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. (a) If 40 days have elapsed since the death of a registered
or legal owner of a manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach,
truck camper, or floating home registered under this part, without
the decedent leaving other property necessitating probate, and
irrespective of the value of the manufactured home, mobilehome,
commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home, the following
person or persons may secure a transfer of registration of the title
or interest of the decedent:
(1) The sole person or all of the persons who succeeded to the
property of the decedent under Sections 6401 and 6402 of the Probate
Code, unless the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach,
truck camper, or floating home is, by will, otherwise bequeathed.
(2) The sole beneficiary or all of the beneficiaries who succeeded
to the manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck
camper, or floating home under the will of the decedent, where the
manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or
floating home is, by will, so bequeathed.
(b) The person authorized by subdivision (a) may secure a transfer
of registration of the title or interest of the decedent upon
presenting to the department all of the following:
(1) The appropriate certificate of title and registration card, if
available.
(2) A certificate of the heir or beneficiary under penalty of
perjury containing the following statements:
(A) The date and place of the decedent's death.
(B) The decedent left no other property necessitating probate and
no probate proceeding is now being or has been conducted in this
state for the decedent's estate.
(C) The declarant is entitled to the manufactured home,
mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home either
(i) as the sole person or all of the persons who succeeded to the
property of the decedent under Sections 6401 and 6402 of the Probate
Code if the decedent left no will or (ii) as the beneficiary or
beneficiaries under the decedent's last will if the decedent left a
will, and no one has a right to the decedent's manufactured home,
mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home that is
superior to that of the declarant.
(D) There are no unsecured creditors of the decedent or, if there
are, the unsecured creditors of the decedent have been paid in full
or their claims have been otherwise discharged.
(3) If required by the department, a certificate of the death of
the decedent.
(4) If required by the department, the names and addresses of any
other heirs or beneficiaries.
(c) If the department is presented with the documents specified in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b), no liability shall be
incurred by the department or any officer or employee of the
department by reason of the transfer of registration of the
manufactured home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or
floating home pursuant to this section. The department or officer or
employee of the department may rely in good faith on the statements
in the certificate specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) and
has no duty to inquire into the truth of any statement in the
certificate. The person who secures the transfer of the manufactured
home, mobilehome, commercial coach, truck camper, or floating home
pursuant to this section is subject to the provisions of Sections
13109 to 13113, inclusive, of the Probate Code to the same extent as
a person to whom transfer of property is made under Chapter 3
(commencing with Section 13100) of Part 1 of Division 8 of the
Probate Code.