As Amended
SEC. 75-49-3. Definitions.
Unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, the following words when used in this chapter, for the purpose of this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
(a) "Manufactured home" means a structure defined by, and constructed in accordance with, the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5401, et seq.), and manufactured after June 14, 1976.
(b) "Mobile home" means a structure manufactured before June 15, 1976, that is not constructed in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C.S. 5401 et seq.). It is a structure that is transportable in one or more sections, that, in the traveling mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width and thirty-two (32) body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is two hundred fifty-six (256) or more square feet, and that is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes any plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein; except that such term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the commissioner and complies with the standards established under this chapter.
(c) "Relocatable home" means a movable or portable dwelling over thirty-two (32) feet in length and over eight (8) feet wide, designed and constructed without carriage or hitch, as stationary house construction for placement upon permanent foundations, to be connected to utilities, for year-round occupancy. It is of closed-end or open-end construction capable of being separated from its foundation and utilities and relocated. It can consist of one or more components that can be retracted when transported and subsequently expanded for additional capacity, or of two (2) or more units separately transportable but designed to be joined into one (1) integral unit.
(d) "Factory-built home" means a mobile home, a manufactured home, and a relocatable home as those terms are defined herein.
(e) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Mississippi.
(f) "Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal" means 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 Manufactured Housing Division of the Insurance Department.
(g) "Division" means the Manufactured Housing Division of the State Fire Marshal's Office.
(h) "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other type of business entity.
(i) "Dealer" means any person engaged in the retail sale of new or used manufactured mobile or relocatable homes to the general public.
(j) "Independent contractor installer or transporter" means any person who is engaged for hire in the movement or transportation, or both, or the installation, blocking, anchoring and tie-down of a factory-built home. An "independent contractor installer or transporter" shall not include persons who do not hold themselves out for hire to the general public for the purposes described in this definition.
(k) "Manufacturer" means any person engaged in the production (construction) of manufactured homes or relocatable movable homes.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5131-102; Laws, 1970, ch. 494, Sec. 2; 1983, ch. 410; 1988, ch. 526, Sec. 11, eff from and after July 1, 1988. Laws, 1992, ch. 494, Sec. 2, eff from and after July 1, 1992.