(a) The department, upon receipt of a properly assigned certificate of title, with an application for a new certificate title, the required fee, and any other documents required by the department, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner and mail it to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner.
(b) The department, upon receipt of an application for a new certificate of title by a transferee other than by voluntarily transfer, with proof of the transfer, the required fee, and any other documents required by law, shall issue a new certificate of title in the name of the transferee as owner. If the outstanding certificate of title is not delivered to the department, the department shall make demand therefor from the holder thereof.
(c) The department shall file every surrendered certificate of title, or an electronically reproduced copy of every such certificate, for a period of time deemed necessary by it in order to permit the tracing of title of the manufactured home designated therein.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
Chapter 20 - Manufactured Home Certificate of Title Act.
Section 32-20-20 - Application; Manufactured Home Permanently Affixed; Detachment; Records.
Section 32-20-21 - Issuance Excluded.
Section 32-20-22 - Designated Agents of Department.
Section 32-20-23 - Application Requirements.
Section 32-20-24 - Acceptance of Application Where Ownership of Manufactured Home in Question.
Section 32-20-25 - Issuance of Certificate.
Section 32-20-26 - Certificate Contents.
Section 32-20-27 - Mailing of Certificate; Electronic Issuance.
Section 32-20-28 - Grounds for Refusal.
Section 32-20-29 - Replacement Certificate.
Section 32-20-30 - Transfer of Interest by Owner.
Section 32-20-31 - Transfer of Interest by Dealer.
Section 32-20-32 - Involuntary Transfer of Interest.
Section 32-20-33 - Issuance of New Certificate Upon Assignment.