[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR3282.207]

[Page 222-223]
 
                 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--
 
    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.
    (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.,

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Washington, DC, 20410; or any HUD Area or State Office.

[61 FR 10860, Mar. 15, 1996]