Amends GS 109.2 to provided that if a certificate of title has been issued for a manufactured home, no issued title is available, and the home qualifies as real property, then the owner listed on the title is deemed to have surrendered title to the Division of Motor Vehicles if the owner of the property on which the manufactured home is affixed submits (1) an affidavit that the home meets this definition and (2) a tax record showing that the home listed for ad valorem taxes as real property in the name of the record owner of the real property on which the home is affixed.

Amends the information that must be included in the affidavit that a manufactured home meets the definition of real property in GS 105-273(13) to include a statement that the affiant is (1) the record owner of the real property on which the manufactured home is affixed and the lease for the home does not include a provision allowing the owner listed on the certificate of title to dispose of the home before the end of the primary term of lease or (2) the owner of the manufactured home and owns the property that the home is affixed to or has entered into a lease with a primary term of at least 20 years for the real property that the home is affixed to. Providing false information on the affidavit is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Effective July 1, 2013.