1. "Dealer" means any person who:
(a) For compensation, money or any other thing of value, sells, exchanges, buys or offers for sale, negotiates or attempts to negotiate a sale or exchange of an interest in a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing subject to the requirements of this chapter, or induces or attempts to induce any person to buy or exchange an interest in a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing;
(b) For compensation, money or any other thing of value, leases or rents, offers for lease or rental, negotiates or attempts to negotiate the lease or rental of an interest in a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing subject to the requirements of this chapter, or induces or attempts to induce any person to lease or rent an interest in a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing;
(c) Receives or expects to receive a commission, money, brokerage fees, profit or any other thing of value from either the seller or purchaser of any manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building, commercial coach or factory-built housing;
(d) Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of:
(1) Selling, renting or leasing manufactured homes, mobile homes, manufactured buildings, commercial coaches or factory-built housing;
(2) Buying or taking manufactured homes, mobile homes, manufactured buildings, commercial coaches or factory-built housing in trade for the purpose of resale, selling or offering them for sale or consignment to be sold;
(3) Buying or taking manufactured homes, mobile homes, manufactured buildings, commercial coaches or factory-built housing in trade to rent, lease or offer them for rent or lease; or
(4) Otherwise dealing in manufactured homes, mobile homes, manufactured buildings, commercial coaches or factory-built housing; or
(e) Acts as a repossessor or liquidator concerning manufactured homes, mobile homes, manufactured buildings, commercial coaches or factory-built housing,
whether or not they are owned by such persons.
2. The term does not include:
(a) Receivers, trustees, administrators, executors, guardians or other persons appointed by or acting under the order of any court;
(b) Public officers while performing their official duties;
(c) Banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, credit unions, thrift companies or other financial institutions proceeding as repossessors or liquidators of their own security;
(d) A person who rents or leases his or her manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building, commercial coach or factory-built housing;
(e) An owner selling his or her private residence;
(f) A real estate broker, real estate broker-salesperson or real estate salesperson who is licensed pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS and who, for another and for compensation or with the intention or expectation of receiving compensation, sells, exchanges, options, purchases, rents or leases, or negotiates or offers, attempts or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, option, purchase, rental or lease of, or lists or solicits prospective purchasers, lessees or renters of, used manufactured homes or used mobile homes in connection with the sale of a fee simple interest in real property and the used manufactured home or used mobile home is situated on the real property sold; or
(g) A manufactured home park, as defined in NRS 118B.017, or an owner or agent of a manufactured home park while leasing or renting, offering for lease or rental or negotiating or attempting to negotiate the lease or rental of a manufactured home or mobile home which is located within the manufactured home park and titled in the name of the manufactured home park or an entity that is owned, operated or controlled by the owner of the manufactured home park.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1571; A 1977, 1453; 1983, 777; 1987, 2088; 1999, 860; 2005, 663; 2009, 1901; 2015, 517)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 489 - Manufactured Homes; Mobile Homes and Similar Vehicles; Factory-Built Housing
NRS 489.021 - Legislative findings and declaration.
NRS 489.034 - "Account" defined.
NRS 489.036 - "Administrator" defined.
NRS 489.043 - "Brokerage agreement" defined.
NRS 489.051 - "Certificate of compliance" defined.
NRS 489.056 - "Client" defined.
NRS 489.062 - "Commercial coach" defined.
NRS 489.076 - "Dealer" defined.
NRS 489.081 - "Distributor" defined.
NRS 489.091 - "Division" defined.
NRS 489.092 - "Dwelling" defined.
NRS 489.095 - "Established place of business" defined.
NRS 489.097 - "Factory-built housing" defined.
NRS 489.101 - "Franchise" defined.
NRS 489.1013 - "Franchisee" defined.
NRS 489.1017 - "Franchisor" defined.
NRS 489.102 - "General serviceperson" defined.
NRS 489.104 - "Installation" defined.
NRS 489.110 - "Label of compliance" defined.
NRS 489.112 - "Manufactured building" defined.
NRS 489.113 - "Manufactured home" defined.
NRS 489.115 - "Manufacturer" defined.
NRS 489.120 - "Mobile home" defined.
NRS 489.121 - "Modular component" defined.
NRS 489.122 - "Movement" defined.
NRS 489.133 - "Portable building" defined.
NRS 489.1351 - "Recreational park trailer" defined.
NRS 489.1353 - "Responsible managing employee" defined.
NRS 489.137 - "Salesperson" defined.
NRS 489.147 - "Specialty serviceperson" defined.
NRS 489.150 - "Travel trailer" defined.
NRS 489.201 - Administration of chapter.
NRS 489.221 - Employees of Division: Conflicts of interest prohibited.
NRS 489.231 - Administrator: Powers.
NRS 489.261 - Regulations pertaining to accessory structures.
NRS 489.262 - Regulations pertaining to portable buildings.
NRS 489.272 - Regulations concerning certain sales or transfers of title or ownership.
NRS 489.281 - Regulations concerning issuance and renewal of limited dealer’s license.
NRS 489.287 - Enforcement of regulations; inspections.
NRS 489.289 - Variances for local governing bodies.
NRS 489.293 - Enforcement of subpoenas issued by Administrator.
NRS 489.295 - Order to vacate used manufactured home, used mobile home or used commercial coach.
NRS 489.297 - Order to stop work.
NRS 489.301 - License for manufacturing plant: Requirements; regulations.
NRS 489.325 - Regulations providing for licensing of specialty servicepersons.
NRS 489.357 - License not to be used by person other than to whom issued; disciplinary action.
NRS 489.381 - Disciplinary action against licensees.
NRS 489.431 - Investigation by Administrator; disciplinary action.
NRS 489.441 - Hearings before Administrator.
NRS 489.451 - Commercial coach to bear certificate and label of compliance; limitation.
NRS 489.4975 - Recovery from Account: Procedure; hearing; limitation.
NRS 489.4977 - Administrator may answer petition; compromise of claims.
NRS 489.4979 - Court order requiring payment from Account.
NRS 489.4985 - Administrator’s right to subrogation.
NRS 489.4987 - Waiver of rights.
NRS 489.541 - Issuance of certificate of title or certificate of ownership.
NRS 489.551 - Endorsement of certificate upon transfer.
NRS 489.591 - Division required to adopt regulations concerning issuance.
NRS 489.593 - Certificates of installation: Contents.
NRS 489.597 - Administrator required to adopt regulations.
NRS 489.611 - Permit required for movement upon highways or roads; exceptions.
NRS 489.621 - Application; fee and required proof; expiration; use.
NRS 489.631 - Contents of application; duties of county assessor.
NRS 489.641 - Size, shape, form and display of permit.
NRS 489.651 - Supplies of forms; disposition of fees.
NRS 489.661 - Violations; penalty; seizure of manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach.
NRS 489.711 - Dealer exempt from property tax on inventory.
NRS 489.721 - Deposit of receipts from sale of commercial coach in fiduciary account.
NRS 489.727 - Dealer prohibited from commingling money or other property.
NRS 489.731 - Restrictions on leasing of vacant lots.
NRS 489.741 - Limitation of actions against Division and its employees.
NRS 489.751 - Implied warranty by dealer of working order of essential systems.
NRS 489.756 - Established place of business to display sign; contents; conformance to regulations.
NRS 489.772 - "Transferee" defined.
NRS 489.774 - "Transferor" defined.
NRS 489.776 - Duties of transferor or agent; when disclosure not required; regulations.
NRS 489.780 - Grounds for disciplinary action against licensed dealer or salesperson.
NRS 489.811 - Civil penalties.
NRS 489.814 - Administrative fines for certain violations related to licensing.
NRS 489.821 - Criminal penalties for certain actions and violations.