Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9069

  • Dealer: means any person engaged in the sale, leasing, or distribution of new manufactured homes primarily to persons who in good faith purchase or lease a manufactured home for purposes other than resale. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061
  • Department: means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation or its employees. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061
  • Distributor: means any person engaged in the sale and distribution of manufactured homes for resale. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061
  • Manufactured housing: means for the purpose of this subchapter, a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more in width, and 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 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, including the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein; except that the term shall 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 the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 United States Code 5401, et seq. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061
  • Manufacturer: means any person engaged in manufacturing or assembling manufactured homes, regardless of the destination of the homes, including any person engaged in importing homes for resale. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061
  • Person: means an individual or entity, including but not limited to a corporation, partnership, firm, organization, company, homeowner, consumer or purchaser. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9002
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 10 Sec. 9061
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
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 reasonably require in order for the secretary to be able to determine whether the manufacturer, distributor or dealer has acted or is acting in compliance with this chapter or the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 and shall, upon request of a person duly designated by the secretary, permit the person to inspect appropriate books, papers, records and documents relevant to determining whether the manufacturer, distributor or dealer has acted or is acting in compliance with this chapter or the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. [PL 1981, c. 152, §16 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1981, c. 152, §16 (NEW).