[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 24CFR1710.11]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
 CHAPTER X--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 
 COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (INTERSTATE 
                    LAND SALES REGISTRATION PROGRAM)
 
PART 1710_LAND REGISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A_General Requirements
 
Sec.  1710.11  Manufactured home exemption.

    (a) The sale of a lot is exempt from the registration requirements 
of the Act when the following eligibility requirements are met:
    (1) The lot is sold as a homesite by one party and a manufactured 
home is sold by another party and the contracts of sale--
    (i) Obligate the sellers to perform, contingent upon the other 
seller carrying out its obligations so that a completed manufactured 
home will be erected on a completed homesite within two years after the 
date the purchaser signed the contract to purchase the lot;
    (ii) Provide that all funds received by the sellers are to be 
deposited in escrow accounts independent of the sellers until the 
transactions are completed;
    (iii) Provide that funds received by the sellers will be released to 
the buyer upon demand if the lot on which the manufactured home has been 
erected is not conveyed within two years; and
    (iv) Contain no provisions which restrict the purchaser's remedy of 
bringing suit for specific performance.
    (2) The homesite is developed in conformance with all local codes 
and standards, if any, for manufactured home subdivisions.
    (3) At the time of closing--
    (i) Potable water and sanitary sewage disposal are available to the 
homesite and electricity has been extended to the lot line;
    (ii) The homesite is accessible by roads;
    (iii) The purchaser receives marketable title to the lot; and
    (iv) Other common facilities represented in any manner by the 
developer or agent to be provided are completed or there are letters of 
credit, cash escrows or surety bonds in the form acceptable to the local 
government in an amount equal to 100 percent of the estimated cost of 
completion. Corporate bonds are not acceptable for purposes of the 
exemption.
    (4) For purposes of this section, a manufactured home is a unit 
receiving a label in conformance with HUD regulations implementing the 
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401).
    (b) The sale must also comply with the anti-fraud provisions of 
Sec.  1710.4 (b) and (c) of this part.

[45 FR 40479, June 13, 1980, as amended at 49 FR 31368, Aug. 6, 1984; 49 
FR 33644, Aug. 24, 1984; 50 FR 9269, Mar. 7, 1985]