[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: 24CFR3282.207]



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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 3282_MANUFACTURED HOME PROCEDURAL AND ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS

--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart E_Manufacturer Inspection and Certification Requirements

 

Sec.  3282.207  Manufactured home consumer manual requirements.



    (a) The manufacturer shall provide a consumer manual with each 

manufactured home that enters the first stage of production on or after 

July 31, 1977, pursuant to section 617 of the National Manufactured 

Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act, 42 U.S.C. 5416.

    (b) The manufacturer shall provide the consumer manual by placing a 

manual in each such manufactured home before the manufactured home 

leaves the manufacturing plant. The manual shall be placed in a 

conspicuous location in a manner likely to assure that it is not removed 

until the purchaser removes it.

    (c) If a manufacturer is informed that a purchaser did not receive a 

consumer manual, the manufacturer shall provide the appropriate manual 

to the purchaser within 30 days of being so informed.

    (d) No dealer or distributor may interfere with the distribution of 

the consumer manual. When necessary, the dealer or distributor shall 

take any appropriate steps to assure that the purchaser receives a 

consumer manual from the manufacturer.



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    (e) If a consumer manual or a change or revision to a manual does 

not substantially comply with the guidelines issued by HUD, the 

manufacturer shall cease distribution of the consumer manual and shall 

provide a corrected manual for each manufactured home for which the 

inadequate or incorrect manual or revision was provided. A manual 

substantially complies with the guidelines if it presents current 

material on each of the subjects covered in the guidelines in sufficient 

detail to inform consumers about the operation, maintenance, and repair 

of the manufactured home. An updated copy of guidelines published in the 

Federal Register on March 15, 1996, can be obtained by contacting the 

Office of Manufactured Housing and Regulatory Functions, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, 

20410; the Information Center, Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, Room 1202, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20410; 

or any HUD Area or State Office.



[61 FR 10860, Mar. 15, 1996]