California Code of Regulations › Title 25 - Housing and Community Development › Division 1 - Housing and Community Development › Chapter 5 - Registration and Titling of Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, Multifamily Manufactured Home, Commercial Modular, Truck Campers, and Floating Homes › Article 15 - Title Search › Section 5651 - Establishing a Requester Account

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A requester may establish a prepaid title
				  search account with the department and make requests for information on the
				  registration and title status of units by complying with the following
				  requirements.
(b) The requester
				  shall complete and submit to the department a requester account agreement which
				  contains the following:
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this
					 __________ day of __________19___, between the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, acting by
					 and through the DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, herein called
					 "seller" and __________ enter requester's name__________, herein called
					 "buyer".
WHEREAS, buyer desires to purchase information from
					 seller's records, it is agreed that the seller will furnish said information as
					 soon as possible after receipt of request, except that seller may elect to
					 cease furnishing said information for other reasons required by law or
					 regulation, and
IT IS FURTHER AGREED that buyer will place an
					 initial advance deposit with the seller, of not less than $250 to cover the
					 seller's estimated cost for processing subsequent individual requests,
					 including salaries and wages, operating expenses and equipment. Current
					 information service costs are $25 for Informal Title Search and $35 for Formal
					 Title Search per record. Payment must be in the form of a negotiable check or
					 money order and must reach the seller before delivery of
					 information.
IT IS FURTHER AGREED that buyer will maintain a
					 level of advance deposit sufficient to cover the services requested from
					 seller.
BUYER AGREES to comply with the provisions of Title
					 15, U.S.C., Sections 1681 to 1681(t) (Credit Reporting Agencies), if these
					 sections are applicable to the buyer's business and method of
					 operation.
Except for the election of seller to cease
					 furnishing information or to cancel this contract upon notice as above
					 provided, this contract shall continue until canceled by either party upon
					 thirty (30) days written notice to the other.
(c) The requester account agreement shall
				  provide a list of authorized employees who may use the account to requester
				  title search information from the department.
(d) The requester account shall be signed by
				  the department and by the party requesting the account.
(e) The requester shall place an advance
				  deposit with the department as required by the signed requester account
				  agreement pursuant to subsection (b).
(f) The requester shall maintain the
				  confidentiality of the account number assigned the requester by the
				  department.
(g) The requester shall
				  maintain the balance of the advance deposit at an amount adequate to cover the
				  services requested.
(h) The
				  department shall accept requests for information,
(1) made in person by an authorized
				  person,
(2) made through the mail
				  by an authorized person,
(3)
				  requested over a facsimile machine by an authorized person, and
(4) made by telephone by an authorized
				  person.