THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY STABACK, CARROLL, D. COSTA, HORNAMAN, KAVULICH, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAHONEY, MURT, MYERS, QUINN, READSHAW AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 14, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 14, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in certificate of title and security interests,

providing for transfer of ownership of vehicles used for

human habitation.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Title 75 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

§ 1111.1.  Transfer of ownership of vehicles used for human

habitation.

(a)  Tax status certification.--If a house coach, house

trailer, mobile home, motor home, truck camper or similar

vehicle that has been anchored to the ground to facilitate

connections with electricity, water and sewerage, is offered for

sale or transfer, the transferor shall obtain a tax status

certification from the tax collection authority of the

municipality in which the vehicle is situated and the tax claim

bureau or equivalent office of the county in which the vehicle

is situated. The tax status certification shall include the

following:

(1)  The parcel number assigned to the vehicle.

(2)  The amount of current or delinquent taxes owed from

the parcel number.

(3)  The addresses and telephone numbers of the tax

collection authority and tax claim bureau or equivalent

office.

(b)  Certification obtained by third party.--The transferor

may request a notary public or other officer empowered to

administer oaths or an issuing agent who is licensed as a

vehicle dealer by the State Board of Vehicle Manufacturers,

Dealers and Salespersons, or its employee, to obtain the tax

status certification on his behalf. The person or entity

obtaining the tax status certification on behalf of the

transferor may collect a nominal fee for each certification.

(c)  Taxes due.--If taxes are due from the vehicle, the owner

shall pay the taxes in full or cause the taxes to be paid in

full before the sale shall be completed. Payment shall be made

either:

(1)  to the appropriate authority authorized to accept

payments for delinquent taxes; or

(2)  by authorizing the appropriate authority to attach

proceeds of the sale of the vehicle.

Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.