Sec. 30c.
(1) If the owner of a mobile home transfers or assigns the owner's title or interest to the mobile home, the owner shall indorse an assignment of the mobile home with warranty of title with a statement of all security interests in the mobile home, and shall cause the certificate to be mailed or delivered to the department or to the purchaser or transferee at the time of the delivery to the purchaser or transferee of the mobile home.
(2) Upon the delivery of a mobile home and the transfer, sale, or assignment of the title or interest in a mobile home, the effective date of the transfer of title or interest shall be the date of execution of either the application for title or the certificate of title.
(3) The purchaser or transferee, unless the purchaser or transferee is a licensed dealer, shall cause to be presented to the department the certificate of title accompanied by the applicable fee, as follows:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), $90.00.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), $15.00, if the sale, assignment, or other transfer will require the addition or deletion from the certificate of title of any of the following:
(i) The owner's spouse.
(ii) A person related to the owner within the fourth degree of consanguinity as computed by the civil law method.
(iii) A person related to the owner's spouse within the fourth degree of consanguinity as computed by the civil law method.
(c) Any other lesser amount established pursuant to section 9(5).
(4) Upon presentation of the certificate of title accompanied by the applicable fee, a new certificate of title shall be issued. A certificate of title issued under subsection (3) and this subsection shall be mailed or delivered to the owner or any other person the owner may direct in a separate instrument in a form as prescribed by the department.
(5) If a security interest is reserved or created at the time of the transfer, the parties shall comply with section 30d.
(6) If the transferee of a mobile home is a mobile home dealer who holds the mobile home for resale, the dealer shall not be required to forward the certificate of title to the department, but the dealer shall retain possession of the assigned certificate of title. Upon transfer of the dealer's title or interest to another person, the dealer shall execute and acknowledge an assignment and warranty of title upon the certificate of title and deliver it to the person to whom the transfer is made if the person is a licensed dealer; otherwise application for a new title shall be made by the transferor as provided in section 30a(1).
History: 1987, Act 96, Imd. Eff. July 6, 1987 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 142, Imd. Eff. May 22, 2006 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 328, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 2006
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning
Act 96 of 1987 - The Mobile Home Commission Act (125.2301 - 125.2350)
Section 125.2301 - Short Title.
Section 125.2302 - Definitions.
Section 125.2304 - Powers of Commission; Duties of Director; Prohibition; Exception.
Section 125.2305 - Mobile Home Code; Promulgation; Rules.
Section 125.2308 - Exemptions.
Section 125.2310 - Reproducing Documents Requested as Public Record.
Section 125.2313 - Construction Permit Required.
Section 125.2316a - Occupancy of Mobile Home in Seasonal Mobile Home Park.
Section 125.2322 - Mobile Home Dealer; Surety Bond; Deposit; Rules.
Section 125.2323 - Mobile Home Dealer; Accounts and Other Records.
Section 125.2324 - Mobile Home Dealer; Prohibited Conduct.
Section 125.2325 - Installation and Setup of Mobile Home; Rules; Licensing Requirements.
Section 125.2327 - Mobile Home, Mobile Home Site, or Equipment; Fraudulent Practices.
Section 125.2328b - Children and Pets; Enforcement of Rules.
Section 125.2328c - Action to Terminate Tenancy; Liquidated Damages.
Section 125.2329 - Shutoff of Utility Service for Nonpayment; Notice.
Section 125.2330 - Mobile Home Subject to Certificate of Title Provisions.
Section 125.2330i - Affixation of Mobile Home to Real Property; Ownership Interest.
Section 125.2331 - Action to Rescind Transaction and Recover Damages.
Section 125.2332 - Certain Conditions, Stipulations, or Provisions Voided.
Section 125.2333 - Statute of Limitations; Rejection of Valid Rescission as Bar to Action.
Section 125.2335 - Service of Process.
Section 125.2337 - Administrative Proceedings; Notice; Response; Assurance of Discontinuance.
Section 125.2340 - Effect of Appeal.
Section 125.2341 - Injunction.
Section 125.2342 - Violation as Misdemeanor; Penalty.
Section 125.2343a - Summary Suspension of License.
Section 125.2344 - Remedies Not Mutually Exclusive.
Section 125.2345 - Other Prosecution and Enforcement Not Prohibited.
Section 125.2349 - Legislative Intent and Declarations.
Section 125.2350 - Availability of List of Powers and Duties of State or Local Governmental Entity.