Frequently Asked Questions

•Bring the title or registration to the Treasurer's office. •We will research and examine for taxes, penalties, and interest that must be paid in full, including the Current Year Taxes (One-Year-In-Advance) on the mobile home. •If moving, there is a $10 fee for Single-Wide and a $20 for Double-wide mobile homes and we will need the address information of where the mobile home is being moved to. •If being sold or trading, we will need the new owner's name and mailing address so they can be correctly be billed. •If mobile home is paid in full, including the Current Year Taxes, We will issue a tax release to you to take to NM M.V.D. to transfer title or update their information. •Once the title is transferred, you must take the new title to the McKinley County Assessor's office to update their records and complete the process. If moving, you will need to take the title and report to the County Assessor that the mobile home is moving to. •If you have any questions, please contact our Mobile Home Technician at (505) 722-4459 ext. 1062.

If your title or registration is lost, stolen, or destroyed, you may obtain the registration at M.V.D. or M.V.D. Letter/Printout and bring it to our office. We do not have public records of titles or registrations, we use the information on the title or registration that is given to us for the tax releases or moving permits. We must have the title or registration to match with M.V.D.'s records or M.V.D. will not accept it and send you back to our office to have it corrected. Once we receive the registration, you may apply for a Duplicate Title with NM M.V.D.

•Bring the title or registration to the Treasurer's office. •We will research and examine for taxes, penalties, and interest that must be paid in full, including the Current Year Taxes (One-Year-In-Advance) on the mobile home. •The owner of the mobile home must own the real estate to which the mobile home is on. So the title of the mobile home must have the same owner(s) name(s) as it says on the land/deed. •If mobile home does not have the same owner(s) name(s) as it says on the land/deed, you must transfer the title to the correct owner(s) name(s). •If mobile home is paid in full, including the Current Year Taxes, We will issue a tax release and you will go to the Assessor's office to request that it be taxed as real property, which is called a Change of Valuation Letter. •After the Change of Valuation is signed and completed in the Assessor's office, you then take the tax release to NM M.V.D. to deactivate the title. •Once the title is deactivated, you must take the new title to the McKinley County Assessor's office to update their records and complete the process.

•Bring the title or registration to the Treasurer's office. •We will research and examine for taxes, penalties, and interest that must be paid in full, including the Current Year Taxes (One-Year-In-Advance) on the mobile home. •The owner of the mobile home must own the real estate to which the mobile home is on. So the title of the mobile home must have the same owner(s) name(s) as it says on the land/deed. •If mobile home does not have the same owner(s) name(s) as it says on the land/deed, you must transfer the title to the correct owner(s) name(s). •If mobile home is paid in full, including the Current Year Taxes, We will issue a tax release and you will go to the Assessor's office to request that it be taxed as real property, which is called a Change of Valuation Letter. •After the Change of Valuation is signed and completed in the Assessor's office, you then take the tax release to NM M.V.D. to deactivate the title. •Once the title is deactivated, you must take the new title to the McKinley County Assessor's office to update their records and complete the process.

Please contact the County Assessor's office if you have any questions pertaining to this at (505) 863-3032.

The fees at NM M.V.D. varies. Most fees start from $12 and up. If you need more information on fees and you're in the Gallup McKinley County area please call (505) 863-3847. You may also call 1 (888) 683-4636 to find the one nearest you.

The legal owner of the mobile home is responsible for property taxes on the mobile home.

If the following procedures are not completed to transfer the title, you will continue to get the tax bill: •Bring the title or registration to the Treasurer's office. •We will research and examine for taxes, penalties, and interest that must be paid in full, including the Current Year Taxes (One-Year-In-Advance) on the mobile home. •If mobile home is paid in full, including the Current Year Taxes, We will issue a tax release that you take to NM M.V.D. to transfer the title. •Once the title is transferred, you must take the new title to the McKinley County Assessor's office to update and change ownership so the tax bill can go to the new owner.