[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 5]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR3280.11]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

 CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 

        COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 3280_MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS--Table 

of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  3280.11  Certification label.



    (a) A permanent label shall be affixed to each transportable section 

of each manufactured home for sale or lease in the United States. This 

label shall be separate and distinct from the data plate which the 

manufacturer is required to provide under Sec.  3280.5 of the standards.

    (b) The label shall be approximately 2 in. by 4 in. in size and 

shall be permanently attached to the manufactured home by means of 4 

blind rivets, drive screws, or other means that render it difficult to 

remove without defacing it. It shall be etched on 0.32 in. thick 

aluminum plate. The label number shall be etched or stamped with a 3 

letter designation which identifies the production inspection primary 

inspection agency and which the Secretary shall assign. Each label shall 

be marked with a 6 digit number which the label supplier shall furnish. 

The labels shall be stamped with numbers sequentially.

    (c) The label shall read as follows:



    As evidenced by this label No. ABC 000001, the manufacturer 

certifies to the best of the manufacturer's knowledge and belief that 

this manufactured home has been inspected in accordance with the 

requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and is 

constructed in conformance with the Federal manufactured home 

construction and safety standards in effect on the date of manufacture. 

See date plate.



    (d) The label shall be located at the tail-light end of each 

transportable



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section of the manufactured home approximately one foot up from the 

floor and one foot in from the road side, or as near that location on a 

permanent part of the exterior of the manufactured home unit as 

practicable. The road side is the right side of the manufactured home 

when one views the manufactured home from the tow bar end of the 

manufactured home.



[42 FR 960, Jan. 4, 1977. Redesignated at 44 FR 20679, Apr. 6, 1979, as 

amended at 52 FR 47553, Dec. 15, 1987. Redesignated and amended at 58 FR 

55003, Oct. 25, 1993]