California Code of Regulations › Title 25 - Housing and Community Development › Division 1 - Housing and Community Development › Chapter 3 - Factory-Built Housing, Mobilehomes, and Manufactured Homes › Subchapter 2 - Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, Multifamily Manufactured Homes, Commercial Modulars, and Special Purpose Commercial Modulars › Article 1 - Administration › Section 4011 - Inspection Approval

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Any person manufacturing, owning, selling, offering for sale, renting, leasing,
					 altering or converting any vehicle may request the department to make an
					 inspection of such vehicle for approval pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Request for inspection shall be made in
					 writing to the department at least five working days prior to the desired date
					 of inspection and shall indicate the date upon which the inspection is to be
					 made, the location, make, model, serial number of the vehicle, and the serial
					 number of the department insignia or HUD label affixed to the vehicle, if any,
					 and be accompanied by the minimum inspection fees pursuant to Section 4044 of
					 this subchapter. All additional inspection fees are payable upon completion of
					 each inspection. Written requests shall be submitted to the appropriate
					 department office.
Where the vehicle is not available or ready for
						inspection at the location indicated on the request, a one hour inspection fee
						shall be charged.
(c) The
					 department may require plans, specifications, calculations or test results
					 pursuant to Sections 4015, 4016, 4017 and 4019 of this chapter.
(d) Where it is necessary to determine
					 compliance with the regulations the department may require inspections prior
					 and subsequent to completion of construction.
(e) Where a manufacturer requests an
					 inspection of a mobile home or commercial coach under construction he shall
					 have an approved structural plan on file with the department for the structural
					 system, pursuant to Section 4015.
(f) Where a person proposes to sell, offer
					 for sale, rent or lease a mobile home manufactured after September 15, 1971,
					 and before June 15, 1976, or commercial coach manufactured after September 15,
					 1971, for which an insignia of approval has not been issued, it will be
					 necessary for such person to supply the division with written certification by
					 a California licensed architect or professional engineer stating that the
					 vehicle has been inspected and the structural system of the vehicle is
					 constructed in accordance with the regulations. The division will make an
					 inspection of the fire safety, exits, ceiling heights, room and hallway sizes,
					 light and ventilation, safety glass, electrical, mechanical and plumbing
					 equipment and installations in order to determine compliance with the
					 regulations.
The applicant shall also furnish written certification to
						the division that the vehicle or structure is designed to comply with Section
						4049.3 (a)(21),(22),(23) and (24) or Section 4369.5 of this
						subchapter.
(g) Pursuant to
					 Sections 4021 and 4021.5 out-of-state manufacturers shall request an inspection
					 to be made at the manufacturer's plant while the vehicle(s) is under
					 construction and at a stage where it is possible to inspect structural
					 components such as roof trusses, wall and floor assemblies and rough-in for
					 electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems.
If it is no possible, after inspection, to approve the
						vehicle(s) it will be necessary for the manufacturer to request a reinspection
						to be made at the manufacturer's plant.
Requests for out-of-state inspections shall be submitted,
						in writing, together with the out-of-state inspection fees pursuant to Section
						4044, to the Sacramento, California office at least 10 working days prior to
						the desired date of inspection and shall indicate the date upon which the
						inspection is to be made, the location, type of vehicle, model and serial
						number.
(h) California
					 insignia of approval will not be issued until the Department can effectively
					 determine, that the manufacturer's assembly, quality-control procedures and
					 vehicles produced for sale in California comply with the California
					 regulations. The department shall make inspections of vehicles under
					 construction at the manufacturer's facilities to determine
					 compliance.
(i) Permits for
					 alteration, construction or inspection shall remain valid for six (6)
					 months.
(j) A permit for alteration
					 or construction may be extended up to three (3) times during the life of a
					 construction project. Each extension shall be limited to six (6) months. Only
					 one extension of a permit to construct shall be granted if work described in
					 the permit has not commenced. No permit to construct shall be extended more
					 than two years from the date of issuance of the initial permit to
					 construct.
(k) Where a permit to
					 construct has expired, all work shall cease until a valid permit to construct
					 has been issued by the department.
(l) Fees paid for a permit to construct shall
					 be forfeited to the department if the applicant does not start construction
					 within six (6) months of the date of issuance of the permit, or upon expiration
					 of the permit where work has commenced and no extension has been granted
					 pursuant to subsection (i).
1.
						Amendment filed 9-7-73; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 73, No.
						36).
2. Amendment filed 7-25-75; designated effective 9-1-75
						(Register 75, No. 30).
3. Amendment o subsections (b), (f) and (g)
						filed 4-4-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No.
						18).
4. Amendment of subsection (f) filed 7-28-82 as an emergency;
						effective upon filing (Register 82, No. 31). A Certificate of Compliance must
						be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on
						11-25-82.
5. Certificate of Compliance including editorial
						correction of NOTE filed 11-19-82 (Register 82, No. 47).
6. Repealer
						and new subsection (i) and new subsections (j)-(l) filed 2-19-2013; operative
						4-1-2013 (Register 2013, No. 8).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 17003.5 and 18015,
						  Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 18025, 18028, 18029.5 and 18031.5,
						  Health and Safety Code.