Manufactured Homes are single family dwellings built-in a factory after June 15, 1976, in compliance with federal construction standards. Based on the Institute for Building Technology and Safety, Manufactured homes are “built as single-family dwellings with units with a minimum of 320 square ft on the permanent chassis”. The position of every unit on the permanent chassis is performed to make sure lifetime transportability of the house. Manufactured homes are built in units or sections and become qualified as being known as Manufactured Homes due to their compliance using the Manufactured House Construction and Safety Standards which were put in force June 15, 1976. A Manufactured Property Owner could search for the documentation on their own Manufactured Home that helps to ensure that their Manufactured Home was constructed with these standards by choosing the Certification Label and/or Data Plate on their own Manufactured Home.
Based on IBTS, “The information plate includes the manufacturer’s certification that the house is developed in compliance with U.S. Department of Housing and concrete Development’s construction and safety standards essentially around the date the house was manufactured. HUD Standards include Body and Frame Needs, Thermal Protection, Plumbing, Electrical, Fire Safety, along with other aspects of the house. The information plate includes the date of manufacture, address and name from the manufacturing facility, manufacturer’s serial number and model, a summary of certification labels put on the house, major equipment, roof load, heating/cooling and wind zone information.” The information plate could possibly be found close to the Manufactured Home’s primary electrical panel or even the master bed room closet door, utility or laundry room door, in the kitchen cabinet or around the backside of the cabinet door. The Certification Label also includes information concerning the Manufactured Home. “The Certification Label is permanently affixed to the outside of each transportable section” as well as can serve as the manufacturer’s certification the home sections were built-in compliance using the U.S. Department of Housing and concrete Development’s Construction and Safety Standards. All transportable parts of Manufactured Homes built-in the U.S. after June 15, 1976 should contain both Data Plate and Certification Label.
Mobile Homes are understood to be homes which were built just before June 15, 1976. Actually, it had not been until 1982 when both Federal and California laws and regulations were amended to exchange the word “Rv” with “Manufactured Home”. The name Rv continues to be generally used due to the amount of homes which were built before the constructions standards of 1976 and law changes of 1982. A Rv Owner can determine the entire year their house was built by choosing the Data Plate or Certification Label as pointed out above, or by locating their Certificate of Title and Registration Card which was from The Department of Housing during the time of purchase.
