Title 10, Title 10

The board shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. [PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. D, §4 (NEW).] The board shall propose, revise, adopt and enforce rules necessary to carry out this chapter in accordance with the provisions of Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2. Rules a…

1. Standards. The board shall, by rule, set uniform reasonable standards for the installation of manufactured homes, including, but not limited to, standards for foundations, supports, anchoring, underpinning and skirting of manufactured homes installed in this State. 2. Exemptio…

In addition to requiring that the "Health Notice on Formaldehyde Emissions" set out in 24 Code of Federal Regulations 53280.309 be prominently displayed in each manufactured housing unit sold in the State and provided as part of the Manufactured Home Consumer Manual provided to e…

The board shall issue warranty seals to be attached on manufactured housing sold in this State. The following provisions govern the attachment of warranty seals on manufactured housing. [PL 1993, c. 642, §15 (NEW).] 1. Manufacturer's warranty seal. Before manufactured housing may…

1. Notice of installation. A manufacturer, dealer, mechanic and installer shall notify the board every month of the installations completed by that person that month. The notice must include the location of each unit of manufactured housing, the owner of each unit at the time of …

1. Licenses. A person may not manufacture, sell, broker, distribute, install or service any manufactured housing in this State regardless of the destination of the housing without first obtaining a license from the board as required in this chapter. 2. Violation of regulations an…

1. Investigations. The board is authorized to conduct any inspections and investigations as may be necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter. Fees for inspection of manufactured housing that must be paid by the manufacturer, dealer, developer dealer, installe…

1. Inspection of violations. The board may, upon complaint or probable cause, inspect the manufactured housing, manufacturing facilities, a licensee's business facilities or such records as may be necessary to verify whether a violation has occurred. If the board finds that a vio…

1. Reported information. All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the board, its director or any of its employees which contains or relates to a trade secret, or which, if disclosed would put the person furnishing the information at a substantial competitive disadvant…

The board shall adopt rules governing qualifications for each category of license under its jurisdiction. [PL 1993, c. 642, §22 (NEW).] 1. Licenses required. Any person who engages in the business of manufacturing, brokering, distributing, selling, installing or servicing manufac…

1. Dealers. A dealer who is licensed according to this chapter may install or service, or may have the dealer's employees install or service, any manufactured housing in compliance with this chapter, and the dealer and the dealer's employees are exempt from any requirements for t…

The board shall adopt rules and establish standards as provided by section 9005‑A to administer and enforce this subchapter. [PL 2007, c. 695, Pt. B, §3 (AMD).] For purposes of this subchapter, manufactured housing includes only housing defined in section 9002, subsection 7, para…

1. Standards. The board shall, by rule, adopt standards in conformance with nationally recognized standards for the construction and the installation of manufactured housing. 2. Approval. The board shall approve for sale or installation all manufactured housing that complies with…

1. Inspection agency. Any manufacturer seeking inspection and approval of manufactured housing subject to the requirements of this subchapter may contract with an inspection agency authorized by the board to perform the necessary services in order to obtain approval of the manufa…

1. Establishment of procedures and standards. The board shall, by regulation, establish procedures and standards for the qualification of private or public agencies to perform evaluation and inspection services required by this subchapter. The current edition of the Criteria for …

A fee for each new dwelling unit that is installed in the State and fees for inspection of manufactured housing that must be paid by the manufacturer, dealer, developer dealer, installer or mechanic whose actions or failure to act gave rise to the necessity of the inspection are …

Upon complaint by any person concerning an alleged violation of this chapter, the board may investigate and determine, or may cause to be investigated and determined, whether the unit complies with established rules. The board shall notify the complainant of the complainant's rig…

1. Manufacturer. Every manufacturer of manufactured housing in this State and any manufacturer who offers manufactured housing for sale, lease, delivery, introduction or importation into this State shall furnish notification of any defect in manufactured housing produced by the m…

1. Standards. If the board finds that the standards for the manufacture and inspection of manufactured housing prescribed by statute or regulation of another state or governmental agency meet the objectives of this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and are en…

1. Violation. The board may cause to be investigated any complaint of an alleged violation by any licensee or of any rules adopted by the board, either by its own inspector or any authorized agency to determine the validity of the complaint. A. Within one year and 10 days after i…

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1981, c. 152, §16 (NEW).] 1. Board. "Board" means the Manufactured Housing Board or its employees. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Pr…

The board shall delegate the responsibility for administering the state administrative agency program to the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation. The commissioner may delegate or contract out the administration of the program at the commissioner's discretion. Th…

The commissioner is authorized to issue, amend and revoke rules as necessary to implement all procedures required of a state administrative agency pursuant to 24 Code of Federal Regulations, Paragraph 3282 and 42 United States Code, Sections 5401 to 5426, including the implementa…

1. Adoption, administration and enforcement of standards. The department is charged with the adoption, administration and enforcement of manufactured housing construction and safety standards. The standards adopted must meet the standards adopted pursuant to the National Manufact…

The department, by authorized representatives, may enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse or establishment in which manufactured housing is manufactured, stored or held for sale for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of the federal manufactured housi…

The fee for a preoccupancy inspection of manufactured housing, as required pursuant to 24 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 3286, is set pursuant to section 9021, subsection 2-A.

1. Violations. A person who violates any of the following provisions relating to manufactured housing or rules adopted by the department is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. Each violation constitutes a separate violation with respect to each man…

Any person or officer, director or agent of a corporation, who willfully or knowingly violates any of the provisions enumerated in state law in any manner which threatens the health or safety of any purchaser, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than on…

The department shall establish a monitoring inspection fee in an amount established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. This monitoring inspection fee is an amount paid by the manufacturer for each home produced in this State. [PL 19…

Each manufacturer, distributor and dealer of manufactured housing constructed under the federal standards shall establish and maintain the records, make the reports and provide such information as the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development may …

All complaints concerning units constructed in compliance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 shall be handled in compliance with subpart I of the regulation established pursuant to the Act.

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1983, c. 553, §17 (NEW).] 1. Manufactured home. "Manufactured home" means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, that is 8 body feet or more in wi…

A person may not conduct, control, manage or operate, for compensation, directly or indirectly, any manufactured housing community unless licensed by the board. Licenses issued must be displayed in a place readily visible to customers or other persons using a licensed establishme…

Application and license fees for manufactured housing communities are set under section 9021, subsection 2‑A, including applications for manufactured housing community expansion and license renewal. Fees are also set under section 9021, subsection 2‑A for manufactured housing com…

The board shall, within 30 days following receipt of application, issue a license to operate any manufactured housing community that is found to comply with this subchapter and the rules adopted by the board. [PL 2017, c. 210, Pt. B, §31 (AMD).] When any applicant is found, based…

The board may make and enforce all necessary rules for the administration of this subchapter, and may repeal or amend such rules from time to time as may be in the public interest, insofar as that action is not in conflict with any of the provisions of this subchapter.

The board and any duly designated officer or employee thereof may enter upon the premises of any manufactured housing community licensed pursuant to this subchapter at any reasonable time in order to determine the state of compliance with this subchapter and any rules in force pu…

Any person who operates any manufactured housing community without first obtaining a license as required by this subchapter is guilty of a Class E crime. Each day any such person operates the manufactured housing community without obtaining a license constitutes a separate offens…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subchapter, the board may issue a license to a manufactured housing community on the basis of an inspection performed by an inspector who works for and is compensated by the municipality in which the establishment is located, but only …

The board may deny a license, refuse to renew a license or impose the disciplinary sanctions authorized by section 8003, subsection 5‑A for any of the reasons enumerated in section 8003, subsection 5‑A, paragraph A.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality that, as a result of the nonpayment of property taxes, forecloses and takes possession of real estate on which is located an unlicensed manufactured housing community may, if the municipality determines the manufactured h…

1. Fee payment required. The purchaser of a manufactured housing community shall pay to the registry of deeds of the county where all or a majority of the acreage of the purchased real property associated with the manufactured housing community is located a fee equal to $10,000 f…