Posted by John Merchant on May 12, 2008 at 07:53:17:
In Reply to: What's PA Law say? posted by John Merchant on May 12, 2008 at 07:14:15:
A quick look at PA Statutes has unearthed 63PS Sec.818/26. which appears to say that one might buy and sell no more than 5 MHs in a year without need to be licensed.
63 P.S. § 818.26
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes Currentness
Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) (Refs & Annos)Chapter 22A. Vehicle Manufacturers, Dealers and Salespersons (Refs & Annos)
§ 818.26. Exemption from licensure and registration
This act shall not be construed to require licensure and registration in the following cases:
(1) Public officers in the conduct of sales of vehicles in the performance of their official duties.
(2) Sales finance companies and banks licensed under the provisions of the act of June 28, 1947 (P.L. 1110, No. 476), [FN1] known as the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act, in the conduct of sales of vehicles which have been repossessed by them.
(3) The sale, exchange or purchase by a person in one calendar year of fewer than five vehicles, except manufactured housing or mobile homes, on which sales tax has been paid at the purchase of the vehicle by that person. Where such a vehicle is authorized under Article II of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L. 6, No. 2), [FN2] known as the Tax Reform Code of 1971, to be transferred from the person who paid the sales tax to another without being subject to sales tax, such as, but not limited to, wife and husband transfers or disbursements from an estate to a beneficiary, the recipient of the vehicle shall be permitted to sell such vehicle without paying sales tax prior to his sale of the vehicle.
(4) The sale, exchange or purchase of fewer than five manufactured housing or mobile homes by a person in one calendar year.
CREDIT(S)1983, Dec. 22, P.L. 306, No. 84, § 17, effective Jan. 1, 1984. Renumbered as § 26 and amended 1996, April 19, P.L. 104, No. 27, § 13, effective in 60 days.
A few minutes in any PA Courthouse law library, with the assistance of the librarian, would let you check to see if this statute has been amended or changed.
FYI, this is a fairly typical MH Sales Licensing law as has been enacted by a number of states, letting an unlicensed person buy and sell a few with no license.
In fact I know of only one LD guy who has got his license in my state of WA and the rest of the local LD guys and gals work around that status.
- Re: PA MH Sales, law Ray Adams 08:21:44 05/12/08 (0)