This chapter may be referred to as “the Santa Fe County Mobile Home Ordinance.”
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 1, adopted 7/31/07)
This chapter shall apply to all streets and highways under the jurisdiction of the county, and within the reasonable exercise of the police power of said county. (NMSA 1978, section 66-79 (1978) (as amended)). This chapter shall not apply to a manufactured home owned by a Pueblo member and located, or to be located, within the exterior boundaries of a federally recognized Indian Tribe or Pueblo.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 2, adopted 7/31/07)
A “manufactured home” is a home that is a movable or portable housing structure that exceeds either a width of eight (8) feet or a length of forty (40) feet constructed to be towed on its chassis and designed to be installed with or without a permanent foundation for human occupancy.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 3, adopted 7/31/07)
Except as provided in section 99.05 of this chapter, no movement of a manufactured home that originates in this county shall be permitted unless the owner of such manufactured home or an authorized agent obtains and presents to the motor transportation division of the state department of transportation proof that:
(1) 
A certificate of movement has been issued by the county treasurer showing that either all property taxes due or to become due on the manufactured home for the current tax year or any past tax years have been paid; or
(2) 
A certificate of movement that has been issued by the county treasurer showing that no liability for property taxes on the manufactured home exists for the current tax year or any past tax years.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 4, adopted 7/31/07)
The movement of a manufactured home from the lot or business location of a manufactured home dealer to its destination designated by an owner-purchaser is not subject to the requirements of section 99.04 above if the movement originates from the lot or business location of the dealer and the manufactured home was part of his inventory prior to the sale to the owner-purchaser and a manufacturer’s certificate of origin has been issued. Provided, however, that the movement of a manufactured home by a dealer or the dealer’s authorized agent as a result of a sale or trade-in from a nondealer owner is subject to the requirements of this chapter regardless of the destination.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 5, adopted 7/31/07)
The certificate of movement required for movement of a manufactured home hereunder, issued by the county treasurer, shall be of a size and color to be prescribed by said county treasurer, and shall contain an expiration date which shall be no later than thirty (30) days from the date of issuance.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 6, adopted 7/31/07)
The certificate of movement issued by the county treasurer shall be attached to the manufactured home in a conspicuous location on the rear of said manufactured home during movement over any streets and highways within the county.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 7, adopted 7/31/07)
No certificate of movement shall be issued by the county treasurer in accordance with section 99.04 above, unless the destination has a municipal address or a county address assigned under the county rural addressing system; provided that if the destination is a location within the county for which a rural county address is not available, then the person requesting the certificate of movement shall give a physical description of the destination sufficient to enable the county treasurer to identify the actual site or location to which the manufactured home is being moved.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 8, adopted 7/31/07)
No person who is the owner, purchaser, lessee, renter, or who is the agent or employee of any owner, purchaser, lessee, renter, or who has custody and control of said manufactured home shall suffer or permit the movement of said manufactured home unless the person shall have first obtained the certificate of movement required in section 99.04 above and shall have affixed said certificate to the manufactured home as required by section 99.07 above. No person shall move a manufactured home unless the certificate of movement required by this chapter shall have been obtained and affixed to said manufactured home as required by this chapter.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 9, adopted 7/31/07)
Prosecution or conviction under this chapter shall not discharge the obligation for the payment of any taxes due under the laws of the state.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 11, adopted 7/31/07)
An administrative fee of $10.00 shall be charged for each issuance of a certificate of movement pursuant to this chapter.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 12, adopted 7/31/07)
Any person violating the terms of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisonment for ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
(Ordinance 2007-07, sec. 10, adopted 7/31/07)