New Hampshire § 205-D-1 - Section 205-D:1 Definitions.

§ 205-D-1. Section 205-D:1 Definitions.

In this chapter: I. "Anchoring system" means a method of construction which when properly designed and installed will resist overturning and lateral movement of the manufactured house. II. "Board" means the installation standards board. III. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of safety. IV. "Dealer" or "retailer" means any person engaged in the retail selling or offering for sale, brokering, or distribution of manufactured houses, primarily to a person who purchases these houses for residential use. V. [Repealed.] VI. "Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standard" means a standard for the construction, design, and performance of a manufactured house which meets the needs of the public including the need for quality, durability, and safety which has been duly adopted by the federal government pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Acts of 1974, 42 United States Code, section 5401, et seq. VII. "Installation" means the placement of a manufactured house on a permanent or temporary system. This term includes, but is not limited to, supporting, restraining, blocking, leveling, securing, anchoring, and connection of plumbing, heating, cooling, and electrical systems and the multiple or expandable sections of the house. Installation shall include site preparation. VIII. "Installation standards" means reasonable specifications for the installation of a manufactured house, at the place of occupancy, to ensure proper siting, the joining of all sections of the house, and the installation of stabilization, support, or anchoring systems. IX. "Installer" means any person who performs the installation of manufactured houses as prescribed under this chapter. X. "Local enforcement agency" means the building inspector or other local government official with authority to issue permits or enforce building codes. XI. "Manufactured housing" means any structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more in width and 40 body feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is 320 square feet or more, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to required utilities, which include plumbing, heating, and electrical heating systems contained therein. Manufactured housing as defined in this section shall not include campers or recreation vehicles as defined in RSA 216-I:1 or RSA 259:84-a; presite built housing as defined in RSA 674:31-a; or modular buildings as defined in RSA 205-C:1, XI . XII. "Manufacturer" means any person engaged in manufacturing or assembling manufactured housing. XIII. "Site" means a designated lot or parcel of land designed for the accommodation of a manufactured house.