§ 31-44-15. Purchase requirement.
(a) All dealers and purchasers of new manufactured homes shall present or buy only housing urban and development (HUD) approved and compliant manufactured structures.
(b) All dealers and purchasers of new manufactured homes are required to record with the local building official data plate wind zone information as part of the installation application. Local building officials shall consider data plate wind zone information as part of their inspection and enforcement process.
(c) Owners of a home in a mobile- and manufactured-home park and owners of vacant lots in a mobile- and manufactured-home park shall not be prevented from replacing their existing home or placing a new home on a vacant lot notwithstanding any local zoning or land use ordinance to the contrary enacted subsequent to the establishment of the legally recognized lot on which the home is to be placed so long as all local and state building standards are satisfied and permits obtained.
History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 269, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 262, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 428, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-44 - Mobile and Manufactured Homes
Section 31-44-1. - Definitions.
Section 31-44-1.1 - — 31-44-1.3. Repealed.
Section 31-44-1.4. - Powers and duties of department.
Section 31-44-1.5. - Mobile and manufactured home advisory information.
Section 31-44-1.6. - Fees and charges for licenses.
Section 31-44-1.7. - Mobile and manufactured home park operation — License.
Section 31-44-1.8. - Survey of parks.
Section 31-44-2. - Evictions — Termination of tenancy.
Section 31-44-3. - Rules and regulations.
Section 31-44-3.1. - Sale of mobile home parks — Tenants association right of first refusal.
Section 31-44-3.2. - Mobile home parks — Discontinuance.
Section 31-44-3.3. - Future qualified sale of mobile- and manufactured-home community.
Section 31-44-4. - Sale of mobile and manufactured homes.
Section 31-44-4.1. - Recording of sale or transfer documents — Penalties.
Section 31-44-6. - Notice of judgment.
Section 31-44-7.1. - Security deposits.
Section 31-44-7.2. - Trailer parks located within the town of Exeter.
Section 31-44-8. - Notice required by law.
Section 31-44-9. - Enforceability.
Section 31-44-9.1. - Remedies.
Section 31-44-9.2. - Investigations.
Section 31-44-11. - Fiscal autonomy.
Section 31-44-12. - Severability.
Section 31-44-13. - Right of mobile home owners to peaceably assemble — Right to communicate.
Section 31-44-14. - Resident owned mobile home parks — Record keeping.
Section 31-44-15. - Purchase requirement.
Section 31-44-16. - Department of business regulation to hear matters.
Section 31-44-17. - Filing of complaint with department — Notice — Rules of evidence not binding.
Section 31-44-18. - Decisions, judicial review and enforcement.
Section 31-44-19. - Notification and cooperation required.
Section 31-44-20. - Mobile home conveyance tax.