Sec. 1201.216. CHANGE IN USE  


Latest version.
  • (a) If the owner of a manufactured home notifies the department that the owner intends to treat the home as real property or to reserve its use for a business purpose or salvage, the department shall indicate on the statement of ownership and location for the home that:

    (1) the owner of the home has elected to treat the home as real property or to reserve its use for a business purpose or salvage; and

    (2) except as provided by Section 1201.2055(h), the home is no longer a manufactured home for purposes of regulation under this chapter or of recordation of liens, including tax liens.

    (b) On application and subject to Sections 1201.2076 and 1201.209, the department shall issue for the structure described in the application a new statement of ownership and location restoring the structure's designation as a manufactured home only after an inspection and determination that the structure is habitable as provided by Section 1201.453.

    (c) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1284, Sec. 34(1), eff. June 18, 2005.

    (d) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1284, Sec. 34(1), eff. June 18, 2005.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 24, eff. June 18, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1284 , Sec. 16, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1284 , Sec. 34(1), eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 863 , Sec. 30, eff. January 1, 2008.