Terms Used In Michigan Laws 125.2321

  • Commission: means the manufactured housing commission. See Michigan Laws 125.2302
  • Mobile home: means a structure that is transportable in 1 or more sections, built on a chassis, and designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure. See Michigan Laws 125.2302
  • Mobile home dealer: means a person other than a manufacturer engaged in the business of buying mobile homes for resale, exchange, lease, or rent or offering mobile homes for sale, lease, rent, or exchange to customers. See Michigan Laws 125.2302
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  (1) A mobile home dealer shall not engage in the retail sale of a mobile home without a license.
  (2) A mobile home dealer, mobile home installer, or repairer may obtain an initial or renewal license by filing with the commission an application together with consent to service of process in a form prescribed by the commission pursuant to section 35.
  (3) An initial or renewal license under this act shall be issued for 3 years. Licenses shall expire on October 1.
  (4) The license fee for a mobile home dealer is $450.00 or any other lesser amount established pursuant to section 9(5).
  (5) The license fee for a mobile home installer or repairer is $150.00 or any other lesser amount established pursuant to section 9(5).
  (6) A licensed mobile home dealer, mobile home installer, or repairer may file an application for the license of a successor, whether or not the successor is then in existence, for the unexpired portion of the year. The commission may grant or deny the application.
  (7) A licensee who submits a timely application for renewal of a license and pays the appropriate fee may continue sales of mobile homes unless notified that the application for renewal is not approved.