1. Except as provided in subsection 3, the use tax imposed upon the use of manufactured housing shall be paid by the owner of the manufactured housing to the manufactured home retailer licensed under chapter 103A. The owner of the manufactured housing shall also provide to the manufactured home retailer all information necessary to complete and submit an application for a certificate of title.
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 423.26A

  • Certificate of title: means a certificate of title issued for a vehicle or for manufactured housing under chapter 321. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Installed purchase price: includes but is not limited to amounts charged for installing a foundation and electrical and plumbing hookups. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Manufactured housing: means "manufactured home" as defined in section 321. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Owner: means any of the following:
     a. See Iowa Code 425A.2
  • Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, joint stock company, joint adventure, corporation, trustee, agency, or receiver, or any legal representative of any of the foregoing. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • Person: means an individual, trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Purchase: means any transfer, exchange, or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, for a consideration. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Purchase price: means the same as "sales price" as defined in this section. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Retailer: means any person engaged in the business of selling tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products to ultimate consumers. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • Retailer: includes a seller obligated to collect sales or use tax, including any person obligated to collect sales and use tax pursuant to section 423. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Use: means the exercise of any right or power incidental to the ownership of tobacco products. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • Use: means and includes the exercise by any person of any right or power over or access to tangible personal property or a specified digital product incident to the ownership of that property, or any right or power over or access to the product or result of a service. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Use tax: means the tax levied under subchapter III of this chapter. See Iowa Code 423.1
 2. Use tax collected by the manufactured home retailer shall be forwarded to the county treasurer or the state department of transportation. The county treasurer shall retain one dollar from each tax payment collected by a manufactured home retailer and paid to the county treasurer, to be credited to the county general fund. The manufactured home retailer shall submit an application for certificate of title on behalf of the owner of the manufactured housing.
 3. The use tax imposed upon the use of manufactured housing brought into the state of Iowa which has not previously been subject to the tax imposed under this subchapter and for which that tax has not been paid, shall be paid by the owner of the manufactured housing to the county treasurer or the state department of transportation from whom the certificate of title is obtained. The owner of the manufactured housing shall submit an application for a certificate of title. Section 423.22 shall apply in the case where the owner has paid tax in another state.
 4. The county treasurer or the state department of transportation shall require every application for a certificate of title to include information as the county treasurer or the director deems necessary as to the time of purchase, the purchase price, installed purchase price, and other information relative to the purchase of the manufactured housing.
 5. A certificate of title shall not be issued until the tax has been paid. A certificate of title shall be delivered to the owner of the manufactured housing by the county treasurer or state department of transportation who received the use tax.
 6. On or before the tenth day of each month, the county treasurer or the state department of transportation shall remit to the department the amount of the taxes collected during the preceding month.
 7. A person who willfully makes a false statement in regard to taxation under this section is guilty of a fraudulent practice. A person who willfully makes a false statement in regard to taxation under this section with the intent to evade the payment of tax shall be assessed a penalty of seventy-five percent of the amount of tax unpaid and required to be paid.
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