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a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person licensed as a real estate broker may sell or offer to sell, buy or offer to buy, solicit prospective purchasers of, solicit or obtain listings of, or negotiate the purchase, sale, or exchange of any manufactured home or mobilehome only if the manufactured home or mobilehome has been registered under

Part 2 (commencing with

Section 18000) of Division of the Health and Safety Code. (

b) No real estate broker who engages in the activities authorized by this

section shall maintain any place of business where two or more manufactured homes or mobilehomes are displayed and offered for sale by the person, unless the broker is also licensed as a mobilehome dealer as provided for by

Part 2 (commencing with

Section 18000) of Division of the Health and Safety Code. (

c) As used in this chapter, “manufactured home” means a structure as defined in

Section of the Health and Safety Code, and “mobilehome” means a structure as defined in

Section of the Health and Safety Code. “Manufactured home” and “Mobilehome” do not include a recreational vehicle, as defined in

Section of the Health and Safety Code, a commercial modular, as defined in

Section 18001.8 of the Health and Safety Code, or factory-built housing, as defined in

Section of the Health and Safety Code. (

d) In order to carry out this section, the commissioner shall prescribe by regulation, after consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, methods and procedures to assure compliance with requirements of the Health and Safety Code pertaining to manufactured home and mobilehome registration, collection of sales and use taxes, and transaction documentation. (

e) Nothing in this

section increases or decreases, or in any way preempts, consumer notice requirements of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of and related regulations which are set forth in Sections and of Title of the United States Code and Subparts E and I of Title of the Code of Federal Regulations.