Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 19 - Department of Insurance › Part 7 - State Fire Marshal › Chapter 5 - (MH-5) Uniform Standards Code For Factory-Built Homes Law. (10/16/2009) › Rule 19-7-5.01 - Promulgation and Purpose › Section 19-7-5.01.2 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following terms
					 are defined as follows, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
A. "ANSI" - the American National Standards
				  Institute or its successor.
B.
				  "Certificate of Inspection Form" - is a form issued by the Factory-Built Home
				  Division of the State Fire Marshal's Office that contains the certificates of
				  inspection submitted by any retailer, developer and installer/transporter who
				  is engaged in the sale, transport and/or set-up (installation, blocking,
				  anchoring and tie-down) of a Factory-Built home intended for human habitation,
				  to the Division within 72 hours (3 days) of the completion of the installation
				  of a home at the home site.
C.
				  "Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal" - is the individual appointed by the
				  Commissioner of Insurance, who, along with his employees, is designated by the
				  Commissioner to implement and enforce this chapter and to maintain, among other
				  duties, the Factory- Built Home Division of the Insurance Department.
D. "Commissioner" - is the
				  Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Mississippi.
E. "DAPIA" - (Design Approval Primary
				  Inspection Agency) is a state or private organization that has been accepted by
				  the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to evaluate and approve or
				  disapprove Factory-Built home designs and quality control procedures.
F. Developer" - for the purposes
				  of this Regulation, means any person who buys Factory-Built homes and real
				  estate and then offers to sell or lease to the general public a land-home
				  "package deal" consisting of the Factory-Built home along with the real estate.
				  Upon renewal of a license, a developer must provide documentation to the
				  Department of Insurance that he or she has at least five (5) available
				  Factory-Built home sites. A developer shall be responsible for installation
				  requirements for Factory-Built homes as set forth in Rule
				  5.04 -
				  5.06 of this Regulation. This
				  definition of developer
is interpreted to exclude the following:
a). Factory-built home parks and park owners
				  having Factory-Built homes, on individual lots in the park, owned by the park
				  or park owners and available for rent or lease;
b). An individual selling his personal
				  Factory-Built home residence (one that the individual is currently living in or
				  has previously lived in) and the real estate upon which the home is permanently
				  installed and fixed, or has retained a real estate broker or real estate
				  salesperson to sell the Factory-Built home and the real estate as a "package
				  deal";
c). An individual owning a
				  single plot or multiple plots of real estate having a Factory-Built Home
				  installed on said real estate and offering the same for lease to the general
				  public provided the lease is not a lease-purchase under a "package deal".