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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-K

       FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15 (d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One)

[X]      ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
         EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2000

[ ]     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
        EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________________ to ____________________

Commission file number:    333-58995

                               Mid-State Trust VIII
      (Issuer in respect of Mid-State Trust VIII 7.791% Asset-Backed Bonds)
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Florida                                        59-0945134
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(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

 c/o First Union National Bank, 401 S. Tryon Street,
             12th Floor, Charlotte, NC                         28288-1179
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     (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:           (704) 383-9568

         Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:  None

         Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:  None

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ]

         Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to
Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained
herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge in
definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III
of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]



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                                INTRODUCTORY NOTE

         The Registrant, Mid-State Trust VIII, was formed pursuant to that
certain Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of May 3, 2000, by and
between Mid-State Homes and Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee. The
Registrant is the issuer of the Mid-State Trust VIII 7.791% Asset-Backed Bonds
(the "Bonds"), issued under an Indenture dated as of May 3, 2000 by and between
the Registrant and First Union National Bank, as Indenture Trustee.

         This Form 10-K has been prepared with modified disclosure in accordance
with past exemptions from the reporting requirements granted by the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for issuers
substantially similar to the Registrant. Items designated herein as "Not
Applicable" have been specifically omitted in reliance on such prior exemptions.


                                     PART I

Item 1.           Business.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 2.           Properties.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 3.           Legal Proceedings.

                  The Indenture Trustee is not aware of any material pending
                  legal proceedings involving either the Registrant, the
                  Indenture Trustee, the Owner Trustee or the Servicer with
                  respect to the Bonds or the Registrant's property.

Item 4.           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

                  No vote or consent of the holders of the Bonds was solicited
                  for any purpose during the year ended May 31, 2000.

                                     PART II

Item 5.           Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder
                  Matters.

                  To the best knowledge of the Indenture Trustee, there is no
                  established public trading market for the Bonds. As of the
                  date hereof, Cede & Co., the nominee for the Depository Trust
                  Company ("DTC"), was the only holder of record of the Bonds.
                  DTC holds the Bonds for the accounts of others.

Item 6.           Selected Financial Data.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 7.           Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
                  and Results of Operation.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 7A.          Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks.

                  Not Applicable.


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Item 8.           Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 9.           Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting
                  and Financial Disclosure.

                  None.

                                    PART III

Item 10.          Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 11.          Executive Compensation.

                  Not Applicable.

Item 12.          Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
                  Management.

                  The Indenture Trustee is not aware of any Schedule 13D or 13G
                  filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect
                  of the Bonds.

Item 13.          Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

                  None or Not Applicable.


                                     PART IV


Item 14.          Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form
                  8-K.

                  (a)      The following documents are filed as part of the
                           report

                           (1)      Financial Statements

                                    Not Applicable.

                           (2)      Financial Statement Schedules

                                    Not Applicable.

                  (b)      The Registrant filed the following current reports on
                           Form 8-K for the fourth quarter of 2000:

                           Date of Reports                     Items Covered

                           None

                  (c)      Exhibits*.

                           99.1     Annual statement to Bondholders for the
                                    period ended May 31, 2000



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                  (d)      Additional financial statements

                           (1)      Separate Financial Statements of
                                    subsidiaries not consolidated and
                                    fifty-percent-or-less persons.

                                    None.

                           (2)      Affiliates whose securities are pledged as
                                    collateral.

                                    None.

                           (3)      Schedules.

                                    None.



                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Indenture Trustee has duly caused this report to be
signed on behalf of the Registrant by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

                                 FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, as Indenture Trustee
                                 and on behalf of Mid-State Trust VIII


Dated:   August 31, 2000





                                 By:      /s/      Robert Ashbaugh
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                                 Name:    Robert Ashbaugh
                                 Title:   Vice President



                                INDEX OF EXHIBITS


99.1     Annual Statement to Bondholders for the period ended May 31, 2000