Cal. Code Regs. tit. 25 § 5660

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 5660 - Schedule of Fees and Penalties

(a) Penalties under this chapter accrue when an application is submitted one or more calendar days after the statutory time frame, as evidenced by:

(1) the postmark date of the application; or

(2) the date-stamp entered by the department if the application was delivered to the department.

(b) Transfer Fee: Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) to add, delete, or change the name of the registered owner(s) of a unit.

(c) Transfer Penalty: Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) when the application for transfer is submitted more than twenty (20) calendar days after the date of sale or transfer by a non-dealer, or more than ten (10) calendar days after the date of sale or transfer by a dealer.

(d) Foreclosure/Repossession Fee. Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) to submit an application for foreclosure or repossession of a unit.

(e) Foreclosure/Repossession Penalty: Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) when an application for foreclosure or repossession is submitted more than sixty (60) calendar days after the date of foreclosure or repossession.

(f) Duplicate Certificate of Title Fee. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to apply for duplicate certificate of title for a unit.

(g) Duplicate Registration Card Fee. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to apply for a duplicate registration card for a unit.

(1) If duplicate registration cards are required for a manufactured homes or mobilehomes registered under two or more separate DMV decals, a duplicate registration card fee is charged for each duplicate registration card needed.

(h) Substitute Decal Fee. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to apply for a substitute decal.

(i) Substitute Year Sticker Fee. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to apply for a substitute, year sticker.

(j) Escrow Opening Fee. Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) to establish a 120-calendar day moratorium on the permanent title record of a manufactured home, mobilehome, multi-unit manufactured housing, commercial coach, trucker camper, or floating home.

(k) Informal Title Search Fee. Twenty-five dollars ($25) to submit a request for an informal title search to be returned by mail, picked up by a courier, or, if the customer has a requester account, returned by a facsimile machine.

(l) Formal Title Search Fee. Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) to submit a request for a formal title search to be returned by mail, picked up by a courier or, if the customer has a requester account, returned by a facsimile machine.

(m) Lien Registration Service Fee. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to add, delete, or change the legal owner(s) or junior lienholder(s) on a unit.

(n) Situs Change Fee. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to report a change of situs address of a unit.

(o) Home Address Confidentiality Fee. Seven dollars ($7) to submit a request for confidentiality of the home address of a registered owner.

(p) Photocopy Fee. Five dollars ($5.00) per each side of a document.

(q) Certification of Photocopy(s) Fee. Ten dollars ($10.00) to certify all documents requested at the same time on a particular unit.

(r) Non-Resident Fee. Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) to re-register a unit brought into California from another state in the same registration year in which the unit had been removed from California.

(s) Manufactured Home Recovery Fund Fee. Ten dollars ($10.00) for each sale of a manufactured home or mobilehome reported to the department.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 25, § 5660

1. New article 16 (sections 5660-5668) and section filed 12-31-97; operative 1-1-98 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 98, No. 1).
2. New subsection (s) filed 4-1-98; operative 4-1-98 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 98, No. 14).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 18015 and 18075, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 18021.5, 18035(d)(2), 18075(c), 18080.5(b)(2), 18080.7(a), 18081(c) and (d), 18085(a), 18086, 18090.5, 18100, 18100.5, 18108, 18108.5, 18110, and 18117.5, Health and Safety Code; Section 6257, Government Code.