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 3.5 - Registration of Manufactured Homes or Mobilehomes with Fee and Tax Waiver Program › Section 5535 - Application and Scope

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Prior to December 31, 2019, a person or entity who asserts an ownership
				  interest of a manufactured home or mobilehome previously registered in
				  California, as a result of a purchase or transfer of that home, but who has not
				  registered that home in his or her name with the Department, may apply for
				  registration of his or her interest in that home. Upon satisfaction of the
				  requirements of this Article and the Fee and Tax Waiver Program, the person or
				  entity shall be eligible for relief through a waiver of a portion of the
				  Department fees and penalties outstanding on that home or waiver of all or a
				  portion of local property taxes and late fees due on that home.
(b) A person or entity may not obtain more
				  than one waiver pursuant to this Article.
(c) This Article does not apply to
				  registration of new manufactured homes or mobilehomes.
(d) This Article does not apply to
				  registration of manufactured homes or mobilehomes not previously registered in
				  California and subject to Article 2 (commencing with Section 5520).
(e) The Department may develop and provide
				  informational and educational materials regarding the various procedures
				  required by this Article.
(f) The
				  Department will provide informational materials in other commonly used
				  languages to the extent that resources are available to do so.
(g) For the purposes of this Article, the
				  following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Fee
				  and Tax Waiver Program" is the fee reduction program governed by this Article
				  and authorized by subdivision (d) of Health and Safety Code Section
				  18116.1.
(2) "Waiver" includes
				  waiving, abating, forgiving, or otherwise reducing or eliminating outstanding
				  property taxes, Department annual renewal fees, and other costs addressed in
				  this Article.
(3) "Annual renewal
				  fees" may include, where applicable, the Mobilehome Park Rehabilitation and
				  Resident Ownership Program fee, registration fee, in-lieu taxation fee, and
				  related penalties which are prescribed by this Chapter 5 and Chapter 8
				  (commencing with Section 18075) of the Health and Safety Code.
(4) "Registering" or "registration" shall
				  include recording the ownership of a manufactured home or mobilehome pursuant
				  to the Fee and Tax Waiver Program.
(5) "Processing fee" is a flat fee that is
				  charged in-lieu of the transfer fee, duplicate certificate of title fee,
				  duplicate reqistration card fee, and informal title search fee. It does not
				  include fees and costs expressly prescribed by law, including, but not limited
				  to, the Mobilehome Recovery Fund fee, Board of Equalization use tax and
				  penalties, bonding entity fees, and photocopy fees, which are applicable to the
				  specific facts governing the registration of an applicant's manufactured home
				  or mobilehome.
(6) "Conditional
				  Certificate of Title" means the temporary titling document issued by the
				  Department as part of the Fee and Tax Waiver Program that provides proof of a
				  conditional ownership of a mobilehome or manufactured home as a result of the
				  Fee and Tax Waiver Program, and permits the home to be registered in the name
				  of the applicant, but may not be used to demonstrate the status as the
				  registered owner for the purpose of a resale or transfer of title, secure a
				  loan or lien or for any other purpose.