ENROLLED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 102
BY REPRESENTATIVE COUSSAN
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study provisions of law on property
in order to make recommendations regarding the classification of modular homes as
movable or immovable property, and to develop the legal procedure for their
attachment to land, and securing them as loan collateral, and to report its findings to
the Louisiana Legislature no later than February 1, 2019.
WHEREAS, a modular home by definition is different and distinct from a
manufactured home and a mobile home; and
WHEREAS, modular homes, like mobile homes and manufactured homes, are sold
and located on property, and the property upon which a modular home is located may or may
not be owned by the owner of the modular home; and
WHEREAS, state laws have not been updated to provide for how and when modular
homes are classified as either titled movable property or immovable property, and
specifically, R.S. 9:1149.3 provides for the immobilization of manufactured homes and
mobile homes, but does not clearly address the immobilization of modular homes; and
WHEREAS, it is important to modular home purchasers, sellers, and lenders that the
laws clearly provide the process in which modular homes are secured by a lender's mortgage
or security interest in order to facilitate the financing of purchases.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study provisions of law in order to
make recommendations regarding the classification of modular homes as movable or
immovable property, and to develop the legal procedure for their attachment to land and
securing them as loan collateral, and to report its findings and recommendations to the
Louisiana Legislature no later than February 1, 2019.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge
and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to include representatives of the office of
motor vehicles, the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association, the Louisiana Manufactured
Housing Association, the Louisiana Bankers Association, the Louisiana Association of
Independent Land Title Agents, and the Louisiana Land Title Association, to the extent not
already included in the study group.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
director of the Louisiana State Law Institute.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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