HB227 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mike Millican

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Manufactured homes, abandoned, storage and sale of further provided for, notice to tenants and lienholders, Sec. 35-12A-9 repealed; Secs. 35-12A-1, 35-12A-2, 35-12A-3, 35-12A-4, 35-12A-5, 35-12A-6, 35-12A-7, 35-12A-8, 35-12A-10, 35-12A-11, 35-12A-12, 35-12A-13, 35-12A-14 am'd.

Summary

HB227 creates a new, detailed process for handling abandoned manufactured homes, including definitions, notices, storage, and sale procedures and how sale proceeds are distributed.

What This Bill Does

It defines an abandoned manufactured dwelling as 30 days of absence after lease default, termination, or expiration or after a court order to vacate. It requires notices to tenants and lienholders, allows notices to be pasted on the dwelling door, adds information to notices, and shortens the time for a tenant to respond from 45 to 30 days. It requires the owner to notify lienholders at least 14 days before sale, store the dwelling and any tenant property with storage charges not exceeding the last monthly rent, and proceed to sale if the dwelling is not removed. It requires a sale to be commercially reasonable, outlines how proceeds can be used (costs, unpaid rent to the extent of lien priority, and then to lienholders and tenant with an itemized accounting), and lets the owner condition occupancy of a purchaser on meeting the rental criteria in place at the time of the original rental agreement; it repeals the prior 35-12A-9 and updates related sections.

Who It Affects

• Tenants in manufactured dwelling communities, who may be declared to have abandoned dwellings after 30 days of absence and whose personal property may be stored and charged storage fees, with a limited window to respond and options to remove or arrange transfer.
• Manufactured dwelling community owners and lienholders, who must provide notices, store and manage abandoned dwellings and tenant property, set storage charges, conduct sales that are commercially reasonable, distribute sale proceeds, and handle liens and occupancy conditions for new purchasers.

Key Provisions

• Defines 'abandoned manufactured dwelling' as 30 days of absence after lease default/termination/expiration or after a court-ordered vacancy, and expands definitions for owner, rental fee, and lienholder.
• Establishes notice and sale procedures, including methods of notice to tenants and lienholders, reduced tenant contact window (30 days), required lienholder notification 14 days before sale, storage of dwelling and personal property with costs, and sale conditions that are commercially reasonable.

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Subjects

Mobile Homes