Section 38-29-118 - Surrender and cancellation of certificate - purge of certificate - penalty for violation(1) The owner of any manufactured home for which a Colorado certificate of title has been issued, upon the destruction or dismantling of said manufactured home or upon its being sold or otherwise disposed of as salvage, shall surrender the owner's certificate of title thereto to the director with the request that such certificate of title be canceled and shall submit a certificate of destruction as set forth in section 38-29-204, and such certificate of title may thereupon be canceled. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subsection (1) commits a petty offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-503.(2) The owner of any manufactured home for which a Colorado certificate of title has been issued, upon its being permanently affixed to the ground so that it is no longer capable of being drawn over the public highways, shall surrender his or her certificate of title thereto and file with the authorized agent of the county or city and county in which such manufactured home is located a request for purging of the manufactured home title and a certificate of permanent location. The manufactured home shall become real property upon the filing and recording of the certificate of permanent location in accordance with section 38-29-202. The provisions of articles 30 to 44 of this title and of any other law of this state shall be applicable to manufactured homes that have become real property pursuant to this subsection (2) and to instruments creating, disposing of, or otherwise affecting such real property wherever such provisions would be applicable to estates, rights, and interests in land or to instruments creating, disposing of, or otherwise affecting estates, rights, and interests in land. The manufactured home for which a Colorado certificate of title has been issued shall continue to be valued and taxed separately from the land on which it sits until such time that the manufactured home becomes real property pursuant to this subsection (2).Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 683, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1454, § 1, effective June 15. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1554, § 339, effective October 1. L. 2004: (2) amended, p. 867, § 2, effective August 4. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 444, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3293, p. 3293, § 683, effective 3/1/2022.Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For the legislative declaration in the 2002 act amending subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.