Tucson Region

Taxpayer Watch: Mobile homes can go one of two ways for taxing purpose

Situation: Georgia Yager owns a mobile home and property in Catalina. She asks how she can find out about affixing the mobile home to the property for tax purposes. Status: Mobile homes can be taxed as motor vehicles, or they can be taxed like a house, said Rick Lyons, Pima County assessor. Usually, the owner of the mobile home decides how it should be taxed. If the mobile home occupies a permanent site, Lyons said, the owner can file a document called an affidavit of affixture. The affidavit is filed with the county assessor. The affidavit makes the mobile home into a home. It is then taxed as an improvement to a piece of property, Lyons said, the same way a house is taxed.....

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