Rule 560-11-9-.05 - Inspections and Citations(1) It shall be the duty of the county property appraisal staff to annually inspect each mobile home located in the county to determine if the owner is properly displaying the decal evidencing the issuance of a mobile home location permit. The staff may schedule the inspections throughout the year or during any portion of the year as meets their annual workflow management needs.(2) The property appraisal staff shall notify the owner, if known, or the occupant, if the owner is not known, of each mobile home for which a decal is not properly displayed, of the requirements of O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-492 and these regulations to secure and display such decal. The notice shall also describe the penalty under O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-493 and Regulation 560-11-9-.11 for failure to properly display such decal.(3) The county governing authority may appoint an agent authorized under O.C.G.A. Section 15-10-63 to issue citations to owners failing to properly display mobile home decals. Such agent may be a member of the board of tax assessors, a member of the appraisal staff or some other designee suitable to the county governing authority. The county governing authority shall notify the county appraisal staff of the name of the authorized agent within 5 days of the agent's appointment.(4) Within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, or more frequently at the property appraisal staff's discretion, the property appraisal staff shall forward to the tax commissioner and the authorized agent, if one has been appointed, a list of mobile homes discovered during the quarter, if any, that are not displaying the required mobile home decal. The list shall contain the information set forth in Regulation 560-11-9-.08(1) to enable these officials to locate and identify each mobile home thereon.(5) The authorized agent, if one has been appointed, upon receipt of the list set forth in this Regulation, shall issue a citation to the owner of each mobile home for which a mobile home decal is not attached. If the authorized agent is a member of the board of tax assessors or the property appraisal staff, the notice required in Section 2 of this Regulation and the citation required in this Section may be issued to the owner simultaneously.(6) Within 30 days of the date the citation is issued, but not earlier than 15 days from the date the citation is issued, the county shall impose the appropriate fines upon and prosecute the subject of the citation as provided in O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-493.(7) Nothing in this Regulation shall prohibit or limit the county authorities from providing other methods for prosecution of an owner failing under O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-492 and these regulations to secure and display a mobile home decal.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 560-11-9-.05
O.C.G.A. Secs. 15-10-60 through 15-10-66, 48-2-12, 48-5-263, 48-5-299, 48-5-440 through 48-5-442, 48-5-444 through 48-5-448, 48-5-450, 48-5-451, 48-5-490, 48-5-492 through 48-5-495.
Original Rule entitled "Inspections and Citations" adopted. F. Dec. 5, 1997; eff. Dec. 25, 1997.Amended: F. May 3, 2000; eff. May 23, 2000.