Pennsylvania Act 2018-81 — VEHICLE CODE (75 PA.C.S.) - TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLES USED FOR HUMAN HABITATION

Act text

Session of 2018

No. 2018-81

HB 783

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests, further providing for transfer of ownership of vehicles used for human habitation.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 1111.1(a) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1111.1. Transfer of ownership of vehicles used for human habitation.

(a) Tax status certification.--If a mobile home or manufactured home that has been anchored to the ground to facilitate connections with electricity, water and sewerage, and previously titled in this Commonwealth to a person using the mobile home or manufactured home as a residence in this Commonwealth immediately preceding its sale or transfer , is offered for sale or transfer, the transferor shall obtain a tax status certification from the tax claim bureau of the county in which the mobile home or manufactured home is situated showing the county, municipal and school district real estate taxes due on the mobile home or manufactured home, as shown by the bureau's records as of the date of the certification , including any delinquent taxes turned over to a third party for collection . The tax status certification shall be provided to the transferee and the department in conjunction with the transfer of the mobile home or manufactured home and shall include the following:

(1) The parcel number assigned to the vehicle.

(2) The amount of current or delinquent taxes owed from the parcel number.

(3) The date upon which a tax for the parcel number will accrue and the taxing period that the tax will cover.

(4) The addresses and telephone numbers of the tax collection authority and tax claim bureau or equivalent office.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 19th day of October, A.D. 2018.

TOM WOLF