How to check a mobile home mover's TDHCA license

In Texas, anyone who installs or re-levels a manufactured home must be licensed and bonded by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), Manufactured Housing Division [7]. Only a licensed installer may install, re-level or change the home's foundation [8]. A move almost always ends with an installation, so the company setting up your home needs that license.

Look it up in about two minutes

1. Ask the company for its TDHCA license number. Installer licenses start with MHDINS, retailers with MHDRET and brokers with MHDBRK.
2. Open TDHCA's public View License Records page [12].
3. Search by the license number, or by the company name if they don't have the number handy.
4. Check that the status is Active and the expiration date is in the future.
5. Check that the license type includes Installer (or a retailer license that covers installation) if they'll be setting up the home.
6. Check that the name and city match the company on your quote or contract.

Also ask for

• USDOT number. TxDMV checks a mover's USDOT number before it issues the move permit [6]. You can look it up on the FMCSA SAFER website.
• Proof of insurance for the move, including cargo coverage for the home.
• A written quote that says what's included: permits, escorts, blocking, leveling, anchoring, re-joining, utilities, skirting.
• The installation warranty. TDHCA requires the installer to give you a written warranty that the installation meets department standards [8].
• Form T. The installer must report the installation to TDHCA within 7 days (3 days for provisional licenses) so it can be inspected before skirting [10] [9].

Red flags

• No license number, or a license that's expired or in someone else's name
• "You get the permits yourself" (the mover normally gets the TxDMV permit) [8]
• Cash only, or full payment before the home moves
• A price far below the ranges in our cost guide

Every mover we refer requests to must hold an active TDHCA license. Check it yourself anyway. It's public and free.

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Sources are listed on the cost guide. Checked October 22, 2026.