[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: 24CFR3280.5]



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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.  3280.5  Data plate.



    Each manufactured home shall bear a data plate affixed in a 

permanent manner near the main electrical panel or other readily 

accessible and visible location. Each data plate shall be made of 

material what will receive typed information as well as preprinted 

information, and which can be cleaned of ordinary smudges or household 

dirt without removing information contained on the data plate; or the 

data plate shall be covered in a permanent manner with materials that 

will make it possible to clean the data plate of ordinary dirt and 

smudges without obscuring the information. Each data plate shall contain 

not less than the following information:

    (a) The name and address of the manufacturing plant in which the 

manufactured home was manufactured.

    (b) The serial number and model designation of the unit, and the 

date the unit was manufactured.

    (c) The statement:



    This manufactured home is designed to comply with the Federal 

Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards in force at the time 

of manufacture.



    (d) A list of the certification label(s) number(s) that are affixed 

to each transportable manufactured section under Sec.  3280.8.

    (e) A list of major factory-installed equipment, including the 

manufacturer's name and the model designation of each appliance.

    (f) Reference to the roof load zone and wind load zone for which the 

home is designed and duplicates of the maps as set forth in Sec.  

3280.305(c). This information may be combined with the heating/cooling 

certificate and insulation zone map required by Sec. Sec.  3280.510 and 

3280.511. The Wind Zone Map on the Data Plate shall also contain the 

statement:



    This home has not been designed for the higher wind pressures and 

anchoring provisions required for ocean/coastal areas and should not be 

located within 1500[foot] of the coastline in Wind Zones II and III, 

unless the home and its anchoring and foundation system have been 

designed for the increased requirements specified for Exposure D in 

ANSI/ASCE 7-88.



    (g) The statement:



    This home has--has not--(appropriate blank to be checked by 

manufacturer) been equipped with storm shutters or other protective 

coverings for windows and exterior door openings. For homes designed to 

be located in Wind Zones II and III, which have not been provided with 

shutters or equivalent covering devices, it is strongly recommended that 

the home be made ready to be equipped with these devices in accordance 

with the method recommended in the manufacturers printed instructions.





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    (h) The statement: ``Design Approval by'', followed by the name of 

the agency that approved the design.



[59 FR 2469, Jan. 14, 1994]