California Code of Regulations
Title 25 - Housing and Community Development
Division 1 - Housing and Community Development
Chapter 5 - Registration and Titling of Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, Multifamily Manufactured Home, Commercial Modular, Truck Campers, and Floating Homes
Article 16 - Fees and Exemptions
Section 5660 - Schedule of Fees and Penalties

Universal Citation: 25 CA Code of Regs 5660

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(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.

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.

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