HF 487 (LSB 2018HV (1) 85)

HOUSE FILE 487

BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 191)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a manufactured or mobile home retailer’s application to a county treasurer for a certificate of title for a used mobile home or manufactured home.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.45, subsection 4, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  After acquiring a used mobile home or manufactured home to be titled in Iowa, a manufactured or mobile home retailer, as defined in section 103A.51, shall within thirty days apply for and obtain from the county treasurer of the retailer’s county of residence
 
where the mobile home or manufactured home is located a new certificate of title for the mobile home or manufactured home. In the event that there is a prior lien or encumbrance to be released, as required by section 321.50, subsection 5, the thirty-day time period in this subsection does not begin to run until the lien or encumbrance is released.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321.49, subsection 3, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  A manufactured or mobile home retailer who acquires a used mobile home or manufactured home, titled in Iowa, and who does not apply for and obtain a certificate of title from the county treasurer of the
 
county where the manufactured or mobile home retailer’s county of residence
 
is located within thirty days of the date of acquisition, as required under section 321.45, subsection 4, is subject to a penalty of ten dollars. A certificate of title shall not be issued to the manufactured or mobile home retailer until the penalty is paid.
EXPLANATION
   Under current law, a manufactured or mobile home retailer who acquires a used mobile home or manufactured home must obtain a certificate of title for the mobile home or manufactured home within 30 days of the date of acquisition. The application for title must be made to the county treasurer of the retailer’s county of residence. This bill requires that the application for title must be made to the county treasurer of the county where the mobile home or manufactured home is located.