GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 710

Short Title:  Mobile Home Titles Recorded.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Gamble.
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Referred to:  Transportation.
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April 11, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PERMANENT RECORDING OF TITLES ISSUED MANUFACTURED HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-78 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-78. When Division to transfer registration and issue new certificate; recordation.
(a)	The Division, upon receipt of a properly endorsed certificate of title, application for transfer thereof and payment of all proper fees, shall issue a new certificate of title as upon an original registration. The Division, upon receipt of an application for transfer of registration plates, together with payment of all proper fees, shall issue a new registration card transferring and assigning the registration plates and numbers thereon as upon an original assignment of registration plates.
(b)	The Division shall maintain a record of certificates of title  issued, maintaining at all times the records of the last two owners.
(c)	The Division shall maintain a permanent record of certificates of title issued and/or surrendered for mobile homes or manufactured housing that have been moved over the highways and then permanently attached to land. These records shall be indexed by reference to the serial number and make of the mobile home, the name of the owners of the property on which the mobile home is located, and the name of the party surrendering the certificate of title.
The Commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the photographic or photostatic recording of certificate of title records in such manner as he may deem expedient. The photographic or photostatic copies herein authorized shall be sufficient as evidence in tracing of titles of the motor vehicles designated therein, and shall also be admitted in evidence in all actions and proceedings to the same extent that the originals would have been admitted."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.