California Revenue and Taxation Code 5825 – (a) “Newly constructed” and “new construction” …
(a) “Newly constructed” and “new construction” means:
(1) Any substantial addition to a manufactured home since the last lien date; and
Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 5825
- base year value: as used in this part means the full cash value of a manufactured home on the date the manufactured home is purchased or changes ownership. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 5802
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Manufactured home: as used in this part , does not include a manufactured home which has become real property by being affixed to land on a permanent foundation system pursuant to §. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 5801
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
(2) Any alteration of the manufactured home which constitutes a major rehabilitation thereof or which converts the property to a different use.
(b) Any rehabilitation, renovation, or modernization which converts a manufactured home to the substantial equivalent of a new manufactured home is a major rehabilitation of that manufactured home.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), if a manufactured home has been damaged or destroyed by misfortune or calamity, “newly constructed” and “new construction” does not mean any timely reconstruction or replacement of the manufactured home, or portion thereof, where the manufactured home after reconstruction or replacement is substantially equivalent to the manufactured home prior to damage or destruction. Any reconstruction or replacement of a manufactured home, or portion thereof, which is not substantially equivalent to the damaged or destroyed manufactured home, shall be deemed to be new construction and only that portion which exceeds substantially equivalent reconstruction or replacement shall have a new base year value determined pursuant to Section 110.1.
If a manufactured home, subject to vehicle license and registration fees pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 18114) of Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, is destroyed or damaged by misfortune or calamity and is replaced by a substantially equivalent manufactured home subject to local property taxation, the assessor shall determine a base year value for that replacement manufactured home so that the property taxes levied, after adjustment for any applicable exemption, shall be the same amount as the vehicle license and registration fees for the previous manufactured home for the year prior to its destruction or damage.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), if a manufactured home, subject to vehicle license and registration fees pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 18114) of Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code is taken by eminent domain, acquired by a public entity, or subject to any governmental action resulting in a judgment of inverse condemnation, “newly constructed” and “new construction” shall not mean any timely replacement of that manufactured home.
If a manufactured home, subject to vehicle license and registration fees pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 18114) of Chapter 8 of Part 2 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, is taken by eminent domain, acquired by a public entity, or subject to any governmental action resulting in a judgment of inverse condemnation, and is replaced by a comparable manufactured home subject to local property taxation, the assessor shall determine a base year value for the replacement manufactured home so that the property taxes levied, after adjustment for any applicable exemption, shall be the same amount as the vehicle license and registration fees for the previous manufactured home in the year that manufactured home was taken, acquired, or adjudged to be inversely condemned.
(e) The assessor shall determine the new base year value for the portion of any manufactured home which has been newly constructed. The base year value of the remainder of the manufactured home assessed, which did not undergo new construction, shall not be changed. New construction in progress on the lien date shall be appraised at its full value on such date and each lien date thereafter until the date of completion at which time the entire portion of the manufactured home which is newly constructed shall be reappraised at its full value.
(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 796, Sec. 14.)