Section 5524 - Registration of a Floating Home Not Previously Registered in California(a) A floating home subject to real property taxation pursuant to Section 229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, which has not been registered with the department or DMV, shall be registered with the department within 20 days after the date of sale, resale or other transfer of title. The application for registration shall meet the requirements of this section.(b) A floating home must have a serial number before it can be registered with the department. If a serial number has not been issued by the manufacturer of the floating home, the owner(s) of the floating home may obtain a serial number from the department as follows:(1) The owner(s) shall provide the following information about the floating home to the department, by telephone or in writing:(A) the decal, license or CF number, if any;(B) the manufacturer's name;(D) the year of manufacture; and(E) the width and length, in inches.(2) The department shall issue to the owner(s) a written record of the serial number assigned.(3) The owner(s) shall permanently affix the serial number to the floating home in an area bounded by four feet above or below and to the left of the threshold for the primary egress to the floating home. If that area is metal, the serial number shall be dye stamped in characters 3/4 of an inch or larger. If that area is wood the numbers may be carved, stamped, burned or otherwise permanently affixed.(4) The owner(s) shall certify to the department, in a statement signed under penalty of perjury, that the serial number issued by the department has been permanently affixed as required by subsection (b)(3).(c) The application for registration of a floating home shall include:(1) the registration information document as required by Section 5541;(2) one of the following: (A) a titling document issued by another state and, if the owner(s) applying for registration with the department are not the owner(s) reflected on that titling document, endorsement as follows: 1. the signature of the appropriate recorded registered owner(s) on the designated line(s) or in the designated area for release of the registered owner(s); or in lieu of the release, the following may be submitted:(A) documents that reflect the purchase of the floating home by the owner(s) applying for registration with the department from the owner(s) reflected on the other state's titling document, which may include the sales contract, purchase order, canceled checks or invoices;2. the signature of any recorded lienholders on the designated line(s) or in the designated area for release or retention of a lienholder(s), if applicable;3. the signature of the new registered owner(s) on the designation line(s) or in the designated area for acknowledging ownership of the floating home; and4. the signature of any new lienholders on the designation line(s) or in the designated area for the addition of new lienholders.(B) documents that reflect the purchase of the floating home by the owner(s) applying for registration with the department, which may include the sales contract, purchase order, canceled checks, or invoices; or(C) documents, which may include purchase orders, canceled checks, or invoices, that reflect that the owner(s) applying for registration with the department purchased component parts and assembled the floating home; or(D) a bond or undertaking and statement that complies with the requirements of Section 5547.(3) one of the following documents issued by the city or county building department with jurisdiction over the area where the floating home is located: (A) a copy of a floating home occupancy permit; or(B) a letter stating that the issuance of a occupancy permit is not required;(4) a tax clearance certificate or a conditional tax clearance certificate issued by the tax collector of the county where the floating home is located, as required by Section 5547.1;(5) a statement signed under penalty of perjury by the owner(s) that includes the applicable unit identifying information and states:(A) that the floating home is designed and built to be used or is modified to be used as a stationary waterborne residential dwelling; has no mode of power of its own; is dependent for utilities upon a continuous utility linkage to a source originating on shore; and has a permanent continuous hookup to a shoreline sewage system pursuant to Section 18075.55 of the Health and Safety Code; and(B) whether any title has been issued for the floating home, and, if so, what the license or decal number for that title is and, if the title is not being submitted with the application for registration, the disposition of the title (i.e., lost, stolen, etc.);(C) whether the floating home was ever registered with DMV;(d) The owner(s) shall pay the following fees to the department:(1) the registration fee required by Section 18114(c) of the Health and Safety Code and, if applicable, a penalty, required by Section 18114(e) of the Health and Safety Code.(2) For each legal owner or junior lienholder being recorded, the lien registration service fee required by subsection 5660(m).Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 25, § 5524
1. New section filed 12-31-97; operative 1-1-98 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 98, No. 1). Note: Authority cited: Sections 18015 and 18075, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 18075.55, 18085, 18087 and 18114, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 12-31-97; operative 1-1-98 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 98, No. 1).