Personal Property Mobile Home Filing Return – Fairfax County, VA

The Personal Property Mobile Home Filing Return is the Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration (DTA) form that mobile home owners use to report ownership of a mobile home in Fairfax County, giving the department the owner, location, title, vehicle identification and purchase details.

The one-page form asks for the owner's name and Social Security number, a co-owner's name and Social Security number, the location address and a different mailing address if there is one, the State of Virginia title number and the vehicle identification number. It also asks for the mobile home's year, make and model, the purchase date and purchase cost, and the length and width of the home. If the home is rented, you give the occupant's name and daytime telephone number. The owner signs a declaration that the statements are true and correct to the best of their knowledge and belief.

A box at the top of the form is marked Office Use Only (Property No., Received Date, Class and Location); the DTA completes it. The printed header warns that a penalty applies if the return is not filed within 60 days of the purchase or move-in date. The revision printed on the form is November 2025.

The DTA lists this return among its Vehicle Tax/Personal Property Tax forms, separate from its Real Estate Tax forms. For how mobile homes are assessed, the DTA points to its Vehicle Assessment Methods page.

Anyone who owns a mobile home in Fairfax County and has purchased it or moved it into the county files this return with the DTA. The DTA describes the form as the way to report ownership of a mobile home in Fairfax County.

• Owners and co-owners: the form has lines for an owner and a co-owner, each with a Social Security number. The signature line is for the person making the declaration.
• Owners who rent the home out: if the mobile home is rented, the form asks for the occupant's name and daytime telephone number.
• Owners whose mailing address differs: give it on the separate mailing address line when it is not the same as the location address.

The form is not an appeal, exemption or tax relief application. The DTA publishes separate forms for real estate appeals, tax relief for seniors and people with disabilities, and vehicle tax exemptions, and those are listed on its forms page. Someone acting as an agent for an owner should check with the DTA, because the sources describe a separate Letter of Authorization for vehicle tax matters but do not tie it to this return.

File the return within 60 days of the date you purchased the mobile home or moved it into Fairfax County. The form's header and the DTA forms page both state this window, and both say a penalty applies when the return is filed after it. The DTA forms page gives the penalty amount; confirm the current figure with the department at 703-222-8234 (TTY 711). The form asks for the purchase date, so have your purchase paperwork at hand to count the 60 days. The form prints no separate annual renewal date.

You can return the completed form by mail to the DTA. The DTA forms page says completed PDF forms are to be mailed to:

• By mail: Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 223, Fairfax, VA 22035.

The letterhead on the form itself shows the department at 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 261, Fairfax, VA 22035, with telephone 703-222-8234 (TTY 711), fax 703-653-7015 and email [email protected]. The form does not say that the fax or email can be used to file the return, so ask the department before sending it that way. The DTA forms page also says it is working toward letting people submit more forms electronically in the future. Sign and date the declaration before sending, and mail it within 60 days of purchase or move-in. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the DTA channels above.