ABANDONMENTS/LANDLORD LIEN SALE - 

EVEN IF WE DO NOT HANDLE YOUR EVICTIONS, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES WITH THEIR ABANDONED HOMES.

When a home is abandoned, and the space rent is not being paid, a community has a landlord lien against the manufactured home.  Once proper notification has been made, the necessary legal documents have been processed, and the redemption period has expired, the park can hold a landlord lien sale to recover the past due rent.  If no buyers appear or if insufficient bids are made, the park may then obtain title to the home.  Once the park has title to the home, they can dispose, sell, rent or remove the home, depending on which is more beneficial to the park.  

The entire process requires knowledge of several different statutory schemes as well as an understanding of the Motor Vehicle Department Rules and Regulations.  Based upon our experience in this area, we have created a step-by-step procedure to assist communities with this process.  Our firm assists clients with landlord lien sales under a full or limited service agreement.  Under a full service agreement, our office will complete and process all steps.  Under a limited service agreement, we complete certain necessary steps and allow the park manager to assist us to reduce some of the attorneys' fees.

Our overall fees are very reasonable.  We have developed a computer system to make our office unparalleled in handling abandoned homes.  This ensures that the legal steps are followed, notices are sent and the proper timelines are followed.  More importantly for our clients, this reduces potential mistakes by parks handling the cases themselves and reduces our attorneys' fees for each home we handle.

When Mike Parham joined the firm in May, 2010, we were able to blend Mike's knowledge and experience of the manufactured housing industry with the streamlined processing our firm has developed over several years.  As a result, we have created a unique, expedited and inexpensive process for handling abandoned mobile homes.  

Mike Parham has been representing the mobile home park industry in the state of Arizona for three decades.  In addition to serving as counsel-of-record for the Manufactured Housing Communities of Arizona (MHCA) since 1987, he regularly represents parks and owners in all legal matters.  Mike maintains, and regularly updates, his website regarding all issues that affect the rental manufactured home community and the RV community.  Please visit his site by clicking on the following link: Mike's Website.  Pay special attention to the current Web Log on the left of the page, where Mike posts weekly blogs regarding relevant legal issues.