18045.6
. (a) (1) If the manufacturer, distributor, or dealer
changes the site or location of his or her established place of
business, the manufacturer, distributor, or dealer shall immediately,
upon making the change, so notify the department. If a manufacturer,
distributor, or dealer for any reason whatsoever, ceases to be in
possession of an established place of business from and on which he
or she conducts the business for which the manufacturer, distributor,
or dealer is licensed, he or she shall immediately notify the
department and, upon demand by the department, shall deliver to the
department the manufacturer's, distributor's, or dealer's license and
all relevant records in his or her possession.
(2) The department may place a manufacturer, distributor, or
dealer license on an inactive status upon application of the
licensee. An inactive license shall remain valid for six months or
for the remaining term of the original license, whichever is less.
(b) If the dealer changes to, or adds, another franchise for the
sale of new manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches,
or cancels, or, for any cause whatever, otherwise loses a franchise
for the sale of new manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial
coaches, he or she shall immediately so notify the department.
(c) A dealer's established place of business shall have posted in
a place conspicuous to the public the license issued by the
department to the dealer and to each salesperson employed by the
dealer.
(d) (1) Notwithstanding Section 18050 and this section, a dealer
may display manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches at
a fair, exposition, or similar exhibit. As used in this section,
"mobilehome fair or exposition" means a display of manufactured
homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches not in a mobilehome park
and for which the initial opportunity to display is open to all
dealers. The display shall not qualify as a business location or an
established place of business for the purposes of procuring or
maintaining a dealer's license.
(2) New manufactured homes or mobilehomes, installed pursuant to
Section 18613, may also be displayed and sold within a mobilehome
park or mobilehome subdivision by dealers. A display home may be used
and equipped only for the sale of the displayed home and shall not
be used as an established place of business, unless licensed as an
established place of business.
(3) Dealers and salespersons may negotiate listing agreements for
the sale of a used manufactured home or mobilehome which has been
titled by the department, and may negotiate and execute offers to
purchase and purchase documents for the sale of a new or used
manufactured home or mobilehome other than at the established place
of business.
(e) All manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial coaches
displayed pursuant to subdivision (d) shall be identified by a sign
or device providing information relating to the dealer's name and the
location and address of the dealer's established place of business
and any other information that is required by the department.
(f) The requirements for an office specified in subdivision (b) of
Section 18045.5 shall not apply to a display location authorized by
subdivision (d), unless licensed as an established place of business.