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Memo #1062 - Mobile Home VINs and Condition Reports (11/11/03)
It has come to our attention that many of our contractors are not aware of the full reporting requirements for Mobile Home Inspections. This memo is intended to expand upon the October 2002 Mobile Home Memo #1015. (To review Memo #1015, click on http://www.safeguardproperties.com/vendors/memo/archive/2002/october/m1015.html .)
When a property has been identified as a mobile home and vacant, the initial secure update must provide the following information.:
- Year, make, model number, serial number/ vehicle identification number (VIN), and HUD registration tags
- Is the property permanently affixed to the foundation?
- Have the tongue, wheels, and axles been removed?
The Condition Report form attached to this e-mail will be attached to each Mobile Home orders, to assure that you provide detailed reporting on the exterior and a full walk-through (room by room) of the interior. The form requires you to assess the condition of walls, floors, ceilings, carpeting, windows, doors, light fixtures, drapes/blinds, fireplaces, appliances, and bathrooms, as well as to provide an itemized accounting of all personals by room.
We are required to provide our clients with the serial or VIN number. This number is critical information for our clients to have, as this will allow our clients to review if the land and unit are titled correctly before conveying it to HUD/FNMA/FHLMC.
Mobile homes will have the serial number or VIN placed at more than one location. The serial number or VIN could be inside the mobile home in a kitchen or utility cabinet, by the electrical circuit breaker box, under the tongue, on the tongue, underneath the mobile home, or on a plate near the front or back door. If the data plates that are supposed to be inside the unit have been removed, the serial number or VIN can be located on the tow bar/hitch or frame front cross member of each transportable section. Usually it is cold stamped directly onto the outside of a steel crossbeam that is part of the main undercarriage frame.
If you are unable to locate a VIN for any reason, call SPI from site. Otherwise, orders that are updated without identification numbers and the attached report will remain open and incomplete.
We understand that this is additional work that you must perform and appreciate your continued cooperation.
For any additional clarification on this memo, please contact your regional coordinator.
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