Manufactured Home Moving Permit Application – Durham County

The Manufactured Home Moving Permit Application is the Durham County Government form, issued by Tax Administration's Collections Division, that identifies a manufactured home, its owner, its mover and its destination so the county can issue a permit to move it.

The form is printed as "Application for a Manufactured Home Moving Permit" and is organized in blocks:

• the home itself: make, model/year, size and serial number;
• Tax Liability Information: the owner on January 1 of the current year, that owner's current mailing address, the purchase date, and the home's physical location as of January 1, with park name and lot number;
• New Owner Information, to be completed only if different from the owner above;
• Mover Information: the transporter's name, mailing and physical addresses and telephone number;
• Relocation Information: where the home is being moved, with park name, lot number and county;
• Repossession Information: the lender's name, mailing address and telephone number.

The form closes with the rule that governs it: all taxes on the manufactured home, including those not yet computed that will become due during the current calendar year, must be paid in full before a moving permit will be issued (GS 105-316.2). The county lists the form among its Other Forms in the business personal property forms area of its tax forms and publications page. It is not a tax return or a payment form.

The owner of a manufactured home in Durham County who wants to have it moved completes this application, because the county issues the moving permit only after the home's taxes are paid.

Conditions printed on the form:

• The Tax Liability Information block asks for the owner of the home on January 1 of the current year and that owner's current mailing address.
• A new owner completes the New Owner Information block only if the current owner is different from the owner listed above it.
• The mover's details (transporter name, addresses and telephone number) are part of the application, so you need them before you start.
• The Repossession Information block asks for the lender's name, mailing address and telephone number. The form does not say who must complete it, so it applies when the home is being moved in a repossession.

The form does not describe who may sign or file for someone else, and it contains no signature block. Ask Tax Administration if a representative is acting for the owner.

Submit the application when you need a moving permit for the home, and plan on paying the taxes first: the form states that all taxes on the manufactured home, including those not yet computed that will become due during the current calendar year, must be paid in full before a moving permit will be issued.

The form prints no separate due date. Its information is tied to January 1 of the current year, since it asks who owned the home and where it was located on that date. Because the permit is not issued until the taxes are paid, gather the owner, location and mover details and confirm the amount owed with Tax Administration before the planned moving date.

The form itself prints no submission channel, so confirm how Durham County Tax Administration wants it delivered before you send it. The contact details are:

• Form letterhead: Tax Administration Dept., Collections Division, 201 E. Main St, 3rd Floor, P.O. Box 3397, Durham, NC 27702. Telephone 919 560 0300, fax 919 328 6179.
• County tax forms page: Main Office, 201 East Main Street, 3rd Floor, Administration Bldg. II, Durham, NC 27701, telephone 919-560-0350, open 8:30 AM-5:00 PM.
• Website: www.DCONC.Gov/Tax.

The taxes on the home must be paid in full before the permit is issued, so ask the office how to pay and what the current amount is. Neither the form nor the county page states a fee for the permit itself. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.