New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 14 - HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION › Chapter 12 - MANUFACTURED HOUSING › Part 9 - INSPECTIONS › Section 14.12.9.11 - GENERAL

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An inspector may
				enter, at any reasonable time, any licensee's premises where manufactured homes
				are manufactured and inspect any documents and records required to be
				maintained under the act and these regulations.
B. An inspector may enter, at any reasonable
				time, any licensee's premises where manufactured homes are sold, or offered for
				sale, and inspect any purchase agreement or sales contract pertaining to a
				sales transaction.
C. An inspector
				may enter any licensee's location during normal working hours to inspect new or
				pre-owned manufactured homes for compliance with the act and these
				regulations.
D. An inspector shall,
				upon discovery of license violations or other violations which may constitute
				an immediate danger to the health and safety of a consumer, issue a notice of
				violation to the licensee describing the violation. A manufactured home, which
				contains violations, shall be conspicuously tagged with a "Prohibited Sales
				Notice".
E. Upon notification from
				the licensee that license violations or other violations in a manufactured home
				have been corrected, and upon inspection and verification of appropriate
				correction, including payment of the inspection fee for removal of a
				"Prohibited Sales Notice" by the division, the division shall authorize the
				removal of the "Prohibited Sales Notice".
F. The division may grant written approval to
				transfer locations of any manufactured home bearing a "Prohibited Sales Notice"
				upon receipt of a written request from the licensee or owner indicating the
				purpose of the relocation and the relocation address.
G. Any inspector may order or cause the
				immediate discontinuance of natural gas, LP gas, electrical or other service to
				a manufactured home determined to be dangerous to life or property because of
				any defect, faulty design, incorrect installation or other deficiency in any
				manufactured home or component, appliance, part or service equipment in a
				manufactured home, connected to a manufactured home or provided for service to
				the manufactured home.
(1) The inspector shall
				notify the homeowner or current occupant of the discontinuance of service or
				intention to discontinue service and shall also notify the public utility or
				other entity providing the service.
(2) The inspector may order the correction of
				any defect or incorrect installation and shall issue a notice to the owner or
				current occupant of the manufactured home outlining the corrections to be made
				in order to meet the requirements of these regulations and the H.U.D.
				standards.
(3) If the defects or
				incorrect installation are caused by a licensee of the division, the inspector
				shall issue a notice to such licensee outlining the corrections to be made in
				order to meet the requirements of these regulations and the H.U.D. standards.
				The inspector shall order the licensee to make such corrections within a
				specified period of time. The licensee shall notify the inspector of the
				completion of the corrections in order that they may be inspected. The licensee
				shall perform any additional corrections ordered by the inspector if the
				inspected corrections are insufficient to correct the defects. Failure by a
				licensee to comply with any order of an inspector under this regulation shall
				be grounds for disciplinary action.
(4) The inspector shall attach a notice to
				the manufactured home, which shall state that the particular service to the
				home has been discontinued by order of the inspector and shall detail the
				reasons for the discontinuance.
(5)
				Service to the manufactured home shall not be restored until authorized by the
				inspector after all necessary corrections have been made.