Idaho Admin. Code r. 24.39.31.010 - DEFINITIONS
The terms defined in this section have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates another meaning. (3-28-23)
01.
Alterations to Manufactured
Homes. The replacement, addition, and modification, or removal of any
equipment or installation after sale by a manufacturer to a retailer but prior
to sale by a retailer to a purchaser which may affect the construction, fire
safety, occupancy, plumbing, heat-producing or electrical system. It includes
any modification made in a manufactured home which may affect the compliance of
the home with the standards, but it does not include the repair or replacement
of a component or appliance "plug-in" to an electrical receptacle where the
replaced item is of the same configuration and rating as the one being
replaced. It also does not include the addition of an appliance requiring
"plug-in" to an electrical receptacle, which appliance was not provided with
the manufactured home by the manufacturer, if the rating of the appliance does
not exceed the rating of the receptacle to which it is connected.
(3-28-23)
02.
Branch
Office. An enclosed structure accessible and open to the public, at
which the business of the manufactured/mobile home retailer is conducted
simultaneously with and physically separated from his principal place of
business . There must be displayed on the exterior a sign permanently affixed to
the land or building with letters clearly visible to the major avenue of
traffic. The sign must provide the business name of the retailer.
(3-28-23)
03.
Business . Occupation, profession, or trade. (3-28-23)
04.
Deceptive Practice .
Intentionally publishing or circulating any advertising concerning mobile or
manufactured homes which: (3-28-23)
a. Is
misleading or inaccurate in any material respect; (3-28-23)
b. Misrepresents any of the products or
services sold or provided by a manufacturer, manufactured/ mobile home
retailer, or installation company. (3-28-23)
05.
Insignia . A label or tag
issued by the Division to indicate compliance with the codes, standards, rules,
and regulations established for Modular Buildings and Commercial Coaches.
(3-28-23)
06.
Installation . The term includes "setup" and is the complete
operation of fixing in place a modular building or manufactured or mobile home
for occupancy. (3-28-23)
07.
Manufactured Home . A structure, constructed after June 15, 1976,
in accordance with the HUD manufactured home construction and safety standards,
and is transportable in one (1) or more sections, which, in the traveling mode,
is eight (8) body feet or more in width or is forty (40) body feet or more in
length, or when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320) or more square
feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a
dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required
utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical
systems contained therein, except that such term must include any structure
which meets all the requirements of this subsection except the size
requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a
certification required by the secretary of Housing and Urban Development and
complies with the standards established under
42 U.S.C. Section
5401, et seq. (3-28-23)
08.
Manufactured Home Retailer.
Except as otherwise provided in these rules: (3-28-23)
a. Any person engaged in the business of
selling or exchanging new and used units; or (3-28-23)
b. Any person or who buys, sells, lists, or
exchanges three (3) or more new and used units in any one (1) calendar year.
(3-28-23)
09.
Mobile Home . A factory-assembled structure or structures generally
constructed prior to June 15, 1976, the date of enactment of the National
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act (HUD Code), and
equipped with the necessary service connections and made so as to be readily
movable as a unit or units on their own running gear and designed to be used as
a dwelling unit or units with or without a permanent foundation.
(3-28-23)
10.
Principal Place
of Business . The primary physical location at which the business of a
manufactured home retailer is lawfully conducted. Each of the following
requirements must be met to qualify as the principal place of business :
(3-28-23)
a. The business of the manufactured
or mobile home retailer is lawfully conducted here; (3-28-23)
b. The office or offices of the retailer is
or are located here; (3-28-23)
c.
The public may contact the retailer here; (3-28-23)
d. The offices are accessible and open to the
public; and (3-28-23)
e. The
greatest portion of the retailer's business is conducted here. The books and
other records of a retailer must be kept and maintained at the retailer's
principal place of business and be open to inspection during normal business
hours by any authorized agent of the Division. Moreover, there must be
displayed on the exterior a sign permanently affixed to the land or building
with letters providing the business name of the retailer clearly visible to the
major avenue of traffic. (3-28-23)
11.
Transit Damage . Application
to manufactured home means that damage encountered en route from the place of
manufacture to the dealer or first owner involving structural integrity or any
repair that does not result in return to the same construction or assembly as
specified in the manufacturer's design approval without additional
reinforcement or change. (3-28-23)
12.
Used Manufactured Home or Mobile
Home. A manufactured home or mobile home, respectively, which has been:
(3-28-23)
a. Sold, rented, or leased and
occupied prior to or after the sale, rental, or lease; or (3-28-23)
b. Registered with or been the subject of a
certificate of title issued by the Idaho Department of Transportation or the
appropriate authority of any state, the District of Columbia, or foreign state
or country. (3-28-23)
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