NRS489.801. Manufacture or sale of noncomplying unit; sale without certificate or label of compliance; false certification; notification of defects; failure to permit access; disclosure of contents of examination; use of unsafe unit.

      1.  It is unlawful for any person to manufacture any manufactured home, mobile home, travel trailer or commercial coach unless the manufactured home, mobile home, travel trailer or commercial coach and its components and systems are constructed and assembled according to the standards prescribed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

      2.  It is unlawful for any person knowingly to sell or offer for sale any manufactured home which has been constructed on or after June 15, 1976, unless the manufactured home and its components and systems have been constructed and assembled according to the standards prescribed pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq.).

      3.  Any person who knowingly sells or offers to sell in this state any manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach for which a certificate or label of compliance is required under this chapter, which does not bear a certificate or label of compliance, is liable for the penalties provided in NRS 489.811 and 489.821.

      4.  It is unlawful for any person to issue a certification which states that a manufactured home conforms to all applicable federal standards for safety and construction if that person, in the exercise of due care, has reason to know that the certification is false or misleading in any material respect.

      5.  It is unlawful for a manufacturer to fail to furnish notification of defects relating to construction or safety, as required by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 5414).

      6.  It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to permit access by the Administrator to the documentary materials set forth in NRS 489.231.

      7.  It is unlawful for any person, without authorization from the Division, to disclose or obtain the contents of an examination given by the Division.

      8.  It is unlawful for any person to use a manufactured home or mobile home as living quarters or for human occupancy, respectively, if the manufactured home or mobile home violates a standard of safety set forth in regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 489.251, concerning installation, tie down, and support of manufactured homes and mobile homes.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1207; A 1981, 1194; 1983, 796, 797)