REFERENCE TITLE: mobile home sales; transportability; liability

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

HB 2248

 

Introduced by

Representative Ackerley

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 33, chapter 11, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 33-1485.02; relating to the arizona mobile home parks residential landlord and tenant act.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 33, chapter 11, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 33-1485.02, to read:

START_STATUTE33-1485.02.  Sale of mobile home; certificate of transportability; voidable sale; applicability

A.  The seller of a mobile home in a mobile home park shall provide to a buyer of the mobile home a certificate of transportability signed by the seller that states whether the mobile home is physically removable from its lot in the mobile home park and whether the landlord has consented to issue a written clearance for removal of the mobile home.

B.  A buyer who receives a certificate of transportability that states that the mobile home is physically removable from its lot or that the landlord has consented to issue a written clearance for removal of the mobile home, or both, may void the purchase of the mobile home if the buyer determines within sixty days after receiving title to the mobile home that the mobile home is not physically removable from its lot or that the landlord has not issued a written clearance for removal of the mobile home.  A buyer who voids a sale pursuant to this section is not liable for any unpaid rent or other obligations incurred by the seller of the mobile home.

C.  This section applies to any owner of a mobile home in a mobile home park without regard to whether the owner is the landlord, a tenant or any other person. END_STATUTE