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With respect to advertising, it is unlawful:

(a) To make or disseminate or cause to be made or disseminated before the public in this state, in any newspaper or other publication, or any advertising device, or by public outcry or proclamation, or by any other manner or means whatsoever, any statement which is untrue or misleading, and which is known, or which by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading, or to so make or disseminate or cause to be so disseminated any statement as part of a plan or scheme with the intent not to sell any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach or service so advertised at the price therein, or as so advertised.

(b) To advertise or offer for sale or exchange in any manner, any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach not actually for sale at the premises of the dealer or available to the dealer through a listing agreement executed by the seller or from a manufacturer or distributor at the time of the advertisement or offer. However, this subdivision does not apply to advertising or offering for sale or exchange any used manufactured home, used mobilehome, or used commercial coach where the advertising or offering for sale is not contrary to any terms of a contract between the seller of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach and the owner of the mobilehome park, and which manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach is either in place on a lot rented or leased for human habitation within an established mobilehome park, or is otherwise located, pursuant to a local zoning ordinance or permit, on a lot where its presence has been authorized or its continued presence and use would be authorized for a total and uninterrupted period of at least one year.

(c) To fail, within 48 hours, in writing, to withdraw any advertisement of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach that has been sold or withdrawn from sale.

(d) To advertise or represent a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach as a new manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach if the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach has been previously installed as a model without also advertising that it was a model.

(e) To advertise or otherwise represent, or knowingly to allow to be advertised or represented on his or her behalf, or at his or her established place of business, that no downpayment is required in connection with the sale of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach when a downpayment is in fact required and the buyer is advised or induced to finance the downpayment by a loan in addition to any other loan financing the remainder of the purchase price of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1342, Sec. 14. Effective September 26, 1984. Operative January 1, 1985, by Sec. 39 of Ch. 1342.)

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It is unlawful to do any of the following:

(a) Willfully violate any law, or any rule or regulation adopted by the department, relating to manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches or the sale of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches.

(b) Fail to comply within a reasonable time with any written order of the department or any law enforcement agency.

(c) Fail to meet the terms and conditions of a compromise agreement effected under the provisions of Section 18064.5.

(d) Cause or allow the existence of any of the conditions specified in Section 18050.5 as a cause for refusal to issue a license.

(e) Lend a license to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another.

(f) Display or represent any license not issued to the person as being his or her license.

(g) Fail or refuse to surrender to the department, upon its lawful demand, any license or report of sales books, which is suspended, revoked, or canceled.

(h) Permit any unlawful use of a license or report of sales books, issued to a licensee.

(i) Photograph, photostat, duplicate, or in any way reproduce any license or facsimile thereof in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid license, or display or possess any photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction, or facsimile unless authorized by the provisions of this part.

(j) Accept or encourage sales arranged or negotiated by unlicensed persons or salespersons while not employed by the dealer. For the purposes of this section, employment by a dealer shall mean employment reported to the department pursuant to Section 18060.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 394, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1997.)

division: 13. HOUSING

part: 2. MANUFACTURED HOUSING

chapter: 7. Occupational Licenses

article: 3. Infractions and Penalties

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(a) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subdivision (d) of Section 18061 or any regulation to the contrary, a dealer may, alternatively, post in a prominent location immediately outside the primary entrance to a new manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular a conspicuous notice that the unit was previously installed as a model, display unit, or used for other occupancy. Additionally, a similarly conspicuous and prominent notice, requiring a buyer’s separate initials, shall be included in any purchase agreement for that unit.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 5050 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations, an advertisement of any new manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular is not required to contain the year of manufacture of the unit provided the new unit is not more than three years old.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 5050 of Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations, an advertisement of any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular is not required to contain the model name of any unit if the model name is disclosed in a conspicuous and prominent notice, requiring the buyer’s separate initials, in any purchase agreement for that unit.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 567, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2005.)

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It is unlawful for a dealer to do any of the following:

(a) Enter into a listing agreement that does not include a specified date upon which the agreement is to terminate.

(b) Claim or take any secret or undisclosed amount of compensation, commission, fee, or profit prior to, or at the time that a contractual agreement is signed whereby all parties involved, after negotiation, have come to terms. However, this section shall not be construed to require the disclosure of any exclusive financial arrangements agreed upon between the dealer and any financial institution with regard to financial arrangements applicable solely to them.

(c) Exercise any provision which allows the dealer an option to purchase the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach that is the subject of an agreement whereby a consumer authorizes or employs the dealer to arrange for its sale, purchase, or exchange, unless the dealer has, prior to exercising the option, revealed in writing to the consumer the full amount of the dealer’s profit in exercising the option and obtained the written consent of the consumer approving the amount of the profit.

(d) Fail to disclose any liens or encumbrances of which the dealer had knowledge on a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1528, Sec. 11. Effective September 30, 1984.)

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It is also unlawful for a dealer to do any of the following:

(a) Engage in the business for which the dealer is licensed without at all times maintaining an established place of business.

(b) Employ any person as a salesperson who is not licensed pursuant to this part, or whose license or 90-day certificate is not displayed on the premises of the dealer as provided in Section 18063.

(c) Permit the use of the dealer’s license, supplies, or books by any other person for the purpose of permitting that person to engage in the sale of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial modulars, or to permit the use of the dealer’s license, supplies, or books to operate a secondary location to be used by any other person, if the licensee has no financial or equitable interest or investment in the manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial modulars sold by, or the business of, or secondary location used by, the person, or has no such interest or investment other than commissions, compensations, fees, or any other thing of value received for the use of the dealer’s license, supplies, or books to engage in the sale of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial modulars.

(d) Advertise any specific manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular for sale without identifying the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular by its serial number or by the number on its federal label or insignia of approval issued by the department.

(e) Advertise the total price of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular without including all costs to the purchaser at the time of delivery at the dealer’s premises, except sales tax, title and registration fees, finance charges, and any dealer documentary preparation charge. The dealer documentary preparation charge shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20).

(f) Exclude from the advertisement of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular for sale information to the effect that there will be added to the advertised total price at the time of sale, charges for sales tax, title and registration fees, escrow fees, and any dealer documentary preparation charge.

(g) Represent the dealer documentary preparation charge as a governmental fee.

(h) Refuse to sell the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular to any person at the advertised total price for that manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular, exclusive of sales tax, title fee, finance charges, and dealer documentary preparation charge, which charge shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20), while it remains unsold, unless the advertisement states the advertised total price is good only for a specified time and that time has elapsed.

(i) Not post the salesperson’s license in a place conspicuous to the public on the premises where they are actually engaged in the selling of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial modulars for the employing dealer. The license shall be displayed continuously during their employment. If a salesperson’s employment is terminated, the dealer shall return the license to the salesperson.

(j) Offer for sale, rent, or lease within this state a new manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular whose manufacturer is not licensed under this part.

(k) To violate Section 798.71 or 798.74 of the Civil Code, or both.

(l) When the dealer is an owner or manager, or an agent of the owner or manager, of a mobilehome park and serves as the dealer for a manufactured home or mobilehome to be installed or sold in the park, to knowingly violate Section 798.72, 798.73, 798.73.5, 798.75.5, or 798.83 of the Civil Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 567, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2005.)

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It is unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor to coerce or attempt to coerce any dealer in this state to do any of the following:

(a) Order or accept delivery of any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach, part or accessory thereof, appliance, equipment or any other commodity not required by law which shall not have been voluntarily ordered by the dealer.

(b) Order or accept delivery of any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach with special features, appliances, accessories or equipment not included in the list price of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach as publicly advertised by the manufacturer or distributor.

(c) Order for any person any parts, accessories, equipment, machinery, tools, appliances, or any commodity whatsoever.

(d) Participate in an advertising campaign or contest, any promotional campaign, promotional materials, training materials, showroom or other display decorations or materials at the sole expense of the dealer.

(e) Enter into any agreement with the manufacturer or distributor or to do any other act prejudicial to the dealer by threatening to cancel a franchise or any contractual agreement existing between the dealer and manufacturer or distributor. Notice in good faith to any dealer of the dealer’s violation of any terms or provisions of the franchise or contractual agreement shall not constitute a violation of this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1076, Sec. 42.)

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It is unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor licensed under this part to do any of the following:

(a) Refuse or fail to deliver, in reasonable quantities and within a reasonable time after receipt of an order from a dealer having a franchise for the retail sale of any new manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach sold or distributed by the manufacturer or distributor, any new manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach or parts or accessories to new manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches that are covered by the franchise, if the mobilehome or commercial coach, parts or accessories are publicly advertised as being available for delivery or actually being delivered. This subdivision is not violated, however, if the failure is caused by acts or causes beyond the control of the manufacturer or distributor.

(b) Prevent or require or attempt to prevent or require, by contract or otherwise, any change in the capital structure of a dealership, if the dealer at all times meets any reasonable capital standards agreed to by the dealer and the manufacturer or distributor, and also provided that no change in capital structure shall cause a change in the principal management or have the effect of a sale of the franchise without the consent of the manufacturer or distributor.

(c) Prevent or require, or attempt to prevent or require, a dealer to change the executive management of a dealership, other than the principal dealership operator or operators, if the franchise was granted the dealer in reliance upon the personal qualifications of that person or persons.

(d) Prevent or require, or attempt to prevent or require, by contract or otherwise, any dealer, or any officer, partner, or stockholder of any dealership, to participate in the sale or transfer of any part of the interest of any of them to any other person or persons. No dealer, officer, partner, or stockholder shall, however, have the right to sell, transfer, or assign the franchise, or any right thereunder, without the consent of the manufacturer or distributor if the consent is not unreasonably withheld.

(e) Prevent, or attempt to prevent, a dealer from receiving fair and reasonable compensation for the value of the franchised business. There shall be no transfer or assignment of the dealer’s franchise without the consent of the manufacturer or distributor, if the consent is not unreasonably withheld.

(f) Obtain money, goods, services, or any other benefit from any other person with whom the dealer does business, on account of, or in relation to, the transaction between the dealer and any other person, other than for compensation for services rendered, unless the benefit is promptly accounted for, and transmitted to, the dealer.

(g) Require a dealer to prospectively assent to a release, assignment, novation, waiver, or estoppel that would relieve any person from liability imposed by this part or to require any controversy between a dealer and a manufacturer or distributor to be referred to any person other than the department, if the referral would be binding on the dealer. This subdivision does not, however, prohibit arbitration before an independent arbitrator.

(h) Increase the prices of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches that the dealer ordered for private retail consumers prior to the dealer’s receipt of the written official price increase notification. In the event of manufacturer price reductions, the amount of any reduction received by a dealer shall be passed on to the private retail consumer by the dealer if the retail price was negotiated on the basis of the previous higher price to the dealer. Price reductions shall apply to all manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial coaches in the dealer’s inventory that were subject to the price reduction. A price difference applicable to new model or series manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches at the time of the introduction of new models or series shall not be considered a price increase or price decrease. Price changes caused by either of the following shall not be subject to this subdivision:

(1) The addition to a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach of required or optional equipment pursuant to state or federal law.

(2) Revaluation of the United States dollar, in the case of foreign-made manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches.

(i) Fail to pay to a dealer, within a reasonable time following receipt of a valid claim by a dealer thereof, any payment agreed to be made by the manufacturer or distributor to the dealer by reason of the fact that a new manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach of a prior year model is in the dealer’s inventory at the time of introduction of new model manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches. A manufacturer or distributor shall not authorize or enable any new model to be delivered by dealers at retail more than 30 days prior to the eligibility date of the model change allowance payment for prior year model manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches.

(j) Deny, to the surviving spouse or heirs designated by a deceased owner of a dealership, the opportunity to participate in the ownership of the dealership or successor dealership under a valid franchise for a reasonable time after the death of the owner.

(k) Offer any refunds or other types of inducements to any dealer or other person for the purchase of new manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches of a certain make and model to be sold to the state or any political subdivision of the state without making the same offer to all other dealers in the same make and model within the relevant market area.

(l) Employ a person as a distributor who has not been licensed pursuant to this chapter.

(m) Deny any dealer the right of free association with any other dealer for any lawful purpose.

(n) Compete with a dealer in the same make and model operating under an agreement or franchise from a manufacturer or distributor in the relevant market area. A manufacturer or distributor shall not, however, be deemed to be competing when operating a dealership either temporarily for a reasonable period, or in a bona fide retail operation that is for sale to any qualified independent person at a fair and reasonable price, or in a bona fide relationship in which an independent person has made a significant investment subject to loss in the dealership and can reasonably expect to acquire full ownership of the dealership on reasonable terms and conditions.

(o) Unfairly discriminate among its franchisees with respect to warranty reimbursement or authority granted its franchisees to make warranty adjustments with retail customers.

(p) Sell manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches to persons not licensed under this part for resale, except as authorized pursuant to Section 18015.7 or 18062.9.

(q) Fail to exercise reasonable supervision over the activities of employees who negotiate or promote the sale of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 770, Sec. 12. (AB 1764) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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(a) A manufactured home manufacturer may sell manufactured homes, as defined in Section 18007, directly to a licensed California general building contractor, as described in Section 7057 of the Business and Professions Code, when all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The sale is for five or more manufactured homes in a calendar year.

(2) The manufactured homes are delivered directly to a building site and installed on a foundation system in accordance with Section 18551.

(3) The manufactured homes are installed within a single subdivision, as defined in Section 66424 of the Government Code, consisting of five or more parcels, and therefore require a tentative and final map pursuant to Section 66426 of the Government Code.

(b) A manufactured home manufacturer may sell manufactured homes, as defined in Section 18007, directly to a nonprofit corporation, as defined by Section 50091, that is also a Community Housing Development Organization, as defined in Section 92.2 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, when all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The sale is for five or more manufactured homes in a calendar year.

(2) The manufactured homes are delivered directly to a site for installation by a dealer, as defined in Section 18002.6, or a contractor in accordance with Section 18551 or 18613.

(3) The manufactured homes are acquired and installed as part of a project financed by federal, state, or local government funds, and the homes will be sold or rented at affordable costs to low- and moderate-income households as established by the department for other affordable housing finance programs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 632, Sec. 4. (SB 251) Effective January 1, 2010.)

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It is unlawful for a salesperson to do any of the following:

(a) At the time of employment, not deliver to his or her employing dealer his or her salesperson’s license or 90-day certificate.

(b) Fail to report in writing to the department every change of residence within five days of the change.

(c) Act or attempt to act as a salesperson while not employed by a dealer. For purposes of this subdivision, “employment by a dealer” means employment reported to the department pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 18060.

(d) To violate Section 798.71 or 798.74 of the Civil Code, or both.

(e) When the salesperson is an owner or manager, or an agent of the owner or manager, of a mobilehome park and serves as the salesperson for a manufactured home or mobilehome to be installed or sold in the park, to knowingly violate Section 798.72, 798.73, 798.73.5, 798.75.5, or 798.83 of the Civil Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 567, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2005.)

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text: The department may, pending a hearing, temporarily suspend the license issued to a licensee for a period not to exceed 30 days if the director finds that the action is required in the public interest. In any such case, a hearing shall be held and a decision thereon issued within 30 days after notice of the temporary suspension.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 975, Sec. 3.)

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(a) If the director determines through an investigation that a person has engaged or is engaging in an activity which is a violation of this part, or which is a violation of a regulation of the department adopted for the purpose of implementing this part, and if the director finds that the action is required in the public interest, he or she may direct the person to desist and refrain from that activity by issuance of an order specifying the nature of the activity and the factual and legal basis for his or her determination. The respondent to whom the order is directed shall immediately, upon receipt of the order, cease the activity described in the order.

(b) The respondent may, within 30 days after service of the order to desist and refrain, file a written request for a hearing to contest the order.

(c) If a written request for hearing is received within 30 days of the date of service of the order, a hearing shall be held. The hearing shall be commenced within 30 days after receipt of respondent’s request unless the respondent agrees to a postponement. If the hearing is not held and a decision rendered by the director within 30 days after receipt of respondent’s request for a hearing, or the date to which continued with respondent’s consent, the order shall be deemed rescinded.

(d) If a person served with an order issued pursuant to this section fails to file a written request for a hearing within 30 days from the date of service of the order, the order shall be deemed a final order of the director and shall not be subject to review by any court or agency.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 707, Sec. 8.)

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(a) The director may, following the filing of an accusation against a licensee under this part and prior to conducting a hearing, exercise an option, with the consent of the licensee, to enter into and adopt a stipulated penalty whereby the licensee agrees to accept the terms and conditions of the penalty without hearing or appeal by any party thereto.

(b) Except when the accusation alleges injury to, or fraud against, the public or the state, the director may, following the filing of an accusation against a licensee or prior to adopting any recommendation resulting from a hearing, exercise an option, with the consent of the licensee, to impose and require the payment of a monetary penalty of a minimum and maximum amount for each violation alleged and stipulated to by the licensee, as established by a schedule under regulations adopted by the department and costs of investigation and prosecution, without further hearing or appeal, and without any other form of penalty against the licensee which may otherwise have been imposed for the same offense or offenses had the matter proceeded to hearing or had the director adopted the decision of the hearing officer.

(c) If the accusation alleges injury to, or fraud against, an individual purchaser or potential purchaser, the director may enter into an agreement pursuant to subdivision (b), but such a compromise and settlement shall include, in addition to the monetary penalty set forth by regulation, compensation for the injury or fraud, including all costs of investigation and prosecution.

(d) Each compromise settlement agreement and each monetary penalty agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be signed by the respondent licensee, the director, and the accuser, or by their authorized representatives, and filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, together with the department’s notice of withdrawal of the accusation upon which the action was initiated if the compromise settlement agreement or monetary payment agreement is entered into before the hearing.

(e) Failure of the respondent to honor the terms and conditions of any agreement entered into under this section shall render the agreement null and void, and shall be cause for action pursuant to Section 18058 in the same manner as the department may have otherwise proceeded, notwithstanding the agreement.

(f) The amount of the penalty provided for in subdivision (b) shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per violation and shall be based upon the nature of the violation and the seriousness of the violation against the purposes and provisions of this part.

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The licenses or permits provided for in this part shall be automatically canceled upon any of the following events:

(a) The abandonment of the established place of business of the licensee or the change thereof without notice to the department as provided in this part.

(b) The voluntary or involuntary surrender for any cause by the licensee of the license. However, the surrender or cessation of business by the licensee, or the suspension of the corporate charter of the licensee by the state, shall not prevent the filing of an accusation for revocation or suspension of the surrendered license as provided in Section 18058 or the department’s decision that the license should be suspended or revoked. Furthermore, this determination may be considered in granting or refusing to grant any subsequent license authorized by this part to the licensee, copartner, or any officer, director, or stockholder of the prior licensee.

(c) Notification that the person designated as licensee has changed.

(d) Suspension or cancellation of the corporate charter of the licensee by the state.

(e) Failure of a licensee to file an application for renewal for the license or permit before the date of expiration of the current license or permit.

(f) Submittal of a check, draft, or money order to the department for a license or license renewal fees due the department which is thereafter dishonored or refused payment upon presentation and which fees and penalty are not thereafter paid by cash, money order, or cashier’s check prior to the expiration of the license.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 506, Sec. 4.)

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text: The revocation or suspension of a license may be limited to one or more municipalities or counties or any other defined area, or may be revoked or suspended in a defined area only as to certain aspects of its business, or as to a specified licensee or licensees.

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text: The suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a license provided for in this part shall not prevent the filing of an accusation for the revocation or suspension of the suspended, expired, or canceled license as provided in Section 18058, and the department’s decision that the license should be suspended or revoked. This determination may be considered in granting or refusing to grant any subsequent license authorized by this part to the licensee.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 506, Sec. 5.)

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text: If a purchaser of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach pays to the dealer an amount for transfer of title of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach, which amount is in excess of the actual fees due for the transfer, or which amount is in excess of the amount which has been paid, prior to the sale, by the dealer to the state in order to avoid penalties that would have accrued because of late payment of the fees, the dealer shall return the excess amount to the purchaser, whether or not the purchaser requests the return of the excess amount.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1076, Sec. 45.)

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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) The financial hardship endured by someone who is buying or selling a manufactured home for the purpose of using it for a primary residence is more profound than the hardship of someone who is selling or purchasing a manufactured home for investment purposes.

(2) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that any claims for primary residences submitted, pursuant to this chapter, by a claimant for payment from the fund shall be given priority over claims submitted for investment purposes.

(3) The distinctions made in this chapter between claims made for personal residential purposes and claims made for investment purposes shall reflect the priorities set forth in this paragraph.

(4) The costs of seeking and obtaining civil judgments and related collection efforts to support claims for compensation often exceed the ability of claimants and the amounts received.

(5) The costs and efforts of public entities obtaining criminal or administrative restitution orders could provide further benefits if these orders could be used as the basis for compensation claims.

(b) The following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this chapter:

(1) “Actual and direct loss” includes the following:

(A) The amount of the actual and direct loss, interest at the statutory rate from the date of loss, plus court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in pursuit of the judgment, not to exceed 25 percent of the amount of the judgment, if the claim is based on a judgment obtained by a private attorney or an attorney employed by a nonprofit corporation, and not to exceed 35 percent of the amount of the judgment if the claim is based on a judgment obtained by an attorney employed by a public agency.

(B) The amount of the actual and direct loss, if the claim is not based on a judgment. However, the claimant may collect actual and reasonable costs incurred in pursuit of compensation including attorney’s fees not exceeding 15 percent of the amount of the claim and court costs, if any.

“Actual and direct loss” does not include any punitive damages or damages awarded for negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress.

(2) “Claimant” does not include a person holding a lien on, or a person possessing a secondary interest in, a manufactured home.

(3) “Conversion” means the unlawful appropriation of the property of another.

(4) “Judgment” means any of the following:

(A) A final judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction, other than a court in another state, including, but not limited to, a criminal restitution order issued pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 1202.4 of the Penal Code or Section 3663 of Title 18 of the United States Code.

(B) An order of the director, including an order for restitution, based on an accusation filed pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 18058) of Chapter 7, after an opportunity for a hearing.

(5) “Complaint” means the facts of the underlying transaction upon which the criminal restitution order or administrative order is based.

(6) “Judgment debtor” means any defendant who is the subject of the criminal restitution order or civil judgment, any respondent who is the subject of an administrative accusation and order, or any person responsible for any violation upon which payment is made, as determined by the department.

(c) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Manufactured Home Recovery Fund. The money in the fund shall be used only for the purposes of this chapter, including payment of the department’s administrative costs incurred pursuant to this chapter. The department’s costs may include any investigative costs incurred under this chapter, costs incurred to render a decision pursuant to Section 18070.3, and costs incurred in defending a decision on appeal.

(d) The moneys in the fund may be invested pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 16430) of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. All income derived from investments of the fund shall be returned to the fund by the Treasurer as the income is earned.

(e) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated to make the payments and distributions required by this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 119. Effective January 1, 2006.)

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(a) On and after January 1, 1985, before a dealer’s license is issued or renewed, each applicant shall pay a fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250).

(b) (1) The fee required by subdivision (a) shall not be collected more than once. In addition, each dealer shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for each additional business location operated by the dealer and for each new business location.

(2) In addition, before a salesperson’s license is issued or renewed, each applicant shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25). This fee shall not be collected more than once.

(c) For each sale of a manufactured home reported to the department, a fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10) shall be collected by the department for deposit in the Manufactured Home Recovery Fund prior to the issuance of a new registration.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1206, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)


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(a) Fees for the establishment and operation of the Manufactured Home Recovery Fund shall be collected on or after January 1, 1985. Claims against the fund arising from sales which occur after January 1, 1985, may not be submitted to the department before January 1, 1986. For purposes of this section, the date of sale shall be either of the following:

(1) The date escrow closes for sales by dealers that are subject to Section 18035 or 18035.2.

(2) For all other sales, including sales by dealers in which escrow does not close, the date when the purchaser has paid the purchase price or, in lieu thereof, has signed a security agreement, option to purchase, or purchase contract and has taken physical possession or delivery of the manufactured home.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the balance in the Manufactured Home Recovery Fund exceeds two million dollars ($2,000,000) on January 1 of any year, the department may reduce the fee provided for in subdivision (c) of Section 18070.1. The department may again increase the fee up to a maximum of ten dollars ($10) whenever the balance in the fund falls below one million dollars ($1,000,000).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 239, Sec. 3. (SB 562) Effective January 1, 2012.)


text:
(a) When any person (1) who has purchased a manufactured home for a personal or family residential or investment purpose or (2) who has sold a manufactured home for a personal or family residential or investment purpose, obtains a final judgment against any manufactured home manufacturer, manufactured home dealer or salesperson, or other seller or purchaser, and the judgment is based on the grounds of (1) failure to honor warranties or guarantees, (2) fraud or willful misrepresentation related to any financial provision, (3) fraud or willful misrepresentation of the kind or quality of the product sold or purchased, (4) conversion, (5) any willful violation of any other provision of this part, including the provisions regulating escrow accounts, or regulations adopted pursuant to this part, or (6) violation of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1797) of Title 1.7 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, resulting in an actual and direct loss directly arising out of any transaction that occurs on or after January 1, 1985, the person, upon termination of all proceedings, including appeals, may file a claim with the department for an order directing payment out of the fund for the amount of actual and direct loss in the transaction.

(b) If any person either purchases a manufactured home used for a personal or family residential or investment purpose from, or sells a manufactured home used for a personal or family residential or investment purpose to, a person or entity who is or has been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, the person may file a claim with the department for an order directing payment out of the fund for the actual and direct loss in the transaction based on (1) the failure to honor warranties or guarantees, (2) fraud or willful misrepresentation related to any financial provision, (3) fraud or willful misrepresentation of the kind or quality of product purchased or sold, (4) conversion, (5) willful violation of any other provision in this part, including the provisions regulating escrow accounts, or (6) violation of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1797) of Title 1.7 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, resulting in an actual and direct loss directly arising out of any transaction that occurs on or after January 1, 1985.

(c) (1) The total amount of the claim shall not exceed the amount of actual and direct loss that remains unreimbursed from any source.

(2) The maximum payment ordered under this section, with respect to any one sales transaction on a new or used manufactured home, shall be the amount of the actual and direct loss, as determined by the department based on information in the possession of the department and information provided by the claimant or claimants. In no event shall the actual payment relating to a single transaction exceed seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person who purchases or sells a manufactured home for an investment purpose may receive payment from the fund for that purpose only once. A person who has received payment from the fund for the purchase or sale of a manufactured home for an investment purpose shall henceforth be ineligible to make a claim under this chapter, either as a natural person or as a member of a partnership, as an officer or director of a corporation, as a member of a marital community, or in any other capacity.

(d) Prior to payment of any claim against the fund, the claimant or claimants shall have first:

(1) If the claim is based on a final judgment, diligently pursued collection efforts against all the assets of the judgment debtor, or presented evidence satisfactory to the department that the debtor is judgment proof, or demonstrated evidence satisfactory to the department that the costs of collection are likely to be in excess of the amounts that could be collected. This evidence may include, but is not limited to, a description of the searches and inquiries conducted by or on behalf of the claimant with respect to the judgment debtor’s assets liable to be sold or applied to the satisfaction of the judgment, an itemized valuation of the assets discovered, and the results of actions by the claimant to have assets applied to satisfy the judgment.

(2) If the claim is not based on a final judgment, presented evidence satisfactory to the department of either of the following:

(A) That the person or entity is or has been the subject of bankruptcy proceedings and, for purposes of any civil litigation or claims in bankruptcy proceedings, has assigned to the department any interest in the actual and direct loss described in subdivision (c) in the amount that the claimant or claimants recover from the fund.

(B) That the claimant’s claim is consistent with this chapter and the claimant had presented evidence satisfactory to the department that the debtor is judgment proof, or demonstrated evidence satisfactory to the department that the costs of collection are likely to be in excess of the amounts that could be collected. This evidence may include, but not be limited to, a description of searches and inquiries conducted by or on behalf of the claimant with respect to the judgment debtor’s assets eligible to be sold or applied to the satisfaction of the judgment, an itemized valuation of the assets discovered, and the results of actions by the claimant to have the assets applied to satisfaction of the judgment.

(3) If the claim is based upon a violation of a provision within a warranty provided pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1797) of Title 1.7 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, demonstrated evidence satisfactory to the department that the claimant has been denied full compensation or correction under the warranty after the claimant has attempted to exercise his or her rights pursuant to the warranty.

(e) A claim against the fund shall be filed with the department within the following time periods:

(1) If the claim is based on a final judgment, within two years from the date of the judgment.

(2) If the claim is not based on a final judgment, within two years from the termination of bankruptcy proceedings or two years from the date of sale as determined by subdivision (a) of Section 18070.2, or within two years of discovery of the violations causing actual and direct losses pursuant to this article but no longer than five years after the date of sale as determined by subdivision (a) of Section 18070.2, whichever event occurs later.

(f) When any person files a claim for an order directing payment from the fund, the claimant shall mail, by first-class mail, a copy of that claim to the last known address of the judgment debtor. The department shall conduct a review of the application and other pertinent information in its possession, and it may issue an order directing payment out of the fund as provided in subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, subject to the limitations of subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, if the claimant or claimants show all of the following:

(1) That he or she is not a spouse of the judgment debtor, the bankrupt person or entity, or a person representing the spouse.

(2) That he or she is making an application within the time specified in subdivision (e).

(3) That the claimant has satisfied the applicable requirements of subdivision (d).

(4) That, if the claimant is a seller of a manufactured home used by the seller for personal, family, or household purposes, the claimant made a good faith effort to adequately secure the debt resulting from the sale of the manufactured home and with respect to which the claim is made. For purposes of this paragraph, a good faith effort to secure the debt may be demonstrated by, but shall not be limited to, providing the department with a promissory note signed by the debtor and which, pursuant to the terms thereof, is secured by collateral with a reasonable value at least equal to the debt evidenced by the promissory note.

(g) Upon an order of the department directing that payment be made out of the fund, the Controller is authorized to draw a warrant for the payment of the amount of the claim approved by the department pursuant to this section.

(h) In dispersing moneys from the fund, the department is authorized to give priority to claimants who have attempted to purchase or sell a manufactured home for a personal or family residential purpose.

(i) All claims to the fund that are received on or after January 1, 1993, shall be processed, and a determination made, within one year of submission of a properly completed application.

(j) The department, upon request by a Member of the Legislature, shall provide the following information: the number of claims to the fund, number of claims processed and decided within one year of their application date and submission of a properly completed application, the amount of fund money paid to claimants, and the amount of fund money allocated for the department’s costs.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 166, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)


text: The judgment debtor shall be liable for repayment in full for the amount arising from claims against the debtor which are paid from the fund, with interest at the prevailing prime rate. A discharge in bankruptcy shall not relieve a person from the disabilities and penalties of this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1442, Sec. 4.)


text: When the department has caused payment to be made from the fund to any person, the department shall be subrogated to the rights of that person.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 236, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)


text:
(a) To the extent that department personnel and resources are available, in any administrative action brought by the department pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 18058) of Chapter 7, the department shall make reasonable efforts to plead and prove facts and allegations and request findings and conclusions necessary to support an order of restitution that may be deemed a final judgment.

(b) A person for whose benefit an order of restitution or other financial award has been granted by the director pursuant to this section may waive his or her rights to any additional compensation from the fund arising out of a transaction and submit a claim based on that administrative order to the fund after demonstrating efforts to collect pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 18070.3.

(c) An order for restitution by the director pursuant to this section shall not exceed the amount of restitution ordered or approved by an administrative law judge in an administrative action brought by the department.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 595, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2006.)


text: The amendments to this chapter by the act adding additional grounds or procedures for recovery from the fund shall apply to any transaction for which the statute of limitation established by subdivision (e) of Section 18070.3 has not expired on January 1, 2004.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 236, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2005.)


text:
(a) Except as provided in Section 18075.7, all manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, truck campers, and floating homes shall be subject to the provisions of this code for the purposes of titling and registration.

(b) The department may adopt and amend, as necessary, regulations to implement, interpret, and make specific the provisions of this chapter. The department shall provide for an orderly and economical transfer of registrations and titles for manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, and floating homes previously issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to those issued by the department. Any registration, title, or decal issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be valid until renewed, replaced, transferred, suspended, or revoked.

(c) The department may, but shall not be required to, establish a schedule of fees to pay the costs of work related to administration and enforcement of this chapter, except where the fees are expressly stated herein.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 383, Sec. 1.)

article: 1. Application and Scope

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text:
Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, and floating homes sold or used within this state shall be subject to annual registration with the department and payment of registration fees prescribed by Section 18114 except as follows:

(a) Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and floating homes subject to local property taxation pursuant to Part 13 (commencing with Section 5800) of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and not installed on foundation systems pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18551, shall be subject to registration and payment of fees and penalties prescribed by Section 18114 at the time of original registration with the department, and upon subsequent sale, resale, or transfer of title. For purposes of this section, a transfer of title includes, but is not limited to, any change, addition, or deletion of one or more registered owners, legal owners, or junior lienholders.

(b) Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial coaches installed or to be installed on foundation systems pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18551 shall be exempt from registration so long as they remain affixed to the foundation system. In the event that the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach, is removed from a foundation system for any purpose other than dismantling or reinstallation on a foundation system, it shall be immediately subject to registration with the department.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (d) and (e), registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach previously registered in another state is due 20 days after the date of entry into California and is delinquent if application is not made and any fees due are not paid within 40 days after that date of entry.

(d) Any member of the armed forces, whether a resident or nonresident, shall also be entitled to exemption from registration with respect to a manufactured home or mobilehome owned by the person upon which there is displayed a valid registration issued for the manufactured home or mobilehome by the owner’s home state of residence or by a foreign jurisdiction where the owner was regularly assigned and stationed for duty by competent military orders at the time the registration was issued. Competent military orders shall not include military orders for leave, for temporary duty, nor for any other assignment of any nature requiring the owner’s presence outside the foreign jurisdiction where the owner was regularly assigned and stationed for duty.

(e) Any person who enters California for the purpose of establishing or reestablishing residence or accepting gainful employment following his or her discharge from the armed forces of this country may occupy a manufactured home or mobilehome owned by that person at the time of his or her discharge and registered to him or her in a foreign jurisdiction where his or her military orders required his or her presence without registering the manufactured home or mobilehome in this state until the expiration of the registration period current at the time of his or her discharge and entrance into California.

(f) Any new and previously unregistered, unoccupied manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach which is part of an inventory held for sale by a manufacturer or dealer in the course of business.

The department may adopt regulations for exempting additional classes of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial coaches from registration under a temporary or one-trip permit system which permits the lawful transportation and use of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial coaches not otherwise subject to registration.

(g) Floating homes, which are subject to local property taxation, as prescribed by Section 229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall be subject to registration at the time of sale and upon any subsequent sale, resale, or transfer of title. Floating homes are subject to the fees prescribed by subdivision (c) of Section 18114 upon registration or reregistration.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 520, Sec. 1. Effective September 27, 1999.)

chapter: 8. Registration and Titling of Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, and Commercial Coaches

article: 1. Application and Scope


text: Unless installed on a foundation system pursuant to Section 18551, any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach used as an office at a manufacturer's, distributor's, or dealer’s established place of business is subject to registration by the department and shall be reported pursuant to Section 18080.5.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 765, Sec. 6.)

article: 1. Application and Scope


text:
On and after January 1, 1986, every truck camper may, at the owner’s request, be registered with the department at the time of sale, resale, or transfer of title. The department shall issue certificates of title and registration cards for any truck camper registered under this part.

Any truck camper permanently attached to a vehicle and registered as a “house car” under the Vehicle Code is exempt under this part.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1527, Sec. 10.)

article: 1. Application and Scope


text:
(a) Floating homes subject to real property taxation pursuant to Section 229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code shall be subject to registration and titling by the department only at the time of sale, resale, or transfer of title.

(b) Ownership registration and title to a floating home may be held by two or more co-owners in the manner specified in Sections 18080 and 18081.

(c) Upon receipt of a registration card, every registered owner shall maintain the card or a copy thereof with the floating home for which it is issued.

(d) “Floating home,” as used in this section, means a floating structure which is all of the following:

(1) It is designed and built to be used, or is modified to be used, as a stationary waterborne residential dwelling.

(2) It has no mode of power of its own.

(3) It is dependent for utilities upon a continuous utility linkage to a source originating on shore.

(4) It has a permanent continuous hookup to a shoreside sewage system.

This section does not affect existing law regarding residential use of tide and submerged lands.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1467, Sec. 5. Effective October 2, 1985.)

article: 1. Application and Scope


text:
(a) Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, or truck campers owned or leased by the United States, by any foreign government, by a consul or other official representative or any foreign government, by the state, by a political subdivision of the state, or by any city, county, or city and county, or public corporation shall be subject to registration under this code by the person having custody thereof, but shall not be subject to the registration fees specified in this code or the Revenue and Taxation Code, and that person shall display upon the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper a decal bearing distinguishing marks or symbols which shall be furnished by the department free of charge.

(b) Any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach purchased by a city, county, city and county, or any other public agency pursuant to the exception established in Section 18015.7 shall be subject to registration as specified in Section 18085, but shall not be subject to the registration fees specified in this code or the Revenue and Taxation Code. Application for registration shall be made to the department within 20 days from the date the transaction is completed. For purposes of this section, a transaction shall be deemed completed when the purchaser has signed a purchase contract or security agreement or paid any purchase price and has taken physical possession or delivery of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 185, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

article: 1. Application and Scope


text: Commencing July 1, 1981, the department shall administer the annual licensing and taxation of all manufactured homes and mobilehomes not subject to local property taxation pursuant to Part 13 (commencing with Section 5800) of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and not installed on a foundation system pursuant to Section 18551, and all commercial coaches.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 383, Sec. 3.)

article: 1. Application and Scope


text: All manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach license fees collected by the department pursuant to Section 18115 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 699, Sec. 2.5. Effective September 15, 1992.)

article: 1. Application and Scope


text:
On or after the first day of January and the first day of July of each year, the department shall report to the auditor of each county the address at which each manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach has situs within the county on which license fees under this article have been paid to the department during the six-month period immediately preceding January 1st and July 1st, respectively, and the amount paid on each manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach.

At the time the department reports to the county auditors, it shall also report to the Controller the information described in the preceding paragraph, or a summary thereof, for each of the counties.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1076, Sec. 51.)

article: 1. Application and Scope


text: The department shall implement property tax postponement programs on behalf of eligible mobilehome owners, as provided by law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1051, Sec. 11.5.)

article: 1. Application and Scope


text:
Ownership registration and title to a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper, or floating home subject to registration may be held by two or more coowners as follows:

(a) A manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home may be registered in the names of two or more persons as joint tenants. Upon the death of a joint tenant, the interest of the decedent shall pass to the survivor or survivors. The signature of each joint tenant or survivor or survivors, as the case may be, shall be required to transfer or encumber the title to the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home.

(b) A manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home may be registered in the names of two or more persons as tenants in common. If the names of the tenants in common are separated by the word “and,” each tenant in common may transfer his or her individual interest in the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home without the signature of the other tenant or tenants in common. However, the signature of each tenant in common shall be required to transfer full interest in the title to a new registered owner. If the names of the tenants in common are separated by the word “or,” any one of the tenants in common may transfer full interest in the title to the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home to a new registered owner without the signature of the other tenant or tenants in common. The signature of each tenant in common is required in all cases to encumber the title to the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home.

(c) A manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home may be registered as community property in the names of the spouses. The signature of each spouse shall be required to transfer or encumber the title to the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home.

(d) All manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, truck campers, and floating homes registered, on or before January 1, 1985, in the names of two or more persons as tenants in common, as provided in subdivision (b), shall be considered to be the same as if the names of the tenants in common were separated by the word “or,” as provided in subdivision (b).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 53. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements

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text:
The registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home may be held in the name of a company, an estate, a trust, a conservatorship, a guardianship, or an individual owner’s name, as follows:

(a) In the case of an individual owner, the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home shall be registered in the true name of the individual owner only. Complimentary or professional titles may be added to the true name only if the individual is commonly addressed by that title.

(b) In the case of a guardianship or conservatorship, the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home shall be registered in the name of the person or persons designated as the conservators or guardians, as evidenced by documentation of that status deemed adequate by the department. The name shall be followed by the word “guardian” or “conservator,” whichever is appropriate. Transfer of ownership or encumbrance of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home so registered shall require the signatures of all designated conservators or guardians.

(c) In the case of a trust, the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home shall be registered in the name of the trust as evidenced by documentation of that status deemed adequate by the department. Transfer of ownership or encumbrance of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home so registered shall require the signature or signatures of the authorized trustee or trustees designated in the trust.

(d) In the case of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home registered in the name of a company, the application for registration shall be countersigned by an officer or authorized agent of the company. Transfer of ownership or encumbrance of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home so registered shall require the signature of an officer or authorized agent of the company.

(e) In the case of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home registered to an estate, the application for registration shall be signed by the appointed executor or administrator of the estate as evidenced by documentation of that status deemed adequate by the department. Transfer of ownership or encumbrance of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home so registered shall require the signature of the appointed executor or administrator.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 471, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text:
(a) Ownership registration and title to a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home subject to registration may be held in beneficiary form that includes a direction to transfer ownership of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home to a designated beneficiary on death of the owner if both of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) Only one owner is designated.

(2) Only one TOD beneficiary is designated.

(b) Ownership registration and title issued in beneficiary form shall include, after the name of the owner, the words “transfer on death to” or the abbreviation “TOD” followed by the name of the beneficiary.

(c) During the lifetime of the owner, the signature or consent of the beneficiary is not required for any transaction relating to the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home for which ownership registration and title in beneficiary form has been issued.

(d) The fee for transfer of title of a mobilehome to a TOD beneficiary is twenty-five dollars ($25).

(e) The fee for registering ownership of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home in beneficiary form is twenty-five dollars ($25).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1055, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 64 of Ch. 1055.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text:
(a) For the purposes of registration of manufactured homes and mobilehomes pursuant to this chapter, a manufactured home or mobilehome shall include as a single unit with one registration, two or more sections that are manufactured, fabricated, or altered for use as a single manufactured home or mobilehome.

(b) Each transportable section of a commercial coach shall be registered and titled separately.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1076, Sec. 53.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text:
(a) Every registered owner, upon receipt of a registration card, shall maintain the card or a copy thereof with the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home for which it is issued.

(b) This section does not apply when a registration card is necessarily removed from the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home for the purpose of application for renewal, amendment, or transfer of registration.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 686, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1993.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text:
(a) A numbered report of sale, lease, or rental form issued by the department shall be submitted each time the following transactions occur by or through a dealer:

(1) Whenever a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach previously registered pursuant to this part is sold, leased with an option to buy, or otherwise transferred.

(2) Whenever a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach not previously registered in this state is sold, rented, leased, leased with an option to buy, or otherwise transferred.

(b) The numbered report of sale, lease, or rental forms shall be used and distributed in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

(1) A copy of the form shall be delivered to the purchaser.

(2) All fees and penalties due for the transaction that were required to be reported with the report of sale, lease, or rental form shall be paid to the department within 10 calendar days from the date the transaction is completed, as specified by subdivision (e). Penalties due for noncompliance with this paragraph shall be paid by the dealer. The dealer shall not charge the consumer for those penalties.

(3) Notice of the registration or transfer of a manufactured home or mobilehome shall be reported pursuant to subdivision (d).

(4) The original report of sale, lease, or rental form, together with all required documents to report the transaction or make application to register or transfer a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach, shall be forwarded to the department. Any application shall be submitted within 10 calendar days from the date the transaction was required to be reported, as defined by subdivision (e).

(c) A manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach displaying a copy of the report of sale, lease, or rental may be occupied without registration decals or registration card until the registration decals and registration card are received by the purchaser.

(d) In addition to the other requirements of this section, every dealer upon transferring by sale, lease, or otherwise any manufactured home or mobilehome shall, not later than the 10th calendar day thereafter, not counting the date of sale, give written notice of the transfer to the assessor of the county where the manufactured home or mobilehome is to be installed. The written notice shall be upon forms provided by the department containing any information that the department may require, after consultation with the assessors. Filing of a copy of the notice with the assessor in accordance with this section shall be in lieu of filing a change of ownership statement pursuant to Sections 480 and 482 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(e) Except for transactions subject to Section 18035.26, for purposes of this section, a transaction by or through a dealer shall be deemed completed and consummated and any fees and the required report of sale, lease, or rental are due when any of the following occurs:

(1) The purchaser of any commercial coach has signed a purchase contract or security agreement or paid any purchase price, the lessee of a new commercial coach has signed a lease agreement or lease with an option to buy or paid any purchase price, or the lessee of a used commercial coach has either signed a lease with an option to buy or paid any purchase price, and the purchaser or lessee has taken physical possession or delivery of the commercial coach.

(2) For sales subject to Section 18035, when all the amounts other than escrow fees and amounts for uninstalled or undelivered accessories are disbursed from the escrow account.

(3) For sales subject to Section 18035.2, when the installation is complete and a certificate of occupancy is issued.

(f) The department shall charge a fee, not to exceed forty-five dollars ($45), for processing the notice of disposal and any information required for completing the disposal process required pursuant to Sections 798.56a and 798.61 of the Civil Code.

(g) Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Housing and Community Development may adopt guidelines related to procedures and forms to implement the new disposal procedures in Chapter 376 of the Statutes of 2015, until regulations are adopted by the department to replace those guidelines.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 714, Sec. 19. (SB 944) Effective January 1, 2017.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text:
(a) Each person acquiring or retaining a security interest in a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home subject to registration under this part, unless the collateral is inventory, shall forward or cause to be forwarded to the department the application for original registration contemplated by Section 18085 with respect to a security interest acquired or retained at or before original registration, or the certificate of title or current registration card with appropriate insertions and signatures as respectively contemplated by Section 18100.5 with respect to a security interest acquired or retained at a time subsequent to original registration, together with the filing fee prescribed by department regulations.

(b) A security interest in a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home subject to registration under this part, unless the collateral is inventory, is perfected when it has attached as contemplated by subdivision (a) and by subdivision (a) of Section 9203 of the Commercial Code and when the department has received the items required by subdivision (a), whichever occurs later, except as otherwise provided by Section 9313 of the Commercial Code. The department may adopt regulations authorizing its acceptance of a statement of lien by means of electronic facsimile. If the department adopts these regulations, a security interest may also be perfected when it has attached and when the department has received the electronic facsimile, whichever occurs later, subject to the receipt by the department of the items required by subdivision (a), other than the fee, within 10 days of the date of its receipt of the electronic facsimile, provided that the fee required by subdivision (a) is paid in a timely fashion pursuant to these regulations.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of Section 18100.5, upon receipt of the items required by subdivision (a), the department shall establish or amend the permanent title record of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home to reflect the interest of the secured party as of that date or, if within the preceding 10-day period the department has received an electronic facsimile of the statement of lien, as of the date of receipt of the electronic facsimile, provided that the fee required by subdivision (a) is paid in a timely fashion and the department actually receives the statement of lien within 10 days of its receipt of the electronic facsimile.

(d) Upon establishing or amending the permanent title record, the department shall issue to the registered owner a current registration card indicating the interest of the secured party and shall forward a copy of that registration card to all persons holding a record security interest in the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of Section 18100.5, the department shall not refuse to establish or amend the permanent title record to indicate a security interest which is authorized by law to be recorded and which would otherwise satisfy statutory requirements for departmental documentation and recordation on the basis of lack of knowledge as to the attachment of the security interest prior to its receipt of the statement of lien or an electronic facsimile thereof.

(f) The department shall designate the holder of a perfected security interest as either the legal owner or a junior lienholder as provided in this article, Article 3 (commencing with Section 18085), or Article 4 (commencing with Section 18098), as applicable.

(g) The failure of a secured party to perfect a security interest for which there has been attachment shall not impair or affect in any way its enforceability against the registered owner or debtor with respect to the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home.

(h) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a security interest in a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home subject to registration with the department is governed by Division 9 (commencing with Section 9101) of the Commercial Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 50. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text:
(a) An owner of a mobilehome park who obtains a final money judgment for unpaid rent against the registered owner of a manufactured home or mobilehome registered with the department may, subject to subdivision (b), perfect a lien against the manufactured home or mobilehome pursuant to Section 18080.7 by filing a form prescribed by the department. The priority of the lien shall be determined in accordance with Article 3 (commencing with Section 18085) and Article 4 (commencing with Section 18098). For purposes of a sale conducted pursuant to Section 18037.5, an owner of a mobilehome park filing a lien pursuant to this section shall be treated as a junior lienholder.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department shall accept, for the purposes of the perfection of a lien pursuant to this section, a certified copy of either the final money judgment or an abstract of the final money judgment in lieu of the certificate of title, registration card, or signatures otherwise required by subdivision (a) of Section 18080.7.

(c) Upon satisfaction of the final money judgment, a lien perfected pursuant to this section shall be released in accordance with Section 18100.5.

(d) A lien created pursuant to this section shall not be subject to execution pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 699.010) of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure or in any other manner.

(e) If the final money judgment for unpaid rent against a registered owner covers any portion of the period for which a legal owner or junior lienholder is required to pay past due obligations of the registered owner pursuant to Section 798.56a of the Civil Code, the amount of the lien created by this section shall be reduced by the amount required to be paid by the legal owner or junior lienholder pursuant to Section 798.56a of the Civil Code.

(f) A surrender of ownership interest by the registered owner of a mobilehome or manufactured home to the legal owner shall operate as a matter of law to divest the registered owner of any claim to possession or title to the mobilehome or manufactured home and shall be effective upon acceptance of that surrender by the legal owner. Any judgment lien filed pursuant to this section on a mobilehome or manufactured home that is thereafter surrendered to the legal owner shall be extinguished by any of the following:

(1) If the proceeds of the sale of the surrendered mobilehome or manufactured home by the legal owner to a third party after the surrender is effective are not sufficient to satisfy the amount due to the legal owner by the registered owner under a security agreement, promissory note, or other debt instrument secured by the mobilehome or manufactured home.

(2) If the proceeds of the sale of the surrendered mobilehome or manufactured home by the legal owner to a third party after the surrender is effective are sufficient to satisfy the amount due the legal owner by the registered owner under a security agreement, promissory note, or other debt instrument secured by the mobilehome or manufactured home, but there are no surplus funds available for payment to the junior lienholder.

(3) Upon payment of any surplus proceeds owed to the junior lienholder if the proceeds of the sale of the surrendered mobilehome or manufactured home by the legal owner to a third party after the surrender is effective exceed the amount due to the legal owner from the registered owner under the security agreement, promissory note, or other debt instrument secured by the mobilehome or manufactured home.

(g) The completion of a foreclosure on a mobilehome or manufactured home pursuant to Section 18037.5 shall divest the registered owner of title to the mobilehome or manufactured home by operation of law. The foreclosure shall (A) make any judgment lien created pursuant to this section invalid and unenforceable, and (B) extinguish and bar any levy upon a judgment lien perfected pursuant to this section. Except to the extent that surplus proceeds from the foreclosure sale were paid to the judgment creditor under the judgment lien perfected pursuant to this section, nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed to extinguish, satisfy, or reduce in any way the final money judgment owed by the former registered owner for unpaid rent.

(h) If the money judgment has been satisfied and the judgment creditor fails without just cause to comply with Section 18100.5 within 20 days from the date the judgment creditor’s lien is satisfied, the judgment creditor is liable for all damages sustained by reason of that failure and shall also forfeit one hundred dollars ($100) to the person who sustained those damages. In any action to enforce this provision, the court shall award reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party. Where the prevailing party is someone other than the judgment creditor, the court shall order the department to remove the lien from the manufactured home or mobilehome record. A copy of the court order may be submitted to the department as evidence that the judgment creditor’s lien has been satisfied.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 124, Sec. 57. Effective January 1, 1997.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text:
(a) Any person may request, and the department shall furnish, information regarding the current registration and title status of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home. The department shall provide forms for these requests, shall establish a standard format for providing the information, and may charge fees to pay the cost of furnishing this information.

(b) Upon receipt of a properly executed request for information and the payment of prescribed fees, the department shall provide the information within five working days by first-class mail to the address indicated on the request. The department may adopt procedures for providing the information by electronic facsimile in addition to mailing that information.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), the home address of the registered owner appearing in the information on current registration and title status maintained by the department is confidential if the owner requests confidentiality of that information, and shall not be disclosed to any person, except a court, a law enforcement agency, the State Board of Equalization, or any governmental agency to which, under any provision of law, information is required to be furnished from records maintained by the department.

(d) The owner requesting confidentiality of his or her home address shall provide the department with a mailing address which is not confidential, which will be open to public inspection, and which may be used for mailings by the department. The owner requesting confidentiality shall declare to the department, under penalty of perjury, that the address provided is a valid, existing and accurate mailing address and shall consent to receive service of process pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 415.20 and subdivision (a) of Section 415.30 and Section 416.90 of the Code of Civil Procedure at the address.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 765, Sec. 7.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text:
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 18081 or any other provision of law, the department may, for statistical or commercial purposes and upon payment of fees prescribed by the department, provide bulk information regarding the registration and title status of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, truck campers, and floating homes.

(b) For the purpose of this section, bulk information includes all or part of the information maintained by the department in its registration and title master file data base, except the name or names of the registered owner of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 493, Sec. 1. Effective August 10, 1990.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text: The transferee of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or floating home subject to local property taxation shall report the change in ownership information to the assessor in the county where the manufactured home, mobilehome, or floating home is sited, as provided in Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 480) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, unless it is reported pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 18080.5.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 765, Sec. 8.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text: Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial coaches shall not be subject to registration or titling under this part or to Part 13 (commencing with Section 5800) of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code prior to the original registration of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach. Upon original registration and issuance of title, whether in the name of a consumer, a dealership, or some other party, the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach thereafter is subject to all registration and titling requirements of this part and to the provisions of Part 13 (commencing with Section 5800) of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 891, Sec. 5.)

article: 2. General Definitions and Requirements


text:
(a) Application for the original registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home required to be registered under this part shall be made to the department upon the appropriate forms approved by the department, and shall be accompanied by the filing fee prescribed by the department. If the application is for the original registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach, or of a truck camper manufactured on or after January 1, 1986, the application shall include the original manufacturer’s certificate of origin in the form prescribed by Sections 18093 and 18093.5. If the original certificate of origin is not in existence, a duplicate thereof shall be obtained from the manufacturer and submitted with the application for original registration. Any duplicate copy shall be conspicuously marked by the manufacturer as a duplicate copy.

(b) The application shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) The true name and mailing address of the registered owner, the legal owner, if any, and junior lienholders, if any.

(2) The name of the county in which the registered owner resides.

(3) The situs address of the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach, or the residence address of a truck camper owner, or floating home owner to include the county of residence.

(4) A description of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home, including all of the following:

(A) The manufacturer’s name and identification number.

(B) The date of manufacture.

(C) The serial number or numbers.

(D) The federal label number or numbers affixed pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401 et seq.) or department insignia number or numbers affixed pursuant to Section 18026.

(E) The date first sold or leased to a purchaser or lessee for purposes other than resale.

(F) Any other information as may be reasonably required by the department to enable it to determine whether the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home is lawfully entitled to registration.

(c) If the application is for a floating home or a truck camper for which no certificate of origin has been issued pursuant to Section 18093.5, other evidence of ownership may be accepted at the sole discretion of the department in lieu of the manufacturer’s certificate of origin.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 383, Sec. 9.)

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text: The department shall not accept an application for the original registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home unless the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home at the time of application is within the state or unless the provisions of this part have been complied with.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 891, Sec. 7.)

article: 3. Applications for Original Registration and Title


text: The department may accept an application for registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper which is not within the state, but which is to be registered to a resident of this state, at the time all documents and fees, as determined by the department in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, are submitted to the department. Any fees submitted pursuant to this section shall not be subject to refund based upon the fact that the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper is not and has not been within this state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1527, Sec. 19.)


text:
(a) In the absence of the regularly required supporting evidence of ownership and upon application for registration or transfer of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home, the department may accept an undertaking or bond which shall be conditioned to protect the department and all officers and employees thereof and any subsequent purchaser of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home, any person acquiring a lien or security interest thereon, or the successor in interest of that purchaser or that person against any loss or damage on account of any defect in or undisclosed claim upon the right, title, and interest of the applicant or other person in and to the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home.

(b) Any interested person shall have a right of action to recover on any bond or undertaking for any breach of the conditions for which the bond was deposited, but the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall in no event exceed the amount of the bond. In the event the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home is no longer subject to registration in this state and the currently valid certificate of title is surrendered to the department, the bond or undertaking shall be returned and surrendered at the end of three years or, prior thereto, at the discretion of the department.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1467, Sec. 14. Effective October 2, 1985.)


text: Upon application for registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper previously registered outside this state, the application shall be certified by the applicant and shall state that the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper previously has been registered outside this state, the time and place of the last registration of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper outside this state, the name and address of the governmental officer, agency, or authority making the registration, and any further information relative to its previous registration as may reasonably be required by the department, including the time and place of original registration, if known, and if different from the last foreign registration.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1527, Sec. 21.)


text:
(a) The applicant for registration under this part of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper previously registered outside this state shall surrender to the department all unexpired license plates, seals, certificates, or other evidence of foreign registration which are in the applicant’s possession or under the applicant’s control. The department may require a certification from the jurisdiction of last registry when the applicant fails to surrender the last issued unexpired license plates.

(b) Upon application made at the time of their surrender to the department and upon payment of a fee of three dollars ($3), the department shall return the unexpired license plates to the official in charge of the registration of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, or truck campers in the state of issue of the license plates.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1527, Sec. 22.)


text:
(a) Upon application for registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper previously registered outside this state, the department shall grant full faith and credit to the currently valid certificate of title describing the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper, the ownership thereof, and any liens thereon, issued by the state in which the vehicle was last registered, except there shall be a notation upon the certificate of title of any and all liens and encumbrances other than those dependent upon possession.

(b) In the absence of knowledge by the department that any certificate of title issued by another state is forged, fraudulent, or void, the acceptance thereof by the department shall be a sufficient determination of the genuineness and regularity of the certificate and of the truth of the recitals therein, and no liability shall be incurred by any officer or employee of the department by reason of so accepting a certificate of title.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1527, Sec. 23.)


text: If a certificate of title issued by another state shows any lien or encumbrance upon the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper therein described, the department, upon registering the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper in this state and upon issuing a certificate of title, shall include therein the name of the legal owner and lienholders, if any, unless documents submitted with the foreign certificates of title establish that the lien or encumbrance has been fully satisfied.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1527, Sec. 24.)


text: In the event application is made in this state for registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home and the department is not satisfied as to the ownership of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home or the existence of foreign liens thereon, then the department may register the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home and issue a registration card with distinctive markings, but shall withhold issuance of a California certificate of title, unless the applicant presents documents sufficient to reasonably satisfy the department of the applicant’s ownership of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home and the absence of any liens thereon or posts a bond pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 18086.5.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1467, Sec. 15. Effective October 2, 1985.)


text: In the event the department refuses to grant an application for registration in this state of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home previously registered in another state, the department shall immediately return to the applicant all documents submitted by the applicant with the application.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1467, Sec. 16. Effective October 2, 1985.)


text: The department shall forthwith mail a notice of the filing of any application for registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper previously registered outside this state upon written request of the governmental officer, agency, or authority which made the last registration of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper outside this state. The notice shall contain the same data as required on the application filed with the department. This section shall not apply to manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, or truck campers last registered in a foreign province or country.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1527, Sec. 27.)