18102.2
. (a) On death of the owner of a manufactured home,
mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home owned in
beneficiary form, the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial
coach, truck camper, or floating home belongs to the surviving
beneficiary, if any. If there is no surviving beneficiary, the
manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or
floating home belongs to the estate of the deceased owner.
(b) Ownership registration and title issued in beneficiary form
may be revoked or the beneficiary changed at any time before the
death of the owner by either of the following methods:
(1) By sale of the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial
coach, truck camper, or floating home, with proper assignment and
delivery of the certificate of title to another person.
(2) By application for a change in registered owner without
designation of a beneficiary or with the designation of a different
beneficiary.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (b), designation of a
beneficiary in ownership registration and title issued in beneficiary
form may not be changed or revoked by will, by any other instrument,
by a change of circumstances, or otherwise.
(d) The beneficiary's interest in the manufactured home,
mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home at death
of the owner is subject to any contract of sale, assignment, or
security interest to which the owner was subject during his or her
lifetime.
(e) The surviving beneficiary may secure a transfer of ownership
for the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck
camper, or floating home upon presenting to the department all of the
following:
(1) The appropriate certificate of title.
(2) A certificate under penalty of perjury stating the date and
place of the death of the owner and that the declarant is entitled to
the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper,
or floating home as the designated beneficiary.
(3) If required by the department, a certificate of the death of
the owner.
(f) After the death of the owner, the surviving beneficiary may
transfer his or her interest in the manufactured home, mobilehome,
commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home to another person
without securing transfer of ownership into his or her own name by
appropriately signing the certificate of title for the manufactured
home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home
and delivering the document to the transferee for forwarding to the
department with appropriate fees. The transferee may secure a
transfer of ownership for the manufactured home, mobilehome,
commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home, upon presenting to
the department (1) the certificate of title signed by the
beneficiary, (2) the certificate described in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (e) executed by the beneficiary under penalty of perjury;
and (3) if required by the department, a certificate of death of the
owner.
(g) A transfer at death pursuant to this section is effective by
reason of this section and shall not be deemed to be a testamentary
disposition of property. The right of the designated beneficiary to
the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or
floating home shall not be denied, abridged, or affected on the
grounds that the right has not been created by a writing executed in
accordance with the laws of this state prescribing the requirements
to effect a valid testamentary disposition of property.
(h) A transfer at death pursuant to this section is subject to
Section 9653 of the Probate Code.
(i) If there is no surviving beneficiary, the person or persons
described in Section 18102 may secure transfer of the manufactured
home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home,
as provided in that section.
(j) The department may prescribe forms for use pursuant to this
section.