Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 19 - Department of Insurance › Part 7 - State Fire Marshal › Chapter 3 - (Me -2007-3) Rules And Regulations For The Uniform Standards Code For The Factory Built Homes Law As Related To Modular Homes › Rule 19-7-3.04 - Inspection Procedures › Section 19-7-3.04.1 - General › Section 19-7-3.04.1.1 - Inspection Results and Non-Compliance Tag Attachment

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Results of the Division's inspection may
					 be made available to the modular home manufacturers, modular home contractors,
					 retailers or developers upon written request. When serious violations are
					 found, the Factory-Built Home Division of the State Fire Marshal's Office shall
					 immediately attach a non-compliance identification tag to the unit in
					 question.
B. It shall be a
					 violation of this Regulation for any factory built home to be sold or offered
					 for sale which has a non-compliance identification tag attached. The wording on
					 such tag shall be as follows:
"This unit, having been found to be in NON-COMPLIANCE
						with the Uniform Standards Code for Factory-Built Homes Law as Related to
						Modular Homes and its implementing Regulation, shall not be sold or offered for
						sale in the State of Mississippi. Anyone tampering with or removing this
						Non-Compliance Identification Tag from this unit will be prosecuted as set
						forth in the Regulation and shall be subject to revocation of his
						license."
C. A
					 non-compliance identification tag attached to a unit may be removed only by the
					 Factory-Built Home Division of the State Fire Marshal's Office. Such tag shall
					 be completed as required by the non-compliance identification tag.
D. When the State Fire Marshal has reasonable
					 ground to believe that a unit has been constructed in non-compliance with the
					 Standards as defined herein, he may require, at the manufacturer's expense,
					 that the walls, floors, decking, or other panels be removed for the purpose of
					 inspection.
E. Units having been
					 identified as being in non-compliance with this Regulation and having a
					 non-compliance tag attached may be transported and relocated only after written
					 notice has been given to the Factory-Built Home Division of the State Fire
					 Marshal's Office. Such written notice will set forth the purpose for moving
					 such unit, to whom the unit is to be delivered, along with the complete mailing
					 address and telephone number of the person to whom the unit is to be delivered,
					 the serial number of the unit, and any other information as may be requested by
					 the State Fire Marshal's Office.
F.
					 When these violation(s) have been corrected, the unit in question shall be
					 re-inspected by the Factory-Built Home Division of the State Fire Marshal's
					 Office. If the unit is then found to be in compliance with the International
					 Residential Code, the inspector shall remove the non-compliance identification
					 tag. The unit can then be sold or offered for sale.
G. All modular homes, delivered by retailers,
					 modular home contractors, developers or installers/transporters to any site
					 where such home is to be used for human habitation shall be in accordance with
					 all rules, regulations and procedures required by the Factory-Built Home
					 Division of the State Fire Marshal's Office, pursuant to
Mississippi
					 Code Ann.
, Section
					 75-49-7
					 (1992 and Supp. 2013).
H. In the
					 interest of public safety, deputy state fire marshals, who are certified law
					 enforcement officers, are duly authorized to stop and conduct inspections of
					 installers/transporters that are transporting modular homes to verify
					 compliance with The Mississippi Uniform Standards Code for Factory-Built Homes
					 Law,
Mississippi Code Ann.
, Section
					 75-49-1,
et seq
.
,
(1992 and 2013 Supp.) and this
					 Regulation.
Miss. Code Ann.
						§
												75-49-5
						(Supp. 2013).