§17A-3-12b. Canceled certificates of title for certain mobile and manufactured homes.
The commissioner may cancel a certificate of title for a mobile or manufactured home affixed to the real property of the owner of the mobile or manufactured home. The person requesting the cancellation shall submit to the commissioner an application for cancellation together with the certificate of title. The application shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall return one copy of the cancellation certificate to the owner and shall send a copy of the cancellation certificate to the clerk of the county commission to be recorded and indexed in the deed book with the owner's name being indexed in the grantor index. The commissioner shall charge a fee of ten dollars per certificate of title canceled. Upon recordation in the county clerk's office the mobile or manufactured home shall be treated for all purposes as an appurtenance to the real estate to which it is affixed and be transferred only as real estate and the ownership interest in the mobile or manufactured home, together with all liens and encumbrances on the home, shall be transferred to and shall encumber the real property to which the mobile or manufactured home has become affixed.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session