PE-sealed PFGMH foundation certification and notarized Affidavit of Affixation — the two documents that convert a manufactured home from personal property to real property. Recorder-ready, escrow-billable, returned in five business days.
A complete filing — together, an affixation report — consists of two engineering instruments. Both PE-sealed, both delivered as a sealed PDF for the closing file and wet-ink originals for recording. Deep dive on both documents
Engineering certification that the home's foundation meets HUD's Permanent Foundations Guide for Manufactured Housing, § 3. Documents pier type, footing dimensions, soil bearing capacity, frost depth, and anchoring.
This is the document the title insurer relies on to underwrite the conversion. It does not get recorded — it goes into the closing file.
Notarized sworn statement by a licensed Professional Engineer declaring, under oath, that the home is permanently affixed to the real estate. Cites the controlling state statute. This is the document that gets recorded at the county — the legal event that effects the conversion.
Book and page numbers issue against it. DMV title is surrendered simultaneously.
Two options for getting originals to the recorder. Default is delivery to your office; concierge is us walking them.
Sealed PDF and wet-ink originals delivered to your office. Your team walks them to the recorder. You control the timing and have the originals in hand before recording.
Sealed PDF in your closing file within 24 hours of drafting. Wet-ink originals arrive same day or next-day courier.
We walk the originals to the recorder and return recorded copies (book and page) to your file. Eliminates one errand from your closing-day list.
For flagship counties (★), concierge is included at standard fee — we file there weekly. Non-flagship counties add a small courier line item.
MO: St. Louis, St. Charles, Jackson, Greene — AR: Pulaski, Benton, Washington — IL: Sangamon, Peoria — KS: Sedgwick, Johnson. We file there enough to know the recorder's clerks by name. Full coverage detail →
Every instrument is formatted to the destination county's specific recording requirements before it leaves this office. Margin widths, font minimums, signature-block placement — all county-specific. Zero first-walk-up rejections across 38 recorder offices in 2025.
Statewide coverage across all seven active states. The table shows the controlling statute and highest-volume counties. Full county-by-county detail
Submit the address, the recording county, the target close. Acknowledgment within an hour. Quote same business day. Recorded within five business days — and the title officer chases none of it.