(1) Every mobile home owned in this state on January 1 is subject to ad valorem taxation by the various taxing jurisdictions authorized to impose an ad valorem tax on property. Taxes shall be charged against the owner of the mobile home, if known, and, if unknown, against the specific mobile home itself.
(2) On or before April 1 of each year, or at the time of the first sale or transfer before April 1, every owner of a mobile home shall return such mobile home for taxation and pay the taxes due on the mobile home in the county where the mobile home is situated on January 1.
(a) In those instances where a mobile home is primarily used in connection with an established business where there is a reasonable expectation that the mobile home will be moved about in such a manner that it will not be more or less permanently situated in a single county as of January 1, such mobile home shall be returned and the taxes due paid in the county where the business is located.
(b) In those instances where a mobile home has been moved from the county where it was more or less permanently located on January 1, it shall nevertheless be returned and the taxes paid in such county, however, the owner may submit reasonable evidence of such tax payment to the tax commissioner of the county where the mobile home is now situated and that tax commissioner shall issue a mobile home location permit for such county.
(c) Where there has been a sale or transfer of a mobile home and the new owner seeks a mobile home location permit in a county other than that in which the previous owner was required to return the mobile home and pay the taxes due, the new owner, in the absence of satisfactory evidence obtained from the old owner that taxes have been paid, may request from the tax commissioner of such county a certificate indicating that all taxes outstanding have been paid. Upon receipt of the certificate from the new owner, the tax commissioner of the county where the mobile home is now situated shall issue the required mobile home location permit.
(d) Upon sale of a mobile home by a dealer after January 1, the dealer shall complete and provide to the purchaser Form PT-41. The purchaser shall submit Form PT-41 to the tax commissioner at the time the mobile home location permit is obtained. Upon receipt of Form PT-41, the tax commissioner shall collect any outstanding taxes from prior years that may be unpaid, and shall then issue the required mobile home location permit for the current year without payment of tax. The tax commissioner shall retain one copy of Form PT-41 and distribute a copy to the purchaser, the dealer, the board of tax assessors, and the Motor Vehicle Division.
O.C.G.A Secs. 48-2-12, 48-5-440 through 48-5-448, 48-5-450, 48-5-451, 48-5-490 through 48-5-495.
