(a) The manufacturer of any new manufactured home or mobilehome manufactured on or after January 1, 1977, shall affix a label to the manufactured home or mobilehome, if the manufactured home or mobilehome is to be displayed for retail sale in this state. The label shall include the following information about the manufactured home or mobilehome:
(1) Make, model, and serial or identification number.
(2) Final assembly point.
(3) Name and location of dealer to whom delivered.
(4) Name of city or unincorporated area at which delivered.
(5) Manufacturer’s suggested retail price which shall include the price of the following:
(A) The basic manufactured home or mobilehome unit.
(B) Extra construction features and materials.
(C) Total price of the manufactured home or mobilehome.
(D) A statement of whether the price includes or excludes the towbar, wheels, wheel hubs, and axles.
(b) A dealer may not display a manufactured home or mobilehome for sale or deliver a manufactured home or mobilehome manufactured on or after January 1, 1977, in this state which does not contain the label required by subdivision (a).
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (d) and (e), the removal or alteration of any label required by this section from the manufactured home or mobilehome by anyone except the retail purchaser is a misdemeanor.
(d) The label required by this section may be removed by any person after the manufactured home or mobilehome is affixed to a foundation system.
(e) The label required by this section may be removed by any person after the manufactured home or mobilehome has been installed as a display model within a designated model center, along with an enclosed vehicle garage or carport, within a mobilehome park or subdivision. For the purposes of this subdivision, “designated model center” means a display of two or more new manufactured homes or new mobilehomes located within close proximity of each other that are used for the purpose of selling similar models within a mobilehome park or subdivision and those new manufactured homes or mobilehomes that are on display are installed pursuant to Section 18613.
(f) If a label required by this section has been removed pursuant to subdivision (e) , the dealer shall provide the buyer or potential buyer of the new manufactured home or new mobilehome with all of the information required by subdivision (a), except for the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. The dealer shall display a total price for the new manufactured home or new mobilehome along with either the vehicle garage or carport and any other manufactured home or mobilehome accessory building or structure or manufactured home or mobilehome accessory as defined in Section 18008.5 that is included in the total purchase price.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 857, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)