(a) The owner of a manufactured home may submit an application to the department requesting that the department issue a certificate of title to a manufactured home and update the department's records under AS 28.05.061 if
- (1) the manufactured home was permanently affixed to real property under AS 34.85.150;
- (2) an affixation affidavit was recorded for the manufactured home under AS 40.17.125; and
- (3) after the occurrence of (1) and (2) of this subsection, the manufactured home was severed from the real property to which it was affixed.
- (b) The application under (a) of this section must comply with AS 28.10.266.
- (c) Subject to AS 28.05.041, if the department is satisfied that the application filed under (a) of this section complies with (b) of this section, the department shall issue a certificate of title to the manufactured home under AS 28.10.231 — 28.10.241, update the department's records under AS 28.05.061, and issue to the owner and to a person identified under AS 28.10.266(12) a written acknowledgment that the department has issued a certificate of title under this section.
- (d) When the department has issued a certificate of title under (c) of this section, the manufactured home is subject to this chapter.