General Information

The division has designed a manufactured housing computer system nicknamed Lois, to track a home as it moves from a manufacturer to dealer to the owner ) and any resale). The system is deployed through a web-based application, thus eliminating most of the paperwork and delay from transactions for everyone involved.

LOIS system:

• Maintains siting and ownership information for manufactured structures sited in Oregon
• For siting and ownership information on exempt homes, please contact the county deed records.
• Generate official documents including the Ownership Document and Trip Permit
• Provide real-time access to data for update and output
• Limit access to authorized users and customize functionality based upon the specific user group
• Allow sophisticated data reporting tools

If you would like to become a system user, please submit a Manufactured Structure System User Application to Amanda Hauth.

Benefits

Depending upon the user's access, Lois allows an individual to:

• Record ownership information quickly, with less paperwork
• Access the system day or night; anywhere there is an Internet connection
• Search for ownership and security interest information
• Track secured interests online
• Purchase and print trip permits online
• Generate reports that you can use to track your work

Roles

• Manufacturers
  • Initialize new homes in the system
  • May generate Certificate of Origin
  • May use Lois system for Federal 302 Report
    
    
• Dealers
  • Initialize homes not currently in the system coming from out of state
  • Record ownership (sale) of new and used homes
  • Record siting of new and used homes
  • May purchase trip permits
    
    
• Lenders
  • Record security interests
  • Release security interests
  • Subordinate security interests
  • Assign security interests


• Title / Escrow
  • May represent dealers, lenders, private owners and satisfy their roles and requirements
  • May purchase Trip Permits

• Transporters
  • Purchase trip permit
  • Report delivery of homes
    
    
• Counties
  • Process any transactions listed above
  • Confirm exemption status
  • Process problem transactions
  • Responsible for maintaining ownership records on exempt homes
    
    
• Building Codes Division
  • Regulate user access
  • Process problem transactions
  • Fulfill statutory notification requirements
  • Process any other transaction not processed by another user group