Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Texas

repossesed mobile home

I own a piece of property that has mobile home lots on it. One of the tenants has let her mobile home go back to the mobile home company. I am in the process of selling the land that the mobile home sits on, but the mobile home company refuses to move the trailer. I do not want this trailer to interfere with the sale of the property, but I am not sure what my rights are since the trailer does not belong to me, but it is sitting on my land.


Asked on 9/25/06, 10:57 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Cheryl Rivera Smith The Smith Law Firm

Re: repossesed mobile home

I would send the mobile home company a certified letter and tell them that their property has been abandoned on your land. If it is not removed within 20 days, you plan on acquiring a title from the Dept. of Motor Vehicles. The letter may prod them into action.

If the trailer is worth less than $5,000, you can go to small claims court an obtain a court order awarding you title to the trailer. With that order, apply for a lost title with the DMV. If it is worth more than $5,000, then you will probably need the help of an attorney.

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Answered on 9/26/06, 10:34 am


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