§ 18000 (a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the …
§ 18000.5 The provisions of this part, insofar as they are substantially the …
§ 18001 “Approved,” when used in connection with any material, appliance, or …
§ 18001.6 “Building” is any permanent structure built for the support, shelter, …
§ 18001.8 “Commercial modular” means a structure transportable in one or more …
§ 18002 “Commission” is the Commission of Housing and Community Development.
§ 18002.3 “Consumer” includes any person or entity which purchases or leases a …
§ 18002.6 (a) “Dealer” means a person not otherwise expressly excluded by …
§ 18002.8 “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community …
§ 18003 “Distributor” means any person other than a manufacturer who sells or …
§ 18003.3 “Dwelling unit” means one or more habitable rooms which are designed …
§ 18003.5 “Escrow agent” means the person, firm, or corporation authorized by …
§ 18003.6 “Established place of business” means a place actually occupied, …
§ 18003.8 “Franchise” means a written agreement between two or more persons …
§ 18004 “Franchisee” means any person who, pursuant to a franchise, receives …
§ 18004.3 “Franchisor” means any person who manufactures, assembles, or …
§ 18004.6 “Fraud” includes any act or omission which is included within the …
§ 18004.8 “Good moral character” has the same meaning as specified in Division …
§ 18005 “Hearing” or “notice of hearing”, as used in this part, shall mean …
§ 18005.3 “Junior lienholder” means a person, other than a legal owner, holding …
§ 18005.6 “Lease” means an oral or written contract for the use, possession, …
§ 18005.8 “Legal owner” means a person holding a security interest in a …
§ 18006 “Licensee” means a dealer, dealer branch, manufacturer, distributor, …
§ 18006.3 “Manufacturer” means any person who produces from raw materials or …
§ 18007 (a) “Manufactured home,” for the purposes of this part, means a …
§ 18008 (a) “Mobilehome,” for the purposes of this part, means a …
§ 18008.5 “Manufactured home or mobilehome accessory building or structure” or …
§ 18008.7 (a) “Multifamily manufactured home,” for the purposes of this …
§ 18009 “New manufactured home,” “new mobilehome,” or “new commercial coach” …
§ 18009.3 (a) “Park trailer” means a trailer designed for human …
§ 18009.5 “Registered owner” means a person registered by the department as the …
§ 18010 “Recreational vehicle” means both of the following:(a) A motor …
§ 18010.5 “Regulations” or “rules and regulations,” as used in this part, means …
§ 18011 “Rent” means money or other consideration given for the right of use, …
§ 18012 “Retailer” means a dealer.
§ 18012.3 “Sale” or “sold,” for purposes of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section …
§ 18012.4 “Slide-in camper” means a portable unit, consisting of a roof, floor, …
§ 18012.5 “Special purpose commercial modular” means a vehicle with or without …
§ 18013 (a) “Salesperson” means a person employed by a dealer and not …
§ 18013.2 “Third-party entity” or “third party,” as used in this part, means an …
§ 18013.4 “Truck camper” means a slide-in camper as defined in Section 18012.4.
§ 18014 “Used manufactured home,” “used mobilehome,” or “used commercial …
§ 18014.5 For purposes of this part, a “net listing agreement” means any …

Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 13 > Part 2 > Chapter 1 - Definitions

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner of this State. See California Insurance Code 20
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contingency reserve: means an additional premium reserve established for the protection of policyholders against the effect of adverse economic cycles. See California Insurance Code 12640.02
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Insurance Code 14
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: includes a trust deed, "mortgagor" includes a trustor under such trust deed, "mortgagee" includes a beneficiary under such trust deed, or a trustee exercising powers or performing duties granted to or imposed upon him thereunder, and "lien" in respect to real or personal property includes a charge or incumbrance arising out of a trust deed. See California Insurance Code 29
  • Mortgage guaranty insurance: means :

    California Insurance Code 12640.02

  • Mortgage loan: A loan made by a lender to a borrower for the financing of real property. Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • Person: means any person, association, organization, partnership, business trust, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Insurance Code 19
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Policyholders surplus: means the aggregate of capital, surplus, and contingency reserve. See California Insurance Code 12640.02
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Sole ownership: The type of property ownership in which one individual holds legal title to the property and has full control of it.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Insurance Code 28
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC