US Lawyer Database

For Lawyer-Seekers

YOU DESERVE THE BEST LAWYER

Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 27 - Taxation and Finance » Chapter 53 - Ad Valorem Taxes-Mobile Homes

§ 27-53-1. Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter: “Manufactured home or manufactured housing” means any structure transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or forty (40) body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more […]

§ 27-53-13. Entry of mobile home on rolls as personal property

The manufactured home or mobile home owner who does not own the land on which his manufactured home or mobile home is located must declare his manufactured home or mobile home to be personal property at the time of registration and the county tax collector shall enter it on the manufactured home rolls as personal […]

§ 27-53-15. Manufactured or mobile homes shall be personal property unless home owner who owns the land elects to classify the home as real property for tax purposes or retires the title; conditions for classification as real property; security interests; certificates of classification and reclassification; fees

A manufactured home or mobile home shall be considered personal property for purposes of ad valorem taxation unless the manufactured homeowner or mobile homeowner who owns the land on which the manufactured home or mobile home is located either: Declares at the time of registration that the manufactured home or mobile home shall be classified […]

§ 27-53-17. Collection of delinquent taxes

Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-41-2, it shall be the duty of the tax collector of the county in which the manufactured home or mobile home is registered and assessed to collect the ad valorem taxes thereon. In cases where the manufactured home or mobile home is assessed on the land rolls, the penalty […]

§ 27-53-23. State tax commission to prepare assessment schedule for mobile homes assessed as personalty; uniformity of assessment required; objections to assessments

Manufactured homes and mobile homes considered as personal property shall be assessed uniformly according to value and such assessed value shall be determined by an assessment schedule which shall be prepared and made of record by the State Tax Commission and shall be certified to each county tax assessor and tax collector as the official […]

§ 27-53-25. Tax commission to adopt rules and regulations

The state tax commission shall adopt and issue rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, as to the duties of all officials, boards and officers in the administration of this law, and such other rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter, as the state tax commission shall deem necessary. Such rules and regulations […]

§ 27-53-27. Property exempt from chapter

The following are exempt from the taxes authorized by this chapter: In transit homes subject to the motor vehicle ad valorem tax law. Any manufactured home or mobile home located on land which is owned by the same person owning and occupying said manufactured home or mobile home which was assessed on the land rolls […]

§ 27-53-29. Penalty

Any such wilful violation of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00).

§ 27-53-3. State Tax Commission to supply forms at highway scales; dealers to furnish names and addresses of owners of mobile homes delivered or sold in state; monthly reports to county tax collectors

The State Tax Commission shall furnish to each official scale located on highways at the entrance to the state printed forms to be completed by the driver of all vehicles towing manufactured homes, mobile homes or in transit homes. The forms shall contain the following information about the manufactured homes, mobile homes or in transit […]

§ 27-53-5. Registration of mobile homes with county assessor; re-registration upon relocation within county; registration required for utility service; proof of payment of use tax required to register

It shall be the duty of the owner of a manufactured home or mobile home, not later than seven (7) days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after the date of purchase or entry into the county where the manufactured home or mobile home is located, to register such manufactured home or mobile home with […]

§ 27-53-9. Manner of assessment

Manufactured homes and mobile homes shall be assessed in the same manner as property of like value is assessed on the land rolls or manufactured home rolls on which they appear.