California Code
DIVISION 13 - HOUSING
PART 2 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING

CHAPTER 1 - Definitions

Section 18000. - 18000. (a) This part shall be known and may be...

Section 18000.5. - 18000.5. The provisions of this part, insofar as they are...

Section 18001. - 18001. “Approved,” when used in connection with any material, appliance,...

Section 18001.6. - 18001.6. “Building” is any permanent structure built for the support,...

Section 18001.8. - 18001.8. “Commercial modular” means a structure transportable in one or...

Section 18002. - 18002. “Commission” is the Commission of Housing and Community Development....

Section 18002.3. - 18002.3. “Consumer” includes any person or entity which purchases or...

Section 18002.6. - 18002.6. (a) “Dealer” means a person not otherwise expressly excluded...

Section 18002.8. - 18002.8. “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development....

Section 18003. - 18003. “Distributor” means any person other than a manufacturer who...

Section 18003.3. - 18003.3. “Dwelling unit” means one or more habitable rooms which...

Section 18003.5. - 18003.5. “Escrow agent” means the person, firm, or corporation authorized...

Section 18003.6. - 18003.6. “Established place of business” means a place actually occupied,...

Section 18003.8. - 18003.8. “Franchise” means a written agreement between two or more...

Section 18004. - 18004. “Franchisee” means any person who, pursuant to a franchise,...

Section 18004.3. - 18004.3. “Franchisor” means any person who manufactures, assembles, or distributes...

Section 18004.6. - 18004.6. “Fraud” includes any act or omission which is included...

Section 18004.8. - 18004.8. “Good moral character” has the same meaning as specified...

Section 18005. - 18005. “Hearing” or “notice of hearing”, as used in this...

Section 18005.3. - 18005.3. “Junior lienholder” means a person, other than a legal...

Section 18005.6. - 18005.6. “Lease” means an oral or written contract for the...

Section 18005.8. - 18005.8. “Legal owner” means a person holding a security interest...

Section 18006. - 18006. “Licensee” means a dealer, dealer branch, manufacturer, distributor, or...

Section 18006.3. - 18006.3. “Manufacturer” means any person who produces from raw materials...

Section 18007. - 18007. (a) “Manufactured home,” for the purposes of this part,...

Section 18008. - 18008. (a) “Mobilehome,” for the purposes of this part, means...

Section 18008.5. - 18008.5. “Manufactured home or mobilehome accessory building or structure” or...

Section 18008.7. - 18008.7. (a) “Multifamily manufactured home,” for the purposes of this...

Section 18009. - 18009. “New manufactured home,” “new mobilehome,” or “new commercial coach”...

Section 18009.3. - 18009.3. (a) “Park trailer” means a trailer designed for human...

Section 18009.5. - 18009.5. “Registered owner” means a person registered by the department...

Section 18010. - 18010. “Recreational vehicle” means both of the following: (a) A...

Section 18010.5. - 18010.5. “Regulations” or “rules and regulations,” as used in this...

Section 18011. - 18011. “Rent” means money or other consideration given for the...

Section 18012. - 18012. “Retailer” means a dealer. (Added by Stats. 1981, Ch....

Section 18012.3. - 18012.3. “Sale” or “sold,” for purposes of Chapter 8 (commencing...

Section 18012.4. - 18012.4. “Slide-in camper” means a portable unit, consisting of a...

Section 18012.5. - 18012.5. “Special purpose commercial modular” means a vehicle with or...

Section 18013. - 18013. (a) “Salesperson” means a person employed by a dealer...

Section 18013.2. - 18013.2. “Third-party entity” or “third party,” as used in this...

Section 18013.4. - 18013.4. “Truck camper” means a slide-in camper as defined in...

Section 18014. - 18014. “Used manufactured home,” “used mobilehome,” or “used commercial coach”...

Section 18014.5. - 18014.5. For purposes of this part, a “net listing agreement”...

CHAPTER 2 - Application and Scope

Section 18015. - 18015. The provisions of this part apply to all parts...

Section 18015.1. - 18015.1. All statutory references to “commercial coach” and to “special...

Section 18015.5. - 18015.5. The provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18025),...

Section 18015.7. - 18015.7. Subdivision (p) of Section 18062.8 shall not apply to...

Section 18016. - 18016. (a) The provisions of this part are not intended...

Section 18016.5. - 18016.5. (a) The Mobilehome Revolving Fund is continued in existence...

CHAPTER 3 - Enforcement

Section 18020. - 18020. (a) Except as provided in Section 18027.3, and except...

Section 18020.5. - 18020.5. (a) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of...

Section 18021. - 18021. (a) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of...

Section 18021.5. - 18021.5. (a) Any person who knowingly violates any of the...

Section 18021.6. - 18021.6. Nothing in this part shall be construed as precluding...

Section 18021.7. - 18021.7. (a) (1) In addition to other remedies provided in...

Section 18022. - 18022. (a) The director, and other representatives of the department...

Section 18022.5. - 18022.5. (a) Whenever the director determines through an investigation that...

Section 18023. - 18023. (a) The director, and any other representatives of the...

Section 18024. - 18024. (a) If, upon inspection or investigation, based upon a...

Section 18024.2. - 18024.2. A citation under Section 18024 shall be issued by...

Section 18024.3. - 18024.3. Any person served with a citation under Section 18024...

Section 18024.4. - 18024.4. If, within 30 days from receipt of the citation,...

Section 18024.5. - 18024.5. If the person cited under Section 18024 timely notifies...

Section 18024.6. - 18024.6. After the exhaustion of the review procedures provided for...

CHAPTER 4 - Standards

Section 18025. - 18025. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 18025.5. - 18025.5. (a) Pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and...

Section 18025.6. - 18025.6. When a standard for manufactured homes which was adopted...

Section 18026. - 18026. (a) All manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, and special...

Section 18026.1. - 18026.1. Units sold to the federal government for use on...

Section 18027. - 18027. Any manufactured home, mobilehome or commercial coach which is...

Section 18027.3. - 18027.3. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)...

Section 18027.5. - 18027.5. (a) It shall be unlawful to manufacture a truck...

Section 18028. - 18028. (a) The department may adopt regulations regarding the construction...

Section 18028.5. - 18028.5. (a) The provisions of Section 17920.9, and the rules...

Section 18029. - 18029. (a) It is unlawful for any person to alter...

Section 18029.1. - 18029.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 18029, a person may, without filing...

Section 18029.3. - 18029.3. (a) Any manufactured home, mobilehome, vehicle, or transportable structure...

Section 18029.4. - 18029.4. Any special purpose commercial coach which is designed, manufactured,...

Section 18029.5. - 18029.5. (a) The department may adopt rules and regulations, which...

Section 18029.6. - 18029.6. (a) (1) Beginning January 1, 2020, all used manufactured...

Section 18030. - 18030. (a) If the department determines that standards for commercial...

Section 18030.5. - 18030.5. A manufactured home, mobilehome, recreational vehicle, commercial coach, or...

Section 18031. - 18031. The department, by rules and regulations, may establish a...

Section 18031.5. - 18031.5. Nothing in this part or any other provision of...

Section 18031.7. - 18031.7. (a) Nothing in this part shall prohibit the replacement...

Section 18031.8. - 18031.8. (a) Nothing in this part or the regulations promulgated...

Section 18032. - 18032. (a) The manufacturer of any new manufactured home or...

Section 18032.5. - 18032.5. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of...

Section 18033. - 18033. Each loft area excluded from the gross floor area...

Section 18033.1. - 18033.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that certain park...

Section 18034. - 18034. (a) A dealer, as defined in Section 18002.6, or...

CHAPTER 5 - Sales and Escrows

Section 18035. - 18035. (a) (1) For every transaction by or through a...

Section 18035.1. - 18035.1. (a) As a part of the documents executed for...

Section 18035.2. - 18035.2. (a) For every sale by a dealer of a...

Section 18035.25. - 18035.25. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part to the...

Section 18035.26. - 18035.26. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the requirements...

Section 18035.3. - 18035.3. (a) For every sale by a dealer of a...

Section 18035.4. - 18035.4. Sections 18035, 18035.1, and 18035.2 shall not apply to...

Section 18035.5. - 18035.5. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Secured party”...

Section 18036. - 18036. In the event a buyer of a manufactured home...

Section 18036.5. - 18036.5. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Act” means...

Section 18037. - 18037. Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, the holder of...

Section 18037.5. - 18037.5. (a) In the event of default under the provisions...

Section 18038.7. - 18038.7. No deficiency judgment shall lie in any event, after...

Section 18039. - 18039. No agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter shall...

Section 18039.1. - 18039.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 18039.5. - 18039.5. (a) The provisions of this chapter, except Section 18037.5,...

CHAPTER 6 - Multiple Listing Between Dealers of Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, or Commercial Coaches

Section 18040. - 18040. (a) With respect to the sale of any manufactured...

Section 18040.5. - 18040.5. The department, after notice and hearing, may suspend or...

CHAPTER 7 - Occupational Licenses

ARTICLE 1 - General Requirements

Section 18045. - 18045. It shall be unlawful for any person to act...

Section 18045.5. - 18045.5. (a) The department shall not issue a manufacturer, distributor,...

Section 18045.6. - 18045.6. (a) (1) If the manufacturer, distributor, or dealer changes...

Section 18045.8. - 18045.8. (a) Notwithstanding Section 18045.5, for an office at a...

Section 18046. - 18046. (a) An “agent” for purposes of this section and...

Section 18046.1. - 18046.1. The standard of care owed by a dealer to...

ARTICLE 2 - Applications and Renewals

Section 18050. - 18050. (a) Every applicant for an occupational license shall make...

Section 18050.5. - 18050.5. The department may, for a reasonable cause shown, refuse...

Section 18050.7. - 18050.7. In addition to any other requirements imposed by this...

Section 18051. - 18051. (a) Except where the provisions of this part require...

Section 18052. - 18052. (a) Pending the satisfaction of the department that the...

Section 18052.5. - 18052.5. The department may issue a certificate of convenience to...

Section 18052.6. - 18052.6. (a) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter,...

Section 18052.7. - 18052.7. No dealer shall employ more than three salespersons licensed...

Section 18053. - 18053. A person whose license has been revoked or whose...

Section 18053.5. - 18053.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every...

Section 18054. - 18054. (a) The department, upon granting a license, shall issue...

Section 18054.7. - 18054.7. (a) Every occupational license issued to a manufacturer, distributor,...

Section 18055. - 18055. (a) The department may require that fees shall be...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Continuing Education

Section 18056. - 18056. (a) The Legislature has determined that it is in...

Section 18056.1. - 18056.1. In carrying out its duties under this article, the...

Section 18056.2. - 18056.2. (a) Any person licensed as a dealer or salesperson...

Section 18056.3. - 18056.3. The department may amend or repeal any regulation adopted...

Section 18056.4. - 18056.4. On or after January 1, 1987, no dealer’s or...

Section 18056.5. - 18056.5. When the department finds that the evidence submitted in...

ARTICLE 3 - Infractions and Penalties

Section 18058. - 18058. It is unlawful, and a violation of this part,...

Section 18058.1. - 18058.1. (a) Any manufacturer or dealer licensed under this part...

Section 18058.5. - 18058.5. With respect to applications, it is unlawful to file...

Section 18059. - 18059. With respect to taxation, fees, title, and registration, it...

Section 18059.5. - 18059.5. With respect to escrows and sales practices, it is...

Section 18060. - 18060. With respect to business operations, it is unlawful to...

Section 18060.5. - 18060.5. With respect to business practices, it is unlawful to...

Section 18061. - 18061. With respect to advertising, it is unlawful: (a) To...

Section 18061.5. - 18061.5. It is unlawful to do any of the following:...

Section 18061.6. - 18061.6. (a) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subdivision (d) of Section...

Section 18062. - 18062. It is unlawful for a dealer to do any...

Section 18062.2. - 18062.2. It is also unlawful for a dealer to do...

Section 18062.5. - 18062.5. It is unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor to...

Section 18062.8. - 18062.8. It is unlawful for any manufacturer or distributor licensed...

Section 18062.9. - 18062.9. (a) A manufactured home manufacturer may sell manufactured homes,...

Section 18063. - 18063. It is unlawful for a salesperson to do any...

Section 18064. - 18064. The department may, pending a hearing, temporarily suspend the...

Section 18064.2. - 18064.2. (a) If the director determines through an investigation that...

Section 18064.5. - 18064.5. (a) The director may, following the filing of an...

Section 18065. - 18065. The licenses or permits provided for in this part...

Section 18065.5. - 18065.5. The revocation or suspension of a license may be...

Section 18066. - 18066. The suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a license provided...

Section 18066.5. - 18066.5. If a purchaser of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or...

CHAPTER 7.5 - Manufactured Home Recovery Fund

Section 18070. - 18070. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 18070.1. - 18070.1. (a) On and after January 1, 1985, before a...

Section 18070.2. - 18070.2. (a) Fees for the establishment and operation of the...

Section 18070.3. - 18070.3. (a) When any person (1) who has purchased a...

Section 18070.4. - 18070.4. The judgment debtor shall be liable for repayment in...

Section 18070.5. - 18070.5. When the department has caused payment to be made...

Section 18070.6. - 18070.6. (a) To the extent that department personnel and resources...

Section 18070.7. - 18070.7. The amendments to this chapter by the act adding...

CHAPTER 8 - Registration and Titling of Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, and Commercial Coaches

ARTICLE 1 - Application and Scope

Section 18075. - 18075. (a) Except as provided in Section 18075.7, all manufactured...

Section 18075.5. - 18075.5. Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, and floating homes sold...

Section 18075.55. - 18075.55. (a) Floating homes subject to real property taxation pursuant...

Section 18075.6. - 18075.6. Unless installed on a foundation system pursuant to Section...

Section 18075.7. - 18075.7. On and after January 1, 1986, every truck camper...

Section 18076. - 18076. (a) Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, or truck campers...

Section 18076.5. - 18076.5. Commencing July 1, 1981, the department shall administer the...

Section 18077. - 18077. All manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach license fees...

Section 18077.5. - 18077.5. On or after the first day of January and...

Section 18079. - 18079. The department shall implement property tax postponement programs on...

ARTICLE 2 - General Definitions and Requirements

Section 18080. - 18080. Ownership registration and title to a manufactured home, mobilehome,...

Section 18080.1. - 18080.1. The registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach,...

Section 18080.2. - 18080.2. (a) Ownership registration and title to a manufactured home,...

Section 18080.3. - 18080.3. (a) For the purposes of registration of manufactured homes...

Section 18080.4. - 18080.4. (a) Every registered owner, upon receipt of a registration...

Section 18080.5. - 18080.5. (a) A numbered report of sale, lease, or rental...

Section 18080.7. - 18080.7. (a) Each person acquiring or retaining a security interest...

Section 18080.9. - 18080.9. (a) An owner of a mobilehome park who obtains...

Section 18081. - 18081. (a) Any person may request, and the department shall...

Section 18081.3. - 18081.3. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 18081 or any...

Section 18081.5. - 18081.5. The transferee of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or floating...

Section 18084.7. - 18084.7. Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial coaches shall not be...

ARTICLE 3 - Applications for Original Registration and Title

Section 18085. - 18085. (a) Application for the original registration of a manufactured...

Section 18085.5. - 18085.5. The department shall not accept an application for the...

Section 18086. - 18086. The department may accept an application for registration of...

Section 18086.5. - 18086.5. (a) In the absence of the regularly required supporting...

Section 18087. - 18087. Upon application for registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome,...

Section 18087.5. - 18087.5. (a) The applicant for registration under this part of...

Section 18088. - 18088. (a) Upon application for registration of a manufactured home,...

Section 18088.5. - 18088.5. If a certificate of title issued by another state...

Section 18089. - 18089. In the event application is made in this state...

Section 18089.5. - 18089.5. In the event the department refuses to grant an...

Section 18090. - 18090. The department shall forthwith mail a notice of the...

Section 18090.5. - 18090.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 18089, the...

Section 18090.6. - 18090.6. The department may, in lieu of delivery by first-class...

Section 18090.7. - 18090.7. (a) In order to continue improving the quality of...

Section 18091. - 18091. The certificate of title issued by the department shall...

Section 18091.5. - 18091.5. The registration card for a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial...

Section 18092. - 18092. (a) Every manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper,...

Section 18092.5. - 18092.5. The department may refuse registration or the renewal or...

Section 18092.7. - 18092.7. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and Section...

Section 18093. - 18093. (a) At the time of release of a new...

Section 18093.5. - 18093.5. The manufacturer of a truck camper, the owner or...

ARTICLE 4 - Amendments, Transfers, and Transactions

Section 18098. - 18098. (a) Whenever any person, after making application for the...

Section 18099. - 18099. Any registered owner of a commercial coach required to...

Section 18099.5. - 18099.5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no...

Section 18100. - 18100. Any registered owner, legal owner, or junior lienholder who...

Section 18100.5. - 18100.5. (a) If the title or interest of a registered...

Section 18101. - 18101. No transfer of the title of a manufactured home,...

Section 18101.5. - 18101.5. When the transferee of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial...

Section 18102. - 18102. (a) If 40 days have elapsed since the death...

Section 18102.2. - 18102.2. (a) On death of the owner of a manufactured...

Section 18102.3. - 18102.3. (a) If the department makes a transfer pursuant to...

Section 18102.5. - 18102.5. If application is made to the department for a...

Section 18103. - 18103. Whenever application is made to the department for a...

Section 18105. - 18105. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (e) or...

Section 18105.5. - 18105.5. A legal owner or junior lienholder may assign title...

Section 18106. - 18106. (a) As used in this section, “lien creditor” means...

Section 18107. - 18107. (a) An owner shall not be liable for taxes...

ARTICLE 5 - Renewals and Replacements

Section 18108. - 18108. If any registration card or registration decal is stolen,...

Section 18108.5. - 18108.5. If any certificate of title is stolen, lost, mutilated,...

Section 18109. - 18109. Except as otherwise provided in this part, every registration...

Section 18109.5. - 18109.5. Certificates of title shall not be required to be...

Section 18110. - 18110. When the required certificate of title is stolen, lost,...

ARTICLE 6 - Fees and Taxes

Section 18114. - 18114. (a) A registration fee of twenty-three dollars ($23) shall...

Section 18114.1. - 18114.1. (a) In addition to the annual registration fee required...

Section 18114.5. - 18114.5. When renewal fee penalties have not accrued with respect...

Section 18115. - 18115. Commencing July 1, 1981, the vehicle license fee levied...

Section 18115.5. - 18115.5. (a) For the purposes of this article, a classification...

Section 18116. - 18116. (a) A license fee is due and payable each...

Section 18116.1. - 18116.1. (a) Nonpayment of the fees and penalties provided for...

Section 18116.2. - 18116.2. (a) If the lien in favor of the State...

Section 18116.5. - 18116.5. Used manufactured homes, used mobilehomes, and used floating homes...

Section 18117. - 18117. An application for registration under this part of a...

Section 18117.5. - 18117.5. The transfer fee is delinquent if not paid within...

Section 18118. - 18118. Whenever any application for a change, addition, or deletion...

Section 18119. - 18119. (a) If the license fee has not been paid...

ARTICLE 7 - Penalties

Section 18122. - 18122. Except as it may affect a security interest properly...

Section 18122.5. - 18122.5. It is unlawful for any person to fail or...

Section 18123. - 18123. (a) The department shall withhold the registration or the...

Section 18123.5. - 18123.5. (a) A dealer who violates paragraph (1), (2), or...

Section 18124. - 18124. The department, the Department of the California Highway Patrol,...

Section 18124.5. - 18124.5. Every person who, with intent to defraud, alters, forges,...

CHAPTER 9 - Mobilehome Ombudsman

Section 18150. - 18150. The Legislature finds and declares that an increasing number...

Section 18151. - 18151. (a) The Mobilehome Assistance Center is hereby established in...

Section 18152. - 18152. The Governor shall designate a deputy director in the...

Section 18153. - 18153. The Mobilehome Assistance Center shall establish procedures to deal...

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California Code DIVISION 13 - HOUSING PART 2 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING

California Code
DIVISION 13 - HOUSING
PART 2 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING