North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 108 - Department of Commerce › Article 108-03 - Manufactured Home Installation Program › Chapter 108-03-01 - Manufactured Home Installation Program › Section 108-03-01-10 - Certified installation inspector

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The division may authorize individuals to perform inspections
				  and enforce the proper installation of manufactured homes. Enforcement shall
				  include issuance of installation authorizations and permanent insignias
				  certifying compliance with the manufacturer's installation instructions.
Applicants for certified installation inspector shall furnish
				  written evidence of a minimum of six months of manufactured home installation
				  experience or equivalent training or related experience or state of North
				  Dakota professional licensing in engineering. Applicants must have attended
				  training provided by the state and passed the installation program examination
				  or passed a state-approved online course. Certified inspectors will be required
				  to attend training every three years provided by the state and pass a written
				  test that is given. The certification period is from July first of each year
				  through June thirtieth of the following year.
All registrations expire on the same date of each year,
				  whether or not the registration is issued for all or a portion of the
				  registration period, and registration fees will be prorated based on the date
				  of approval for registration as set in the policies and procedures.
The application for registration as a certified installation
				  inspector must be submitted on a form provided by the division and must be
				  notarized and verified by a declaration signed under penalty of perjury by the
				  applicant. The division shall make the application and declaration available
				  for public inspection.
If a local government entity has a building code department,
				  the jurisdiction may make a written request to be the exclusive independent
				  installation inspection agency within the jurisdiction's legal and
				  extraterritorial boundaries as a participating jurisdiction. When approved, all
				  manufactured home installation inspections will be made by that participating
				  jurisdiction's certified inspector or by a certified inspector under contract
				  to the jurisdiction. In the event of a consumer complaint, the division will
				  make arrangements to conduct the complaint inspection within the participating
				  jurisdiction. If a local government entity decides not to be a participating
				  jurisdiction, its authority with respect to the installation of a manufactured
				  home is limited to inspecting the construction of a permanent foundation for
				  the home. It may not inspect the actual installation of the home.
A certified inspector shall not make inspections if the
				  inspector has a conflict of interest that may affect the inspector's
				  responsibility to make fair and impartial inspections.
A certified inspector and a participating jurisdiction with a
				  certified inspector shall be authorized to issue an installation authorization
				  and to purchase and affix insignias after the installation is completed and
				  inspected. A certified inspector shall complete a monthly report of
				  installation authorizations issued and insignias affixed.
Certified inspectors shall allow and pay for periodic
				  oversight inspections arranged by the division to monitor installations that
				  have been inspected to monitor the certified inspector's compliance with
				  program requirements. The frequency of oversight inspections will be based on
				  the findings of the inspections. The division may also arrange for the
				  inspection of the installation of any manufactured home inspected by a
				  certified inspector.
General Authority:
NDCC 54-21.3-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 54-21.3-08