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 108-03-01-12 - Inspection procedures

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The division shall adopt a standard installation
				  authorization form to be used statewide by the division and certified
				  inspectors, a standard inspection form, and minimum inspection requirements.
				  Inspection forms shall be maintained for a minimum of three years from the date
				  of the attachment of the installation insignia. The number of inspections
				  required to be performed to determine compliance with the manufacturer's
				  installation instructions or alternate standards adopted by the division will
				  be determined by the inspector based on the inspector's ability to properly
				  inspect all areas required on the minimum inspection requirements and the work
				  performed by the registered installer. Generally, however, there will be a
				  minimum of one inspection on a single-wide and two inspections on multisection
				  homes.
Prior to beginning the installation of a manufactured home,
				  the owner or registered installer of a manufactured home shall make an
				  application for an installation authorization from a participating jurisdiction
				  or certified installation inspector. The installation authorization is valid
				  for thirty days from the date of issuance and may be extended for an additional
				  thirty days upon written approval by the issuing entity.
Owners and registered installers shall display an
				  installation authorization at the site of the manufactured home to be installed
				  until an installation insignia is attached certifying compliance with the
				  manufacturer's installation instructions. The authorization will contain the
				  identity of the installer and owner, a telephone number and contact person, and
				  whether or not the installer is the owner or a registered installer. The
				  authorization will also include the name, address, and telephone number of the
				  issuing entity.
During installation and inspection, a copy of the
				  manufacturer's installation instructions or alternate standards shall be
				  available at all times onsite. The installer shall be responsible to maintain
				  the copy of the manufacturer's installation instructions onsite. If the
				  manufacturer's installation instructions or alternate standards are not present
				  at the time of the inspection, the inspector may fail the inspection and
				  require a reinspection. All costs of the inspection and any reinspection will
				  be borne by the installer.
The owner, installer, manufacturer, or retailer shall have
				  the right to be present at any inspection.
When the installation of a manufactured home is found to be
				  in compliance with the manufacturer's installation instructions or alternate
				  standards, an insignia will be permanently attached by the inspector making the
				  inspection. The insignia will be placed within sixty inches [152.4 centimeters]
				  of the HUD label.
When a manufactured home installation is found not to be in
				  compliance by a certified inspector with the manufacturer's installation
				  instructions, the installer shall be notified in writing by the inspector. At
				  the time of the inspection, the inspector may include in the inspection report
				  instructions for the installer to call for a reinspection at any stage of
				  installation to prevent coverup of any part of the installation requiring
				  reinspection by the inspector.
The installer shall pay for any repair required to bring the
				  installation into compliance and shall pay for any subsequent
				  inspections.
If an installation or subsequent repair of an installation by
				  an installer fails to meet the manufacturer's installation instructions within
				  the time limit allowed by the inspector, the inspector shall notify the
				  installer that the installation is in default. The installer shall be given ten
				  working days after notification of default to bring the installation into
				  compliance. Any independent inspector that knows of an installation that is in
				  default and has not been corrected by subsequent repair shall request that the
				  division arrange for an investigation of the installation.
General Authority:
NDCC 54-21.3-08
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 54-21.3-08