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HB435 • 2026

Manufactured Homes; certificate of title for 1999 models and earlier, Alabama Department of Revenue authorized to issue titles upon request

Manufactured Homes; certificate of title for 1999 models and earlier, Alabama Department of Revenue authorized to issue titles upon request

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Myrex
Last action
2026-04-08
Official status
On Third Reading in Second House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text is very brief and does not provide detailed information about updates or clarifications to the existing law.

Certificates of Title for Older Manufactured Homes

This bill allows the Alabama Department of Revenue to issue certificates of title for manufactured homes from model year 1999 and earlier upon request.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes a law about when the Alabama Department of Revenue can give out certificates of title for manufactured homes.
  • Allows the department to issue titles for older manufactured homes if the current owner asks for one.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Current owners of manufactured homes from model year 1999 or earlier in Alabama.
  • The Alabama Department of Revenue, which will issue certificates of title upon request.

Terms To Know

Certificate of Title
A document that shows who owns a manufactured home.
Model Year
The year when a manufactured home was made or first sold.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill only affects manufactured homes from model years 1999 and earlier, not newer models.
  • The law will start on January 1, 2027.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

6YBU8Z1-1

R 719

Adopted

Plain English: 6YBU8Z1-1 : 2/18/2026 : VSM 1ST MYREX AMENDMENT TO HB435 OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MYREX Page 1 Replace lines 51 through 52 on page 2 with the following: Section 2.

  • 6YBU8Z1-1 : 2/18/2026 : VSM 1ST MYREX AMENDMENT TO HB435 OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MYREX Page 1 Replace lines 51 through 52 on page 2 with the following: Section 2.
  • This act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.
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  • This amendment summary is using official source text because generated interpretation was skipped for this run.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-08 Senate

    Carried Over

  2. 2026-03-11 Senate

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  3. 2026-03-11 Senate

    Reported Out of Committee Second House

  4. 2026-03-03 House

    Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 720 (Yeas 69, Nays 12)

  5. 2026-03-03 House

    Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 719 (Yeas 91, Nays 1)

  6. 2026-03-03 House

    Third Reading in House of Origin (Yeas 84, Nays 5)

  7. 2026-03-03 Senate

    Pending Committee Action in Second House

  8. 2026-03-03 Senate

    Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on State Governmental Affairs

  9. 2026-03-03 House

    Engrossed

  10. 2026-03-03 House

    Myrex 1st Amendment Offered

  11. 2026-02-19 House

    Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

  12. 2026-02-18 House

    Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

  13. 2026-02-12 House

    Pending Committee Action in House of Origin

  14. 2026-02-12 House

    Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on State Government

Official Summary Text

Manufactured Homes; certificate of title for 1999 models and earlier, Alabama Department of Revenue authorized to issue titles upon request

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
HB435 ENGROSSED
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HB435
JP8WLFN-2
By Representative Myrex
RFD: State Government
First Read: 12-Feb-26
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HB435 Engrossed
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First Read: 12-Feb-26
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to manufactured homes; to amend Section
32-20-21, Code of Alabama 1975; to authorize Alabama
Department of Revenue to issue certificates of title to
current owners of manufactured homes model year 1999 and
earlier; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to
update the existing code language to current style.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 32-20-21, Code of Alabama 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
"§32-20-21
No certificate of title shall be issued for any of the
following:
(1) A manufactured home owned by the United States or
any agency thereof.
(2) A manufactured home owned by a manufacturer or
licensed manufactured home dealer and held for sale.
(3) A manufactured home owned by a nonresident of this
state and not located in this state.
(4) Manufactured homes designated 1999 and prior year
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(4) Manufactured homes designated 1999 and prior year
models , unless requested by a current owner pursuant to this
article .
(5) Modular homes.
(6) A manufactured home situated in this state and
permanently affixed to the real property on which it is placed
and for which the certificate of title or the manufacturer's
certificate of origin has been cancelled canceled pursuant to
subsection (b) of Section 32-20-20 (b).
(7) Any other manufactured homes as prescribed by the
department."
Section 2. This act shall become effective on January
1, 2027.
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House of Representatives
Read for the first time and referred
to the House of Representatives
committee on State Government
................12-Feb-26
Read for the second time and placed
on the calendar:
0 amendments
................19-Feb-26
Read for the third time and passed
as amended
Yeas 69
Nays 12
Abstains 23
................03-Mar-26
John Treadwell
Clerk
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