PART 2. MANUFACTURED HOUSING [18000. - 18153.]

Heading of Part 2 amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 540, Sec. 2.

§§ 18000–18153 · 252 sections

CHAPTER 1. Definitions §§ 18000–18014.5 · 43 sections
- § 18000 (a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1)…
- § 18000.5 The provisions of this part, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be…
- § 18001 “Approved,” when used in connection with any material, appliance, or construction, means meeting the requirements and approval of the Department of Housing and…
- § 18001.6 “Building” is any permanent structure built for the support, shelter, or enclosure of persons, animals, chattel, or property of any kind.
- § 18001.8 “Commercial modular” means a structure transportable in one or more sections, designed and equipped for human occupancy for industrial, professional, or…
- § 18002 “Commission” is the Commission of Housing and Community Development.
- § 18002.3 “Consumer” includes any person or entity which purchases or leases a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, recreational vehicle, or truck camper for…
- § 18002.6 (a) “Dealer” means a person not otherwise expressly excluded by subdivision (b), who is engaged in any of the following activities: (1) For commission, money,…
- § 18002.8 “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development.
- § 18003 “Distributor” means any person other than a manufacturer who sells or distributes new manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches to dealers in this…
- § 18003.3 “Dwelling unit” means one or more habitable rooms which are designed to be occupied by one family with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, eating, and…
- § 18003.5 “Escrow agent” means the person, firm, or corporation authorized by law to conduct the escrows required by Section 18035.
- § 18003.6 “Established place of business” means a place actually occupied, either continuously or at regular periods, by a licensee, where the books and records…
- § 18003.8 “Franchise” means a written agreement between two or more persons having all of the following conditions: (a) A commercial relationship of definite duration or…
- § 18004 “Franchisee” means any person who, pursuant to a franchise, receives new manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches from the franchisor and who…
- § 18004.3 “Franchisor” means any person who manufactures, assembles, or distributes new manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches and who grants a franchise.
- § 18004.6 “Fraud” includes any act or omission which is included within the definition of either “actual fraud” or “constructive fraud” as defined, respectively, in…
- § 18004.8 “Good moral character” has the same meaning as specified in Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475) of the Business and Professions Code.
- § 18005 “Hearing” or “notice of hearing”, as used in this part, shall mean notice and hearing under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Division 3 of Title 2…
- § 18005.3 “Junior lienholder” means a person, other than a legal owner, holding a security interest in a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, floating home,…
- § 18005.6 “Lease” means an oral or written contract for the use, possession, and occupation of property. “Lease” includes rent.
- § 18005.8 “Legal owner” means a person holding a security interest in a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, floating home, or truck camper perfected by…
- § 18006 “Licensee” means a dealer, dealer branch, manufacturer, distributor, or salesperson licensed pursuant to this part.
- § 18006.3 “Manufacturer” means any person who produces from raw materials or basic components a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach of a type subject to…
- § 18007 (a) “Manufactured home,” for the purposes of this part, means a structure that was constructed on or after June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more…
- § 18008 (a) “Mobilehome,” for the purposes of this part, means a structure that was constructed prior to June 15, 1976, is transportable in one or more sections, is…
- § 18008.5 “Manufactured home or mobilehome accessory building or structure” or “manufactured home or mobilehome accessory” includes, but is not limited to, any awning,…
- § 18008.7 (a) “Multifamily manufactured home,” for the purposes of this part, means either of the following: (1) A structure transportable under permit in one or more…
- § 18009 “New manufactured home,” “new mobilehome,” or “new commercial coach” is a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach which is not defined as a “used…
- § 18009.3 (a) “Park trailer” means a trailer designed for human habitation for recreational or seasonal use only, that meets all of the following requirements: (1) It…
- § 18009.5 “Registered owner” means a person registered by the department as the owner of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, floating home, or truck…
- § 18010 “Recreational vehicle” means both of the following: (a) A motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed…
- § 18010.5 “Regulations” or “rules and regulations,” as used in this part, means regulations promulgated by the commission or department, as appropriate, pursuant to…
- § 18011 “Rent” means money or other consideration given for the right of use, possession, and occupation of property.
- § 18012 “Retailer” means a dealer.
- § 18012.3 “Sale” or “sold,” for purposes of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 18075) does not include or extend to any sale made by a manufacturer or a distributor to a…
- § 18012.4 “Slide-in camper” means a portable unit, consisting of a roof, floor, and sides, designed to be loaded onto, and unloaded from, a truck and designed for human…
- § 18012.5 “Special purpose commercial modular” means a vehicle with or without motive power, designed and equipped for human occupancy for industrial, professional, or…
- § 18013 (a) “Salesperson” means a person employed by a dealer and not otherwise expressly excluded by this section, who does one or more of the following: (1) For…
- § 18013.2 “Third-party entity” or “third party,” as used in this part, means an entity which is all of the following: (a) In the business of inspecting equipment,…
- § 18013.4 “Truck camper” means a slide-in camper as defined in Section 18012.4.
- § 18014 “Used manufactured home,” “used mobilehome,” or “used commercial coach” means a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach that was previously sold and…
- § 18014.5 For purposes of this part, a “net listing agreement” means any agreement entered into by a seller of a manufactured home or mobilehome that is not a new…
CHAPTER 2. Application and Scope §§ 18015–18016.5 · 6 sections
- § 18015 The provisions of this part apply to all parts of the state and supersede any ordinance enacted by any city, county, or city and county which conflict with the…
- § 18015.1 All statutory references to “commercial coach” and to “special purpose commercial coach” are hereby deemed to refer to “commercial modular” and to “special…
- § 18015.5 The provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18025), applicable to manufactured homes and mobilehomes, shall also apply to commercial coaches, except…
- § 18015.7 Subdivision (p) of Section 18062.8 shall not apply to a sale to a city, county, city and county, or any other public agency for the purpose of providing…
- § 18016 (a) The provisions of this part are not intended to prevent the use of any material, appliance, installation, device, arrangement, or method of construction…
- § 18016.5 (a) The Mobilehome Revolving Fund is continued in existence and renamed the Mobilehome-Manufactured Home Revolving Fund. Money transferred to, or deposited in,…
CHAPTER 3. Enforcement §§ 18020–18024.6 · 15 sections
- § 18020 (a) Except as provided in Section 18027.3, and except as provided by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.…
- § 18020.5 (a) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this part or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this part, except for a violation of any federal…
- § 18021 (a) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of Section 5409 of Title 42 of the United States Code, or any regulation or final order issued thereunder…
- § 18021.5 (a) Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this part relating to licensing or titling and registration, or any rules or regulations…
- § 18021.6 Nothing in this part shall be construed as precluding the application of any other provision of the penal laws of this state to any transaction involving…
- § 18021.7 (a) (1) In addition to other remedies provided in this part, the Director of Housing and Community Development or his or her designee may issue a citation that…
- § 18022 (a) The director, and other representatives of the department designated by him or her, shall enforce those provisions of law committed to the administration…
- § 18022.5 (a) Whenever the director determines through an investigation that any person has violated this part, or any regulation, order, license, permit, decision,…
- § 18023 (a) The director, and any other representatives of the department designated by the director, shall have the powers of peace officers only for the purpose of…
- § 18024 (a) If, upon inspection or investigation, based upon a complaint or otherwise, the department has cause to believe that a person is acting in the capacity, or…
- § 18024.2 A citation under Section 18024 shall be issued by the department within three years after the act or omission which is the basis for the citation.
- § 18024.3 Any person served with a citation under Section 18024 may appeal to the department within 30 days from the receipt of the citation with respect to violations…
- § 18024.4 If, within 30 days from receipt of the citation, the person cited fails to notify the department that he or she intends to appeal the citation, the citation…
- § 18024.5 If the person cited under Section 18024 timely notifies the department that he or she intends to contest the citation, the department shall afford an…
- § 18024.6 After the exhaustion of the review procedures provided for in Sections 18024.3 to 18024.5, inclusive, the department may apply to the appropriate superior…
CHAPTER 4. Standards §§ 18025–18034 · 27 sections
- § 18025 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), it is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, rent, or lease within this state, any manufactured…
- § 18025.5 (a) Pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 5401 et seq.), the department may assume…
- § 18025.6 When a standard for manufactured homes which was adopted pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.…
- § 18026 (a) All manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, and special purpose commercial coaches manufactured on or after September 1, 1958, that are sold,…
- § 18026.1 Units sold to the federal government for use on federal lands are exempt from the requirements of Sections 18025 and 18026.
- § 18027 Any manufactured home, mobilehome or commercial coach which is manufactured in violation of the provisions of Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 19870) of…
- § 18027.3 (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) have…
- § 18027.5 (a) It shall be unlawful to manufacture a truck camper as defined in Section 18010, unless the truck camper has a manufacturer’s serial or identification…
- § 18028 (a) The department may adopt regulations regarding the construction of commercial modulars and special purpose commercial modulars, other than mobile food…
- § 18028.5 (a) The provisions of Section 17920.9, and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, shall be applicable to the sale, offering for sale, or use in…
- § 18029 (a) It is unlawful for any person to alter or convert, or cause to be altered or converted, the structural, fire safety, plumbing, heat-producing, or…
- § 18029.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 18029, a person may, without filing an application for an alteration or conversion required by this chapter, alter or convert, or…
- § 18029.3 (a) Any manufactured home, mobilehome, vehicle, or transportable structure manufactured, remanufactured, altered, used, or converted for use as a commercial…
- § 18029.4 Any special purpose commercial coach which is designed, manufactured, remanufactured, altered, used, or converted for use as a module of a permanently…
- § 18029.5 (a) The department may adopt rules and regulations, which it determines to be reasonably consistent with generally recognized fire protection standards,…
- § 18029.6 (a) (1) Beginning January 1, 2020, all used manufactured homes, used mobilehomes, and used multifamily manufactured homes that are sold on or after January 1,…
- § 18030 (a) If the department determines that standards for commercial coaches and special purpose commercial coaches prescribed by the statutes or regulations of…
- § 18030.5 A manufactured home, mobilehome, recreational vehicle, commercial coach, or special purpose commercial coach which meets the standards prescribed by this…
- § 18031 The department, by rules and regulations, may establish a schedule of fees to pay the costs of work related to administration and enforcement of this part. The…
- § 18031.5 Nothing in this part or any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit the installation of fireplaces in manufactured homes and mobilehomes. The…
- § 18031.7 (a) Nothing in this part shall prohibit the replacement of water heaters in manufactured homes or mobilehomes with fuel-gas-burning water heaters not…
- § 18031.8 (a) Nothing in this part or the regulations promulgated thereunder shall prohibit the replacement in manufactured homes or mobilehomes of ovens, ranges, or…
- § 18032 (a) The manufacturer of any new manufactured home or mobilehome manufactured on or after January 1, 1977, shall affix a label to the manufactured home or…
- § 18032.5 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s energy efficiency standards for new residential buildings have provided…
- § 18033 Each loft area excluded from the gross floor area pursuant to Section 18009.3 shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) A loft ceiling shall be…
- § 18033.1 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that certain park trailer units with lofts that do not comply with Section 18009.3, as amended in 2001, and Section…
- § 18034 (a) A dealer, as defined in Section 18002.6, or a salesperson, as defined in Section 18013, is not required to be licensed as a mortgage loan originator under…
CHAPTER 5. Sales and Escrows §§ 18035–18039.5 · 16 sections
- § 18035 (a) (1) For every transaction by or through a dealer to sell or lease with the option to buy a new or used manufactured home or mobilehome subject to…
- § 18035.1 (a) As a part of the documents executed for every transaction by or through a dealer to sell or lease with the option to buy a new or used manufactured home or…
- § 18035.2 (a) For every sale by a dealer of a new or used manufactured home or mobilehome to be installed on a foundation system pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section…
- § 18035.25 Notwithstanding any other provision of this part to the contrary, it is a ground for disciplinary action, and not a criminal offense, for a dealer to fail to…
- § 18035.26 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the requirements of this section apply only to the sale of a new or used manufactured home or multiunit…
- § 18035.3 (a) For every sale by a dealer of a new or used manufactured home or mobilehome, either the purchase order, conditional sale contract, or other document…
- § 18035.4 Sections 18035, 18035.1, and 18035.2 shall not apply to the sale of manufactured homes or mobilehomes to: (a) The federal government. (b) The state. (c) Any…
- § 18035.5 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Secured party” means a legal owner or junior lienholder. (2) “Entitled party” means a registered owner or any person holding…
- § 18036 In the event a buyer of a manufactured home or mobilehome obligates himself or herself to purchase, or receive possession of, a manufactured home or mobilehome…
- § 18036.5 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Act” means the federal Truth in Lending Act, as amended (15 U.S.C., Sec. 1601, et seq.). (2) “Regulation Z” means any rule,…
- § 18037 Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, the holder of a conditional sale contract for which Regulation Z disclosures are required pursuant to Section…
- § 18037.5 (a) In the event of default under the provisions of any security agreement relating to a loan or conditional sale contract which, according to its terms, gives…
- § 18038.7 No deficiency judgment shall lie in any event, after the sale of any manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home subject to…
- § 18039 No agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter shall contain any provision by which the buyer waives his or her rights under this chapter, and any waiver…
- § 18039.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a manufactured home or mobilehome is affixed to a permanent foundation pursuant to Section…
- § 18039.5 (a) The provisions of this chapter, except Section 18037.5, shall not apply to any loan or credit sale secured by a manufactured home or mobilehome subject to…
CHAPTER 6. Multiple Listing Between Dealers of Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, or Commercial Coaches §§ 18040–18040.5 · 2 sections
- § 18040 (a) With respect to the sale of any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach that has not been previously installed on a foundation system pursuant…
- § 18040.5 The department, after notice and hearing, may suspend or revoke a dealer’s license upon determining that the dealership has committed any of the acts or…
CHAPTER 7. Occupational Licenses §§ 18045–18066.5 · 48 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. General Requirements §§ 18045–18046.1 · 6 sections
  - § 18045 It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a licensee within this state without having first procured a license or temporary permit issued by the department…
  - § 18045.5 (a) The department shall not issue a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer license to any applicant therefor who does not have an established place of business.…
  - § 18045.6 (a) (1) If the manufacturer, distributor, or dealer changes the site or location of his or her established place of business, the manufacturer, distributor, or…
  - § 18045.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 18045.5, for an office at a dealer’s established place of business, the department may issue a temporary permit as provided in…
  - § 18046 (a) An “agent” for purposes of this section and Section 18025, means a dealer or salesperson licensed pursuant to this part, or a real estate broker or…
  - § 18046.1 The standard of care owed by a dealer to a purchaser under this part is the degree of care that a reasonably prudent dealer would exercise and is measured by…
2. ARTICLE 2. Applications and Renewals §§ 18050–18055 · 13 sections
  - § 18050 (a) Every applicant for an occupational license shall make application to the department for a license containing a general distinguishing number. (b) The…
  - § 18050.5 The department may, for a reasonable cause shown, refuse to issue a license to an applicant when it determines any of the following: (a) The applicant was…
  - § 18050.7 In addition to any other requirements imposed by this part or regulations of the department, the department shall not grant an initial manufactured home or…
  - § 18051 (a) Except where the provisions of this part require the refusal to issue a license, the department may issue a probationary license subject to conditions to…
  - § 18052 (a) Pending the satisfaction of the department that the applicant meets the requirements under this article, it may issue a temporary permit to any person…
  - § 18052.5 The department may issue a certificate of convenience to the executor, executrix, administrator, or administratrix of the estate of a deceased holder of a…
  - § 18052.6 (a) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter, the department may, on a one-time-only basis, issue a 90-day certificate to an applicant for an…
  - § 18052.7 No dealer shall employ more than three salespersons licensed pursuant to a 90-day certificate at his or her established place of business at any one time. In…
  - § 18053 A person whose license has been revoked or whose application for a license has been denied shall not reapply for a license for a period of at least one year…
  - § 18053.5 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every applicant for a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach dealer’s or salesperson’s license…
  - § 18054 (a) The department, upon granting a license, shall issue to the applicant a license with a size and format established by the department containing at least…
  - § 18054.7 (a) Every occupational license issued to a manufacturer, distributor, dealer, or salesperson shall expire on the last day of the 24th month following the date…
  - § 18055 (a) The department may require that fees shall be paid to the department for the issuance or renewal of a license to do business as a licensee. The fees shall…
3. ARTICLE 2.5. Continuing Education §§ 18056–18056.5 · 6 sections
  - § 18056 (a) The Legislature has determined that it is in the public interest for consumer protection and service that all manufactured housing dealers and salespersons…
  - § 18056.1 In carrying out its duties under this article, the department shall take reasonable steps to solicit the assistance and advice of persons who are experts in…
  - § 18056.2 (a) Any person licensed as a dealer or salesperson to sell manufactured homes or mobilehomes shall have completed approved educational courses, seminars, or…
  - § 18056.3 The department may amend or repeal any regulation adopted pursuant to this article in the same manner as provided for adoption of regulations, except that no…
  - § 18056.4 On or after January 1, 1987, no dealer’s or salesperson’s license shall be issued or renewed unless the department finds that the applicant has completed the…
  - § 18056.5 When the department finds that the evidence submitted in good faith by an applicant for a renewal license does not in fact qualify, it may extend the license…
4. ARTICLE 3. Infractions and Penalties §§ 18058–18066.5 · 23 sections
  - § 18058 It is unlawful, and a violation of this part, if a person to whom a license is issued is any of the following: (a) Not lawfully entitled thereto. (b) Has…
  - § 18058.1 (a) Any manufacturer or dealer licensed under this part that has closed its place of business, or any salesperson licensed under this part no longer residing…
  - § 18058.5 With respect to applications, it is unlawful to file an application for the license thereafter issued using a false or fictitious name not registered with the…
  - § 18059 With respect to taxation, fees, title, and registration, it is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Use a false or fictitious name, knowingly make any…
  - § 18059.5 With respect to escrows and sales practices, it is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Violate any of the terms or provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing…
  - § 18060 With respect to business operations, it is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Make, or knowingly or negligently permit, any illegal use of any special…
  - § 18060.5 With respect to business practices, it is unlawful to do any of the following: (a) Knowingly purchase, sell, or otherwise acquire or dispose of a stolen…
  - § 18061 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…
  - § 18061.5 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,…
  - § 18061.6 (a) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subdivision (d) of Section 18061 or any regulation to the contrary, a dealer may, alternatively, post in a prominent…
  - § 18062 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…
  - § 18062.2 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…
  - § 18062.5 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…
  - § 18062.8 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…
  - § 18062.9 (a) A manufactured home manufacturer may sell manufactured homes, as defined in Section 18007, directly to a licensed California general building contractor,…
  - § 18063 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…
  - § 18064 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…
  - § 18064.2 (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…
  - § 18064.5 (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…
  - § 18065 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…
  - § 18065.5 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…
  - § 18066 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…
  - § 18066.5 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,…
CHAPTER 7.5. Manufactured Home Recovery Fund §§ 18070–18070.7 · 8 sections
- § 18070 (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…
- § 18070.1 (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)…
- § 18070.2 (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…
- § 18070.3 (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…
- § 18070.4 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…
- § 18070.5 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.
- § 18070.6 (a) To the extent that department personnel and resources are available, in any administrative action brought by the department pursuant to Article 3…
- § 18070.7 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…
CHAPTER 8. Registration and Titling of Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, and Commercial Coaches §§ 18075–18124.5 · 83 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. Application and Scope §§ 18075–18079 · 10 sections
  - § 18075 (a) Except as provided in Section 18075.7, all manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, truck campers, and floating homes shall be subject to the…
  - § 18075.5 Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, and floating homes sold or used within this state shall be subject to annual registration with the…
  - § 18075.55 (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…
  - § 18075.6 Unless installed on a foundation system pursuant to Section 18551, any manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach used as an office at a…
  - § 18075.7 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…
  - § 18076 (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…
  - § 18076.5 Commencing July 1, 1981, the department shall administer the annual licensing and taxation of all manufactured homes and mobilehomes not subject to local…
  - § 18077 All manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach license fees collected by the department pursuant to Section 18115 shall be deposited in the State…
  - § 18077.5 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…
  - § 18079 The department shall implement property tax postponement programs on behalf of eligible mobilehome owners, as provided by law.
2. ARTICLE 2. General Definitions and Requirements §§ 18080–18084.7 · 12 sections
  - § 18080 Ownership registration and title to a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper, or floating home subject to registration may be held by…
  - § 18080.1 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,…
  - § 18080.2 (a) Ownership registration and title to a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home subject to registration may be held…
  - § 18080.3 (a) For the purposes of registration of manufactured homes and mobilehomes pursuant to this chapter, a manufactured home or mobilehome shall include as a…
  - § 18080.4 (a) Every registered owner, upon receipt of a registration card, shall maintain the card or a copy thereof with the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial…
  - § 18080.5 (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…
  - § 18080.7 (a) Each person acquiring or retaining a security interest in a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home subject to…
  - § 18080.9 (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…
  - § 18081 (a) Any person may request, and the department shall furnish, information regarding the current registration and title status of a manufactured home,…
  - § 18081.3 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 18081 or any other provision of law, the department may, for statistical or commercial purposes and upon payment…
  - § 18081.5 The transferee of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or floating home subject to local property taxation shall report the change in ownership information to the…
  - § 18084.7 Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial coaches shall not be subject to registration or titling under this part or to Part 13 (commencing with Section…
3. ARTICLE 3. Applications for Original Registration and Title §§ 18085–18093.5 · 21 sections
  - § 18085 (a) Application for the original registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home required to be registered…
  - § 18085.5 The department shall not accept an application for the original registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating…
  - § 18086 The department may accept an application for registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper which is not within the state,…
  - § 18086.5 (a) In the absence of the regularly required supporting evidence of ownership and upon application for registration or transfer of a manufactured home,…
  - § 18087 Upon application for registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper previously registered outside this state, the…
  - § 18087.5 (a) The applicant for registration under this part of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper previously registered outside this…
  - § 18088 (a) Upon application for registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper previously registered outside this state, the…
  - § 18088.5 If a certificate of title issued by another state shows any lien or encumbrance upon the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper…
  - § 18089 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…
  - § 18089.5 In the event the department refuses to grant an application for registration in this state of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper,…
  - § 18090 The department shall forthwith mail a notice of the filing of any application for registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck…
  - § 18090.5 (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 18089, the department, upon the original registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck…
  - § 18090.6 The department may, in lieu of delivery by first-class mail, electronically transmit or receive, or both, a certificate of title pursuant to this part when the…
  - § 18090.7 (a) In order to continue improving the quality of products and services to its customers in the registration and titling of personal property within its…
  - § 18091 The certificate of title issued by the department shall contain, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Information substantially similar to that…
  - § 18091.5 The registration card for a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home shall contain all of the following: (a) The date…
  - § 18092 (a) Every manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home subject to registration shall be issued a registration decal. The…
  - § 18092.5 The department may refuse registration or the renewal or transfer of registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or…
  - § 18092.7 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and Section 18116.1, the department shall withhold the registration or transfer of registration of any manufactured…
  - § 18093 (a) At the time of release of a new manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach to any person, the manufacturer shall prepare a certificate of origin,…
  - § 18093.5 The manufacturer of a truck camper, the owner or purchaser of which chooses to register it pursuant to Section 18075.7, shall prepare a certificate of origin…
4. ARTICLE 4. Amendments, Transfers, and Transactions §§ 18098–18107 · 16 sections
  - § 18098 (a) Whenever any person, after making application for the registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home…
  - § 18099 Any registered owner of a commercial coach required to be registered under this part who moves, permits to be moved, or causes to be moved, the commercial…
  - § 18099.5 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no person shall move, permit to be moved, or cause to be moved, any manufactured home, mobilehome, or…
  - § 18100 Any registered owner, legal owner, or junior lienholder who moves, permits to be moved, or causes to be moved, a manufactured home, mobilehome, or floating…
  - § 18100.5 (a) If the title or interest of a registered owner, legal owner, junior lienholder in a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper, or…
  - § 18101 No transfer of the title of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home registered under this code shall be effective…
  - § 18101.5 When the transferee of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper is a dealer who holds it for resale and moves it upon the highways…
  - § 18102 (a) If 40 days have elapsed since the death of a registered or legal owner of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home…
  - § 18102.2 (a) On death of the owner of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home owned in beneficiary form, the manufactured…
  - § 18102.3 (a) If the department makes a transfer pursuant to Section 18102.2, the department is discharged from all liability, whether or not the transfer is consistent…
  - § 18102.5 If application is made to the department for a transfer of registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home to…
  - § 18103 Whenever application is made to the department for a transfer of registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating…
  - § 18105 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (e) or (g), the security interest of the legal owner has priority over conflicting security interests of junior…
  - § 18105.5 A legal owner or junior lienholder may assign title or interest to a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home subject to…
  - § 18106 (a) As used in this section, “lien creditor” means a creditor who has acquired a lien on a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or…
  - § 18107 (a) An owner shall not be liable for taxes or fees pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 18114) that accrue after the date of compliance if the owner…
5. ARTICLE 5. Renewals and Replacements §§ 18108–18110 · 5 sections
  - § 18108 If any registration card or registration decal is stolen, lost, mutilated, or illegible, the registered owner of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial…
  - § 18108.5 If any certificate of title is stolen, lost, mutilated, or illegible, the legal owner of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or…
  - § 18109 Except as otherwise provided in this part, every registration card for a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach subject to annual registration…
  - § 18109.5 Certificates of title shall not be required to be renewed annually, but shall remain valid until a new or amended certificate of title is issued upon a…
  - § 18110 When the required certificate of title is stolen, lost, mutilated, or illegible, application for transfer may be made upon a form provided by the department…
6. ARTICLE 6. Fees and Taxes §§ 18114–18119 · 13 sections
  - § 18114 (a) A registration fee of twenty-three dollars ($23) shall be due and payable to the department at the time of original registration or renewal of registration…
  - § 18114.1 (a) In addition to the annual registration fee required by Section 18114, an annual fee of five dollars ($5) shall be paid to the department at the time of…
  - § 18114.5 When renewal fee penalties have not accrued with respect to a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach subject to this chapter and the manufactured…
  - § 18115 Commencing July 1, 1981, the vehicle license fee levied pursuant to Section 10751 of the Revenue and Taxation Code on manufactured homes and mobilehomes not…
  - § 18115.5 (a) For the purposes of this article, a classification plan is established consisting of the following classes: a class from no dollar ($0) to and including…
  - § 18116 (a) A license fee is due and payable each year for renewal of registration, on or before midnight of the expiration date assigned by the department and noted…
  - § 18116.1 (a) Nonpayment of the fees and penalties provided for in Sections 18114, 18114.1, and 18115, and in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 18116 that…
  - § 18116.2 (a) If the lien in favor of the State of California in the amount owing as provided by Section 18116.1 is against a commercial coach, and that lien has not…
  - § 18116.5 Used manufactured homes, used mobilehomes, and used floating homes subject to local property taxation are exempt from the payment of use tax upon resale or…
  - § 18117 An application for registration under this part of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach previously registered outside of this state shall be…
  - § 18117.5 The transfer fee is delinquent if not paid within 20 days of receipt by the transferee of a properly executed certificate of title for the manufactured home,…
  - § 18118 Whenever any application for a change, addition, or deletion of the registered owner’s name or names is filed with the department during the 60 days…
  - § 18119 (a) If the license fee has not been paid on or before the 60th day following the date on which the fee became delinquent, the department shall mail a notice to…
7. ARTICLE 7. Penalties §§ 18122–18124.5 · 6 sections
  - § 18122 Except as it may affect a security interest properly perfected other than pursuant to Section 9313 of the Commercial Code, the department may suspend, revoke,…
  - § 18122.5 It is unlawful for any person to fail or neglect properly to endorse, date, and deliver the certificate of title and, when having possession, to fail to…
  - § 18123 (a) The department shall withhold the registration or the transfer of registration of any manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, or truck camper sold…
  - § 18123.5 (a) A dealer who violates paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 18080.5 shall pay to the department an administrative service fee of five…
  - § 18124 The department, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, or any regularly employed and salaried police officer or deputy sheriff, or any reserve police…
  - § 18124.5 Every person who, with intent to defraud, alters, forges, counterfeits, or falsifies any certificate of title, registration card, certificate, registration…
CHAPTER 9. Mobilehome Ombudsman §§ 18150–18153 · 4 sections
- § 18150 The Legislature finds and declares that an increasing number of Californians live in manufactured homes and mobilehomes and that most of those manufactured…
- § 18151 (a) The Mobilehome Assistance Center is hereby established in the Department of Housing and Community Development. (b) Except as provided in subdivision (c),…
- § 18152 The Governor shall designate a deputy director in the Department of Housing and Community Development for the Mobilehome Assistance Center.
- § 18153 The Mobilehome Assistance Center shall establish procedures to deal with complaints, including the publication of complaint forms and written materials which…