Definitions
9 V.S.A. § 2601
in effect2601. Definitions
(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, “manufactured home” means:
(1) A manufactured home as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6201.
(2) An unmotorized vehicle, other than a travel or recreational trailer, designed to be towed and designed or equipped for use as sleeping, eating, or living quarters.
(b) A manufactured home remains a manufactured home for purposes of this chapter even though it may be used for advertising, sales, display, or promotion of merchandise or services, or for any other commercial purposes except the transportation of property.
(c) A manufactured home that was financed as residential real estate shall be defined as residential real estate.
(d) “Permanently sited” means the manufactured home has become affixed to the land. Factors that tend to show a manufactured home is permanently sited include one or more of the following:
(1) The manufactured home has been set up on blocks or otherwise stabilized so that the wheels do not form a major part of the structural support.
(2) The manufactured home has been connected to utilities such as electricity, sewage, water, gas, or oil.
(3) Skirting has been installed around the base of the manufactured home.
(4) The wheels or axles have been removed.
(5) The manufactured home has been situated in a place that makes removal unlikely.
Added 1971, No. 103; amended 1983, No. 237 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1989, No. 229 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2003, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 38; 2025, No. 155 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2026.
Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/09/072/02601Fetched: 10/21/2026