441/2003

O.C. 1128/2003

November 28, 2003

December 8, 2003

Manufactured Home Act

Manufactured Home Regulation

[Last amended June 30, 2025 by B.C. Reg. 64/2025]

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Definitions and

interpretation

In this regulation:

Act means the Manufactured Home Act ;

bunkhouse means a manufactured home owned or leased by an employer to provide sleeping accommodation for 2 or more employees during the term of their employment;

deposit means a deposit referred to in

section 26 (1) (

d) of the Act;

floating home means a structure designed to float and to provide residential accommodation;

manufactured home park means a manufactured home park as defined in the Manufactured Home Tax Act ;

manufacturer means a person who manufactures or builds manufactured homes in the ordinary course of their business;

practising lawyer has the meaning in the Legal Profession Act ;

practising notary means a member in good standing under the Notaries Act ;

qualified supplier means a person designated by the registrar as a qualified supplier;

transmission means a change of ownership in a manufactured home

under an order of a court,

consequent on a change in the office of a personal representative or trustee,

by survivorship under a joint ownership,

by a sheriff's sale under the Court Order Enforcement Act , or

effected by the operation of any other Act or law,

but does not include an amalgamation of 2 or more corporations;

travel or tourist trailer means a vehicle that is capable of being towed on its own wheels and undercarriage by a motor vehicle and is licensed or required to be licensed as a trailer under the Motor Vehicle Act for use on a highway.

For the purposes of the Act, transfer includes a transmission.

[am. B.C. Reg. 13/2008, s. 1.]

Standards

For the purposes of sections 32 and 33 of the Act a newly built manufactured home must comply with the following standards:

sections 70 and 72 of

Part 1 (19th Edition) of C22.1-2002 Canadian Electrical Code of the Canadian Standards Association:

CAN/CSA A277-01, Procedure for Certification of Factory Built Houses or the following portions of CAN/CSA Z240, MH Series-92, Mobile Homes:

CAN/CSA Z240.0.1-92,

Definitions and General Requirements for Mobile Homes;

CAN/CSA Z240.1.1-92, Vehicular Requirements for Mobile Homes;

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CAN/CSA Z240.2.1-92, Structural Requirements for Mobile Homes;

CAN/CSA Z240.3.1-92, Plumbing Requirements for Mobile Homes;

CAN/CSA Z240.4.1-92, Installation Requirements for Gas Burning Appliances in Mobile Homes;

CAN/CSA Z240.5.1-92, Oil Installation Requirements for Mobile Homes;

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CAN/CSA Z240.9.1-92, Requirements for Load Calculations and Duct Design for Heating and Cooling of Mobile Homes.

Registrar may require proof

The registrar may require proof in a form acceptable to the registrar of any of the following:

the authority of an agent;

the name, address and occupation of a person named in any record submitted for filing;

the registered name of a corporation named in any record submitted for filing;

the execution of any record submitted for filing;

any information contained in a record submitted for filing.

Exemptions

A manufactured home of any of the following classes is exempt from the operation of the Act:

a floating home;

a camper;

a travel or tourist trailer;

a park model trailer built to Canadian Standards Association standards in the CAN/CSA-Z241 series, Park Model Trailers;

a manufactured home being transported in or through British Columbia

from a manufacturer's place of business within British Columbia directly to a location outside British Columbia, or

from a location outside British Columbia directly to another location outside British Columbia.

If a manufactured home is used as a bunkhouse it is exempt from the operation of the Act during that use.

Section 25 of the Act does not apply to a manufactured home

the ownership of which is registered in the name of a manufacturer and the location of which on the register is the manufacturer's lot or the manufactured home dealer's lot,

the ownership of which is registered in the name of a manufactured home dealer and the location of which on the register is the dealer's lot or the manufacturer's lot, or

that is located on a manufactured home dealer's lot and the ownership of which is registered in the name of a person who, under a transport permit, transported the manufactured home to the dealer's lot.

Registrar's exemptions

For the purposes of

section 21 of the Act, the registrar may exempt a manufactured home from the operation of the Act or any provision of it if

the manufactured home is located on and intended to be attached to land, each lessor-owner or other secured party with a security interest in the manufactured home who registered a financing statement in the personal property registry under the Personal Property Security Act using the registration number assigned under the Act consents to the exemption application and

at least one registered owner of the manufactured home is registered in the land title office as an owner of the fee simple interest in the land, or

at least one registered owner of the manufactured home is registered in the land title office as a tenant pursuant to a lease for a term of not less than 3 years,

the manufactured home is no longer capable of being used for residential accommodation, or

the circumstances are such that the registrar considers it practicable to exempt the home from the operation of some or all of the provisions of the Act for a specified period of time.

An application for an exemption under subsection (1) (

a) filed electronically must be submitted on behalf of the registered owner of the manufactured home by a practising lawyer, a practising notary or other qualified supplier.

A person who submits an application for an exemption under subsection (2) on behalf of the registered owner of the manufactured home must retain, for a period of 7 years, the original of or an image of the original of

the application, and

any supporting documents.

The records retained under subsection (3) may be kept in electronic, microfilm, paper or other format, if the format allows copies to be made by means of a computer terminal or other electronic technology.

A person who retains records under subsection (3) must, within 7 days and on payment of copying charges and charges for certified copies or for providing evidence of records, provide copies of those records or evidence to any person who requests them during normal business hours, at the address set out in the exemption application.

If an application for exemption is not filed electronically under subsection (2), the registered owner must submit for filing the completed application, accompanied by any other record the registrar requires.

Notices of transfer

A notice of transfer in relation to a sale evidenced by an instrument of transfer executed by a registered owner of the manufactured home may be filed electronically.

A notice of transfer referred to in subsection (1) must

be submitted on behalf of the registered owner of the manufactured home by a practising lawyer, a practising notary or other qualified supplier, and

set out the date of execution of the instrument of transfer.

A person who submits a notice of transfer under subsection (2) on behalf of the registered owner of the manufactured home must retain, for a period of 7 years, the original of or an image of the original of

the instrument of transfer, and

the notice of transfer.

The records retained under subsection (3) may be kept in electronic, microfilm, paper or other format, if the format allows copies to be made by means of a computer terminal or other electronic technology.

A person who retains records under subsection (3) must, within 7 days and on payment of copying charges and charges for certified copies or for providing evidence of records, provide copies of those records or evidence to any person who requests them during normal business hours, at the address set out in the notice of transfer.

If a notice of transfer referred to in subsection (1) is not filed electronically under that subsection, the registered owner must submit for filing with the completed notice of transfer the original instrument of transfer, or a certified copy of the instrument, accompanied by any other record the registrar requires.

If a notice of transfer is in relation to a transfer to a person as a co-owner with the transferor, the notice must state whether the co-owners are tenants in common or joint tenants and, if they are tenants in common, the respective fractional interest held by each tenant in common.

If a notice of transfer is in relation to a transfer to more than one person, whether or not as co-owners with the transferor, the notice must state whether the transferees are, in relation to each other, tenants in common or joint tenants and, if they are tenants in common, the respective fractional interest held by each tenant in common.

If a notice of transfer is in relation to a transfer by a co-owner as a joint tenant, the notice must state

that the transferee is a tenant in common, and

the fractional interest held by each tenant in common.

Subsection (9) does not apply if all of the co-owners have transferred their interests to a single transferee or to 2 or more transferees as joint tenants.

If a notice of transfer is in relation to a transfer from an owner to a lessee owner, the name of both the owner and the lessee owner must be given on the notice.

Transmission on death

If a transmission results from the death of a registered owner of a manufactured home, the personal representative of the deceased registered owner may submit for filing a notice of transfer, accompanied by a certified copy of the grant of probate or letters of administration issued from the court that made or resealed the grant.

Despite subsection (1), if the fair market value of the estate is $25 000 or less, an executor named in the will of the deceased registered owner may submit for filing a notice of transfer, accompanied by

an affidavit, in a form satisfactory to the registrar, from each executor named in the will of the deceased, that

the executor is named in the will attached to the affidavit, and believes that the will is a true copy of the last will and testament of the deceased, including any codicil to it, and that it was not revoked by the testator during the testator's lifetime or by operation of law before the testator's death,

the executor has personal knowledge of the affairs of the deceased, has searched the deceased's effects in order to ascertain whether there are any debts or liabilities for which the estate may be liable, and believes that the debts and liabilities of the deceased have been fully paid, and

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with the exception of insurance policies payable to named beneficiaries and jointly held assets, the total market value of the estate, including the manufactured home, does not exceed $25 000, and

a death certificate or a certified copy of a death certificate for the deceased.

If an executor submits a notice of transfer under subsection (2), at the same time the executor must submit a notice of the transfer from the executor to the beneficiary.

[am. B.C. Reg. 10/2005.]

Transmission on death — surviving joint tenant

Despite

section 7, if a manufactured home has been registered in the name of 2 or more persons as joint tenants and a transmission results from the death of one of the joint tenants, a surviving joint tenant may apply to have the deceased removed from the register as an owner by

submitting electronically for filing the notice of transfer, or

submitting for filing, other than electronically, the notice of transfer, accompanied by a death certificate for the deceased joint tenant or a certified copy of the death certificate.

A notice of transfer submitted electronically under subsection (1) must be submitted on behalf of the surviving joint tenant by a practising lawyer, a practising notary or qualified supplier.

A person referred to in subsection (2) who submits electronically a notice of transfer on behalf of a surviving joint tenant must retain, for a period of 7 years, the original of or an image of the original of

the notice of transfer, and

the death certificate for the deceased joint tenant or a certified copy of that death certificate.

The records retained under subsection (3) may be kept in electronic, microfilm, paper or other format, if the format allows copies to be made by means of a computer terminal or other electronic technology.

A person who retains records under subsection (3) must, within 7 days and on payment of copying charges and charges for certified copies or for providing evidence of records, provide copies of those records or evidence to any person who requests them during normal business hours at the address set out in the notice of transfer.

[en. B.C. Reg. 13/2008, s. 2.]

Transmission under Personal Property Security Act

If a transmission results from the sale of the manufactured home as a result of the exercise of the rights of a secured party under

section 55 (6) or 59 of the Personal Property Security Act , the notice of transfer must be accompanied by

an affidavit, in a form satisfactory to the registrar, from the secured party or receiver who caused the sale to be made,

that the secured party had, before the sale, a valid security interest in the manufactured home given by the registered owner of the manufactured home,

that the registered owner's interest in the manufactured home has been sold in compliance with

section 55 (6) or

section 59 of the Personal Property Security Act , and

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containing the personal property registry base registration number that relates to the financing statement or financing change statement filed in relation to the manufactured home,

a statement from the transferee, in a form satisfactory to the registrar, that the transferee was the purchaser at the sale and, as such, is entitled to be registered as the owner of the manufactured home, and

if a receiver has been appointed,

a notice of appointment of the receiver signed by the secured party, or

a certified copy of the court order appointing the receiver.

If a transmission results from the operation of

section 61 of the Personal Property Security Act , the notice of transfer must be accompanied by an affidavit from the transferee, in a form satisfactory to the registrar,

that the transferee had, before the exercise of the transferee's rights under

section 61 of the Personal Property Security Act , a valid security interest in the manufactured home given by the registered owner of the manufactured home,

that the transferee is entitled to be registered as the owner of the manufactured home as a result of the operation of

section 61 of the Personal Property Security Act , and

containing the personal property registry base registration number that relates to the financing statement or financing change statement filed in relation to the manufactured home.

[am. B.C. Reg. 64/2021, s. 3.]

Transmission under Commercial Liens Act

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If a transmission results from the sale of the manufactured home as a result of the exercise of the rights of a lien holder under

section 37 of the Commercial Liens Act , the notice of transfer must be accompanied by

an affidavit, in a form satisfactory to the registrar, from the lien holder who caused the sale to be made,

that the lien holder had, before the sale, a valid lien on the manufactured home,

that the registered owner's interest in the manufactured home has been sold in compliance with

section 37 of the Commercial Liens Act , and

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containing the personal property registry base registration number that relates to the financing statement or financing change statement filed in relation to the manufactured home, and

a statement from the transferee, in a form satisfactory to the registrar, that the transferee was the purchaser at the sale and, as such, is entitled to be registered as the owner of the manufactured home.

If a transmission results from the operation of

section 42 of the Commercial Liens Act , the notice of transfer must be accompanied by an affidavit from the transferee, in a form satisfactory to the registrar,

that the transferee had, before the exercise of the transferee's rights under

section 42 of the Commercial Liens Act , a valid lien on the manufactured home,

that the transferee is entitled to be registered as the owner of the manufactured home as a result of the operation of

section 42 of the Commercial Liens Act , and

containing the personal property registry base registration number that relates to the financing statement or the financing change statement filed in relation to the manufactured home.

[en. B.C. Reg. 64/2025, s. 4.]

Transmission under court order

If a transmission has been made under a court order, the notice of transfer must be accompanied by a certified copy of the court order.

Transmission other than under sections 7 to 10

Unless a transmission is under sections 7 to 10, a person who submits a notice of transfer in relation to a transmission effected by the operation of

an Act or law must indicate in the notice the Act or law under which the transmission occurred or which otherwise provided for the transmission.

Transport permits

If the registrar issues a transport permit, the registrar must enter on the register the new location described in the permit as the location of the manufactured home.

If the manufactured home in respect of which a transport permit has been issued is not transported to the specific location described in the permit, the owner must submit to the registrar for filing a report, in the form established by the registrar, specifying the new location of the manufactured home or informing the registrar that the manufactured home was not moved.

A report under subsection (2) must be submitted for filing within 3 days of the earlier of

the day the manufactured home was transported to the new location, or

the day the transport permit expires.

If the location of a manufactured home differs from the location on the register, the owner must

submit for filing a report with the registrar in the form established by the registrar that discloses that fact,

provide the registrar with any other information the registrar considers necessary, and

pay the transport permit application fee.

On the filing of a report under subsection (2) or (4), the registrar must

enter on the register the new location of the manufactured home, and

give written notice of the new location to all secured parties.

Requirement of applicants who are individuals

If the Act or this regulation requires that a record submitted to the registrar set out the name of a person who is an individual, the record must provide the name as follows:

the individual's surname;

the individual's first given name if the individual has a first given name;

the individual's second given name if the individual has a second given name.

Verification statement

If a record is filed under the Act, the registrar may provide to the submitting party confirmation of the information filed.

If application is made for a transport permit by a person other than the person recorded on the register as the registered owner of the manufactured home, the registrar may provide confirmation of the issuance of a transport permit to the person recorded on the register as the registered owner.

Decals

The registered owner of a manufactured home must affix the decal issued under

section 5 or 6 of the Act to a position on the manufactured home authorized by the registrar.

If an interior or exterior decal affixed to a manufactured home is stolen, lost, defaced, mutilated or destroyed, the registered owner of a manufactured home must obtain from the registrar a decal of the appropriate class and must affix that decal to the home.

Deposits

A collector must not, as a condition of issuing a certificate under

section 25 (2) of the Act, require the applicant to pay a deposit unless the manufactured home in respect of which the request is made has been assessed in the name of the owner, separately from the land on which it is located, and placed on the assessment roll of the taxing authority for the current year.

The deposit must be an amount equal to the greater of

the sum of $75, or

the amount of taxes imposed or levied on the manufactured home, less the Provincial home owner grant under the Home Owner Grant Act , if any, levied on the manufactured home in the immediately preceding taxation year.

Interest on a deposit must be paid or credited by the taxing authority as follows:

in a municipality other than the City of Vancouver, at the rate prescribed under

section 239 (2) of the Community Charter from the date of payment to the first tax penalty date stated in, or established by, a bylaw under

section 234 or 235 of the Community Charter ;

in the City of Vancouver, at the rate stated in, or established by, a bylaw under

section 412 of the Vancouver Charter ;

in a rural area, at the rate and by the method prescribed under

section 13 (1) of the Taxation (Rural Area) Act .

If it is subsequently determined that the deposit paid to the collector exceeds the difference between the total amount of taxes levied on the manufactured home and the grant under the Home Owner Grant Act , the taxing authority must, on request, pay the excess to the person who paid the deposit.

[am. B.C. Reg. 215/2017, Sch. 2, s. 1.]

Receipt for deposit

If a deposit has been paid to a collector under

section 26 (1) (

d) of the Act, the collector must issue a receipt for the payment and include with the receipt an application for a grant under the Home Owner Grant Act .

An application for a grant referred to in subsection (1) is considered to be included with a receipt if the receipt sets out the address of a publicly accessible website, maintained by or on behalf of the Minister of Finance, at which an application for a grant may be accessed free of charge.

[en. B.C. Reg. 215/2017, Sch. 2, s. 2; am. B.C. Reg. 197/2021, App. 2.]

Certificate must be issued

The collector must not decline to issue a certificate under

section 25 (2) of the Act if a manufactured home

has not been separately assessed and placed on the assessment roll of the taxing authority for the current year, or

has been assessed as an improvement affixed to land.

Manner of filing records with registrar

Subject to subsection (2), unless otherwise allowed or required by the registrar, a record that is to be filed with the registrar must be submitted for filing in paper format.

Unless otherwise allowed or required by the registrar, the following records must be submitted for filing with the registrar in an electronic format that is compatible with the technical requirements of the registrar:

a notice of transfer in relation to a sale, submitted for filing under

section 6;

an application for exemption in relation to a manufactured home located on land, submitted for filing under

section 5;

a notice of ownership submitted for filing by a manufacturer;

a transport permit application.

Search under

section 20 of the Act

Unless otherwise allowed or required by the registrar, a search under

section 20 of the Act must be conducted in electronic format.

Abbreviated information

For the purposes of any record submitted for filing under this regulation, an abbreviation set out in Column 2 of

Schedule 2 may be used instead of the information set out opposite that abbreviation in Column 1.

For the purposes of any information entered onto the register by registry staff, an abbreviation set out in Column 2 of

Schedule 2 may be used instead of the information set out opposite that abbreviation in Column 1.

Fees

The fees in

Schedule 1 are prescribed for the purposes of the Act.

Schedule 1

[am. B.C. Regs. 190/2008; 112/2010, s. 13.]

Fees

Item

Description

Fee

Notice of ownership

$50

Replacement decal

$10

Transport permit application

$25

Notice of transfer

$50

Caution/continuation

$20

Search of the register

(

a) by persons other than government personnel

(

i) if combined with a search of the Personal Property Registry and no fee is charged under the Personal Property Security Act

$12*

(ii)

in any other case

$7*

(

b) conducted by government personnel

(

i) if combined with a search of the Personal Property Registry and no fee is charged under the Personal Property Security Act

$15

(ii)

in any other case

$10

Certification of any record

$25

Copies of documents (uncertified)

50¢ for each page supplied

Tax sale notice

Filing a record for which no other fee is charged

$15

Exemption order, except exemption orders respecting destroyed manufactured homes

$50

Fee for priority service

$100

* In addition to a fee marked by an asterisk, a further operator fee of $1.50, plus any tax imposed under

Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada) on the operator fee, may be charged for any transaction done by electronic means from a location outside a government office or at a government office by a person who is not a government employee.

Schedule 2

Column 1

Column 2

Name

Abbreviation

Corporation

CORP

Incorporated, Incorpor e

INC

Limited

LTD

Limit e

LTEE

Non Personal Liability

NPL

Location

Abbreviation

Block

District Lot

Fractional

Group

Indian Reserve

Legal Subdivision

Lot

Range

Right of Way

R/W

Section

SEC

Statutory Right of Way

SRW

Township

Kamloops Division of Yale District

KDYD

Kootenay District

New Westminster District

NWD

Osoyoos Division Yale District

ODYD

Peace River District

PRD

Queen Charlotte District

QCD

Similkameen Division of Yale District

SDYD

Yale Division of Yale District

YDYD

North

West

South

East

North East

North West

South East

South West

Quarter

QTR, 1/4

Half

1/2

Kilometre (

s) Mile(

s) Number

Apartment

APT

Avenue

AVE

Boulevard

BLVD

Circle

CIR

Corner

COR

Court

Crescent

CRES

Drive

Highway

HWY

Place

Road

Rural Route

Street

Suburban Service

Canada

CAN

Provinces

Abbreviation

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Yukon

States

Abbreviation

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

Arizona

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Guam

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Descriptions

Abbreviation

Bedroom

BDRM

Living Room

Serial Number

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Manufactured Home Act , S.B.C. 2003, c. 75, s. 40.]