Sec. 35. (a) A mobile home community operator shall provide each owner of a mobile home, manufactured home, or industrialized residential structure located in the mobile home community written notice of the operator's intent to close the mobile home community not later than one hundred eighty (180) days before the date of the intended closure.
(b) A mobile home community operator who violates this section commits a deceptive act that is actionable by the attorney general or a consumer under IC 24-5-0.5-4 and is subject to the remedies and penalties under IC 24-5-0.5.
(c) A mobile home community operator who attempts to exclude an owner, by contract or otherwise, with the intent to evade the requirements of this section commits a deceptive act that is actionable by the attorney general or a consumer under IC 24-5-0.5-4 and is subject to the remedies and penalties under IC 24-5-0.5.
(d) This section does not prohibit a mobile home community operator from:
(1) evicting the owner of a mobile home, manufactured home, or industrialized residential structure located in the mobile home community for reason of nonpayment of rent or for any other violation of the tenancy; or
(2) enforcing any lien held by the mobile home community operator with respect to a mobile home, manufactured home, or industrialized residential structure located in the mobile home community;
during the one hundred eighty (180) day period described in subsection (a). An action described in this subsection does not constitute a deceptive act for purposes of IC 24-5-0.5.
As added by P.L.168-2020, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.53-2022, SEC.2.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease
Chapter 27. Health, Sanitation, and Safety: Mobile Homes
16-41-27-1. Authority of State Department of Health
16-41-27-2.1. Industrialized Residential Structure
16-41-27-3.5. Manufactured Home
16-41-27-5. Mobile Home Community
16-41-27-9. Mobile Home Community Attendants and Caretakers
16-41-27-10. Mobile Home Community Water Supplies
16-41-27-11. Mobile Home Community Sewage Disposal
16-41-27-12. Mobile Home Community Garbage Disposal
16-41-27-15. Streets and Parking
16-41-27-16.6. Mobile Home Park Weather Radios and Smoke Detectors
16-41-27-18. License Requirement
16-41-27-20. License Application
16-41-27-21. Temporary License
16-41-27-22. Mobile Home Community Construction and Alteration
16-41-27-23. Mobile Home Park Construction and Alteration Plan Approval
16-41-27-24. Inspection; Penalties
16-41-27-25. Civil Penalties and Compliance Orders
16-41-27-26. Notice of Adverse Actions on Licenses; Enforcement Proceedings
16-41-27-28. Compliance With Administrative Adjudication Procedures
16-41-27-30. Ejections From Mobile Home Communities
16-41-27-31. Mobile Home Community Register
16-41-27-33. Transfer of Licenses