Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California

Re: Real Estate

By trailer, I assume you mean a mobile or manufactured home and not an RV. As such, its pretty clear that the transfer of the home to the park owners was never legally accomplished. Without seeing all the paperwork, its very hard to say what happened, but my best guess is that the attorney is trying to obtain title to the home for the park owner through an abandonment action against the home. If that's the case, they probably won't come after you personally - they are using the "charges" as a means of creating a lien against the home which can then be transferred to the park owner in satisfaction of the lien. Call the attorney, and ask them why you are responsible for these fees when the home was given to the park 9 years ago. If he claims that you never transferred the home, ask where the rent for the home was paid - if they claim you owned the home all this time, then who was collecting rent for the home - not the space - for the last 9 years. I'd threaten him with a legal action for the rent the park owners received over the past 9 years for the home if it was, in fact your home. This may be much more complex than just what I've described herein, so feel free to call me if you have any questions - we do a lot of work in manufactured housing.

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