Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 4781 · 56 active provisions
As used in this chapter: (A) "Industrialized unit" has the same meaning as in division (C)(3) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code.(B) "Installation" means any of the following:(1) The temporary or permanent construction of stabilization, support, and anchoring systems for manufactured housing;(2) The placement and e…
Whenever the term "manufactured homes commission" is used, referred to, or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the use, reference, or designation shall be deemed to refer to "the department of commerce." Whenever the term "executive director of the manufactured homes commission" is used…
(A) The department of commerce, division of industrial compliance shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to do all of the following: (1) Establish uniform standards that govern the installation of manufactured housing that are consistent with, and not less stringent than, the model standards for…
(A) The division of industrial compliance may delegate to the the Ohio construction industry licensing board any of its duties set forth in sections 4781.04 to 4781.15 of the Revised Code.(B) The division may enter into a contract with the Ohio manufactured homes association or another entity to administer the dispute…
(A) Pursuant to rules the division of industrial compliance adopts, the division may certify municipal, township, and county building departments and the personnel of those departments, or any private third party, to exercise the division's enforcement authority, accept and approve plans and specifications for foundati…
(A) The division of industrial compliance shall issue a manufactured housing installer license to any applicant who is at least eighteen years of age and meets all of the following requirements: (1) Submits an application to the division on a form the division prescribes; (2) Completes all training requirements the div…
(A) The division of industrial compliance may, except as provided in division (B) of this section, deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of any manufactured home installer for any of the following reasons: (1) Failure to satisfy the requirements of section 4781.08 or 4781.10 of the Revised Code; (2) Vio…
(A) The division of industrial compliance may establish programs and requirements for continuing education for manufactured housing installers. The division shall not require licensees to complete more than eight credit hours of continuing education during each license period. If the division establishes a program of c…
(A)(1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall install manufactured housing unless that person is licensed as a manufactured housing installer pursuant to this chapter or unless a licensed manufactured housing installer is present during the installation and supervises the person who is not…
(A) The division of industrial compliance may apply to an appropriate court to enjoin any violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it. The court shall grant any appropriate relief, including an injunction, restraining order, or any combination thereof, upon a showing that a person has violated or is a…
(A) The division of industrial compliance, pursuant to section 4781.04 of the Revised Code, may investigate any person who allegedly has committed a violation. If, after an investigation the division determines that reasonable evidence exists that a person has committed a violation, within seven days after that determi…
(A) The division of industrial compliance has exclusive authority to regulate manufactured home installers, the installation of manufactured housing, and manufactured housing foundations and support systems in this state. It is the intent of the general assembly to preempt municipal corporations and other political sub…
The remedies provided in this chapter are in addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under state or local law.
(A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no person shall do any of the following: (1) Engage in the business of displaying or selling at retail manufactured homes or mobile homes or assume to engage in that business, unless the person is licensed as a manufactured housing dealer under this chapter, or is…
(A) Each person applying for a manufactured housing dealer's license or manufactured housing broker's license shall complete and deliver to the department of commerce, division of real estate, before the first day of April, a separate application for license for each county in which the business of selling or brokering…
(A) The division of real estate shall deny the application of any person for a license as a manufactured housing dealer or manufactured housing broker and refuse to issue the license if the division finds that any of the following is true of the applicant: (1) The applicant has made any false statement of a material fa…
(A) At the time the division of real estate grants the application of any person for a license as a manufactured housing dealer, manufactured housing broker, or manufactured housing salesperson, the division shall issue to the person a license that includes the name and business and mailing address of the person licens…
The applications for licenses submitted under section 4781.17 of the Revised Code are not part of the public records but are confidential information for the use of the division of real estate. No person shall divulge any information contained in such applications and acquired by the person in the person's capacity as…
(A) The division of real estate may make rules governing actions relative to the suspension and revocation of manufactured housing dealers', manufactured housing brokers', and manufactured housing salespersons' licenses, and may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, inve…
No manufactured housing dealer licensed under this chapter shall do any of the following:(A) Directly or indirectly, solicit the sale of a manufactured home or mobile home through an interested person other than a salesperson licensed in the employ of a licensed dealer;(B) Pay any commission or compensation in any form…
(A) Each licensed manufactured housing dealer and manufactured housing broker shall notify the division of real estate of any change in status as a manufactured housing dealer or manufactured housing broker during the period for which the dealer or broker is licensed, if the change of status concerns either of the foll…
(A) Every retail sale of a manufactured home or mobile home shall be preceded by a written contract that shall contain all of the agreements of the parties and shall be signed by the buyer and the seller. The seller, upon execution of the contract and before the delivery of the manufactured or mobile home, shall delive…
The division of real estate shall adopt rules for the regulation of manufactured housing brokers in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules shall require that a manufactured housing broker maintain a bond of a surety company authorized to transact business in this state in an amount determined by th…
(A) The division of industrial compliance, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and has the exclusive power to adopt, rules of uniform application throughout the state governing the review of plans, issuance of flood plain management permits, and issuance of licenses for manufactured home parks; th…
(A)(1) On or after the first day of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, every person who intends to operate a manufactured home park shall procure a license to operate the park for the next year from the division of industrial compliance. If the applicable license fee prescribed under sectio…