CHAPTER 8. Registration and Titling of Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, and Commercial Coaches [18075. - 18124.5.]

Heading of Chapter 8 amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1076, Sec. 46.

§§ 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…