(a) Whoever violates any provision of the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 5401 et seq.), or any regulation or final order issued under that act, shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand one hundred dollars ($1,100) for each such violation. Each violation of a provision of such act, or any regulation or order issued under that act, constitutes a separate violation with respect to each manufactured home or with respect to each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required by the act, except that the maximum civil penalty may not exceed one million three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($1,375,000) for any related series of violations occurring within one (1) year from the date of the first violation.

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class C misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $50
class A misdemeanorup to 11 monthsup to $2,500
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-126-212

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • manufactured home: includes any structure that meets all the requirements of this subdivision (2), except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the secretary and complies with the standards established under this title. See Tennessee Code 68-126-202
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Any individual, or director, officer or agent of a corporation who knowingly and willfully violates the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, in a manner which threatens the health or safety of any purchaser commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) Any violation of this part, or of any rule or regulation made under this part, which is not covered by subsection (a) or (b), is a Class C misdemeanor.
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