Section 32-20-25 – Issuance of Certificate.
Section 32-20-25 Issuance of certificate. (a) The department shall examine each application received and, when satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title, shall issue a certificate of title to the manufactured home on the form prescribed by the department. (b) The department shall maintain a record of all […]
Section 32-20-2 – Definitions.
Section 32-20-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) DEALER. A person licensed by the Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission as a manufactured home retailer and engaged regularly in the business of buying, […]
Section 32-20-26 – Certificate Contents.
Section 32-20-26 Certificate contents. (a) Each certificate of title issued by the department shall contain all of the following: (1) The date issued. (2) The name and current address of the owner. (3) The names and addresses of any lienholders in the order of priority as shown on the application, or if the application is […]
Section 32-20-3 – Powers and Duties of Department.
Section 32-20-3 Powers and duties of department. (a) The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, notices of security interests, and all other notices and forms necessary to carry out this chapter. (b) The department may do any of the following: (1) Make necessary investigations to procure information required to […]
Section 32-20-27 – Mailing of Certificate; Electronic Issuance.
Section 32-20-27 Mailing of certificate; electronic issuance. The certificate of title shall be mailed to the first lienholder named in it or, if none, to the owner. The department may promulgate rules to issue such certificate of title electronically in lieu of issuing the certificate of title by mail. (Act 2009-746, p. 2236, §4.)
Section 32-20-4 – Transaction Fees.
Section 32-20-4 Transaction fees. (a) There shall be paid to the department for issuing and processing documents required by this chapter a fee of fifteen dollars ($15) for each unit of a manufactured home required to be titled under Section 32-20-20 for the following transactions: (1) Each application for certificate of title. (2) Each application […]
Section 32-20-28 – Grounds for Refusal.
Section 32-20-28 Grounds for refusal. The department shall refuse issuance of certificate of title if any required fee is not paid or if the department has reasonable grounds to believe that one of the following exists: (1) The applicant is not the owner of the manufactured home. (2) The application contains a false or fraudulent […]
Section 32-20-5 – Commission Fee; Collection of Commissions.
Section 32-20-5 Commission fee; collection of commissions. (a) The judge of probate or other county official who is authorized and required by law to process applications for certificates of title by this chapter may collect and retain a one dollar and fifty cent ($1.50) commission fee for each application processed in addition to the one […]
Section 32-20-29 – Replacement Certificate.
Section 32-20-29 Replacement certificate. (a) If a certificate of title issued under this chapter or previously issued under Chapter 8 is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed or becomes illegible, the first lienholder or, if none, the owner or legal representative of the owner named in the certificate, as shown by the records of the department, […]
Section 32-20-6 – Inspections; Search Warrants.
Section 32-20-6 Inspections; search warrants. (a) Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman of an incorporated municipality, or duly authorized representative of the Department of Public Safety or Department of Revenue of this state may enter into the premises of any manufactured home dealer licensed therefore by the State of Alabama or any political subdivision thereof and […]