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. Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, commercial coaches, and
floating homes sold or used within this state shall be subject to
annual registration with the department and payment of registration
fees prescribed by Section 18114 except as follows:
(a) Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and floating homes subject to
local property taxation pursuant to Part 13 (commencing with Section
5800) of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and not
installed on foundation systems pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 18551, shall be subject to registration and payment of fees
and penalties prescribed by Section 18114 at the time of original
registration with the department, and upon subsequent sale, resale,
or transfer of title. For purposes of this section, a transfer of
title includes, but is not limited to, any change, addition, or
deletion of one or more registered owners, legal owners, or junior
lienholders.
(b) Manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial coaches
installed or to be installed on foundation systems pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 18551 shall be exempt from registration so
long as they remain affixed to the foundation system. In the event
that the manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach, is
removed from a foundation system for any purpose other than
dismantling or reinstallation on a foundation system, it shall be
immediately subject to registration with the department.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (d) and (e),
registration of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial coach
previously registered in another state is due 20 days after the date
of entry into California and is delinquent if application is not made
and any fees due are not paid within 40 days after that date of
entry.
(d) Any member of the armed forces, whether a resident or
nonresident, shall also be entitled to exemption from registration
with respect to a manufactured home or mobilehome owned by the person
upon which there is displayed a valid registration issued for the
manufactured home or mobilehome by the owner's home state of
residence or by a foreign jurisdiction where the owner was regularly
assigned and stationed for duty by competent military orders at the
time the registration was issued. Competent military orders shall not
include military orders for leave, for temporary duty, nor for any
other assignment of any nature requiring the owner's presence outside
the foreign jurisdiction where the owner was regularly assigned and
stationed for duty.
(e) Any person who enters California for the purpose of
establishing or reestablishing residence or accepting gainful
employment following his or her discharge from the armed forces of
this country may occupy a manufactured home or mobilehome owned by
that person at the time of his or her discharge and registered to him
or her in a foreign jurisdiction where his or her military orders
required his or her presence without registering the manufactured
home or mobilehome in this state until the expiration of the
registration period current at the time of his or her discharge and
entrance into California.
(f) Any new and previously unregistered, unoccupied manufactured
home, mobilehome, or commercial coach which is part of an inventory
held for sale by a manufacturer or dealer in the course of business.
The department may adopt regulations for exempting additional
classes of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, and commercial coaches
from registration under a temporary or one-trip permit system which
permits the lawful transportation and use of manufactured homes,
mobilehomes, and commercial coaches not otherwise subject to
registration.
(g) Floating homes, which are subject to local property taxation,
as prescribed by Section 229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall
be subject to registration at the time of sale and upon any
subsequent sale, resale, or transfer of title. Floating homes are
subject to the fees prescribed by subdivision (c) of Section 18114
upon registration or reregistration.