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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 13. Housing |
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Agency 6. Virginia Manufactured Housing Board |
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Chapter 20. Manufactured Housing Licensing and Transaction Recovery Fund Regulations |
Section 120. Broker responsibility for inspections; other items
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A. The broker shall inspect every used manufactured home unit prior to completion of sale. No broker shall sell a used manufactured home, if he becomes aware that it contains an imminent safety hazard.
Exception: A broker may sell a used manufactured home in which he is aware of an imminent safety hazard if the buyer is advised of the imminent safety hazard in writing by the broker and is further advised that building permits may be required from the local building official for repair of the imminent safety hazard.
B. A broker shall not alter or cause to be altered any manufactured home to which a HUD label has been affixed if such alteration or conversion causes the manufactured home to be in violation of the standards.
C. If the broker provides for the installation of any manufactured home he sells, the broker shall be responsible for making sure the installation of the home meets the manufacturer's installation requirements and the Code.
D. On each home sold by the broker, the broker shall collect the applicable title tax and title fees for the manufactured home, to include an additional $30 inspection/administrative fee, and forward such fees and taxes to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
The above fees shall be submitted to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles within 30 days from the completion date of the sale.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR449-01-02 § 2.11, eff. April 1, 1994; amended, Volume 22, Issue 10, eff. April 12, 2006; Volume 28, Issue 20, eff. July 4, 2012.