesun—Rio Arriba NM)