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Definitions.

700.010. As used in sections 700.010 to 700.500, for the purpose ofsections 700.010 to 700.500, the following terms mean:

(1) "Authorized representative", any person, firm or corporation, oremployee thereof, approved or hired by the commission to perform inspectionservices;

(2) "Code", the standards relating to manufactured homes, or modularunits as adopted by the commission. The commission, in its discretion, mayincorporate, in whole or in part, the standards codes promulgated by theAmerican National Standards Institute, the United States Department ofHousing and Urban Development or other recognized agencies ororganizations;

(3) "Commission", the public service commission;

(4) "Dealer", any person, other than a manufacturer, who sells oroffers for sale four or more used homes or one or more new manufacturedhomes, or one or more new modular units in any consecutive twelve-monthperiod;

(5) "Installer", an individual who is licensed by the commission toinstall manufactured homes under sections 700.650 to 700.692;

(6) "Manufactured home", a factory-built structure or structureswhich, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or fortybody feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, contains threehundred twenty or more square feet, equipped with the necessary serviceconnections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on itsor their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit orunits with or without a permanent foundation. The phrase "without apermanent foundation" indicates that the support system is constructed withthe intent that the manufactured home placed thereon may be moved from timeto time at the convenience of the owner;

(7) "Manufacturer", any person who manufactures manufactured homes,or modular units, including persons who engage in importing manufacturedhomes, or modular units for resale;

(8) "Modular unit", a transportable building unit designed to be usedby itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a point-of-use into amodular structure to be used for residential, commercial, educational orindustrial purposes. This definition shall not apply to structures undersix hundred fifty square feet used temporarily and exclusively forconstruction site office purposes;

(9) "New", being sold or offered for sale to the first purchaser forpurposes other than resale;

(10) "Person", an individual, partnership, corporation or other legalentity;

(11) "Premises", a lot, plot, or parcel of land including thebuildings, structures, and manufactured homes thereon;

(12) "Recreational park trailer", a recreational park trailer asdefined in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A119.5 Standardon Recreational Park Trailers. A recreational park trailer is not arecreational vehicle;

(13) "Recreational vehicle", a recreational vehicle as defined in theAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI) A119.2 Standard onRecreational Vehicles;

(14) "Seal", a device, label or insignia issued by the public servicecommission, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or its agent,to be displayed on the exterior of the manufactured home, or modular unitto evidence compliance with the code;

(15) "Setup", the operations performed at the occupancy site whichrenders a manufactured home or modular unit fit for habitation, whichoperations include, but are not limited to, moving, blocking, leveling,supporting, and assembling multiple or expandable units.

(L. 1973 H.B. 98 §§ 2, 3, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1393, A.L. 1978 S.B. 739, A.L. 1982 S.B. 648, A.L. 1984 S.B. 666 merged with H.B. 1477, A.L. 1994 S.B. 589, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T41 > C700 > 700_010

Definitions.

700.010. As used in sections 700.010 to 700.500, for the purpose ofsections 700.010 to 700.500, the following terms mean:

(1) "Authorized representative", any person, firm or corporation, oremployee thereof, approved or hired by the commission to perform inspectionservices;

(2) "Code", the standards relating to manufactured homes, or modularunits as adopted by the commission. The commission, in its discretion, mayincorporate, in whole or in part, the standards codes promulgated by theAmerican National Standards Institute, the United States Department ofHousing and Urban Development or other recognized agencies ororganizations;

(3) "Commission", the public service commission;

(4) "Dealer", any person, other than a manufacturer, who sells oroffers for sale four or more used homes or one or more new manufacturedhomes, or one or more new modular units in any consecutive twelve-monthperiod;

(5) "Installer", an individual who is licensed by the commission toinstall manufactured homes under sections 700.650 to 700.692;

(6) "Manufactured home", a factory-built structure or structureswhich, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or fortybody feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, contains threehundred twenty or more square feet, equipped with the necessary serviceconnections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on itsor their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit orunits with or without a permanent foundation. The phrase "without apermanent foundation" indicates that the support system is constructed withthe intent that the manufactured home placed thereon may be moved from timeto time at the convenience of the owner;

(7) "Manufacturer", any person who manufactures manufactured homes,or modular units, including persons who engage in importing manufacturedhomes, or modular units for resale;

(8) "Modular unit", a transportable building unit designed to be usedby itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a point-of-use into amodular structure to be used for residential, commercial, educational orindustrial purposes. This definition shall not apply to structures undersix hundred fifty square feet used temporarily and exclusively forconstruction site office purposes;

(9) "New", being sold or offered for sale to the first purchaser forpurposes other than resale;

(10) "Person", an individual, partnership, corporation or other legalentity;

(11) "Premises", a lot, plot, or parcel of land including thebuildings, structures, and manufactured homes thereon;

(12) "Recreational park trailer", a recreational park trailer asdefined in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A119.5 Standardon Recreational Park Trailers. A recreational park trailer is not arecreational vehicle;

(13) "Recreational vehicle", a recreational vehicle as defined in theAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI) A119.2 Standard onRecreational Vehicles;

(14) "Seal", a device, label or insignia issued by the public servicecommission, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or its agent,to be displayed on the exterior of the manufactured home, or modular unitto evidence compliance with the code;

(15) "Setup", the operations performed at the occupancy site whichrenders a manufactured home or modular unit fit for habitation, whichoperations include, but are not limited to, moving, blocking, leveling,supporting, and assembling multiple or expandable units.

(L. 1973 H.B. 98 §§ 2, 3, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1393, A.L. 1978 S.B. 739, A.L. 1982 S.B. 648, A.L. 1984 S.B. 666 merged with H.B. 1477, A.L. 1994 S.B. 589, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788)


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State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T41 > C700 > 700_010

Definitions.

700.010. As used in sections 700.010 to 700.500, for the purpose ofsections 700.010 to 700.500, the following terms mean:

(1) "Authorized representative", any person, firm or corporation, oremployee thereof, approved or hired by the commission to perform inspectionservices;

(2) "Code", the standards relating to manufactured homes, or modularunits as adopted by the commission. The commission, in its discretion, mayincorporate, in whole or in part, the standards codes promulgated by theAmerican National Standards Institute, the United States Department ofHousing and Urban Development or other recognized agencies ororganizations;

(3) "Commission", the public service commission;

(4) "Dealer", any person, other than a manufacturer, who sells oroffers for sale four or more used homes or one or more new manufacturedhomes, or one or more new modular units in any consecutive twelve-monthperiod;

(5) "Installer", an individual who is licensed by the commission toinstall manufactured homes under sections 700.650 to 700.692;

(6) "Manufactured home", a factory-built structure or structureswhich, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or fortybody feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, contains threehundred twenty or more square feet, equipped with the necessary serviceconnections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on itsor their own running gear and designed to be used as a dwelling unit orunits with or without a permanent foundation. The phrase "without apermanent foundation" indicates that the support system is constructed withthe intent that the manufactured home placed thereon may be moved from timeto time at the convenience of the owner;

(7) "Manufacturer", any person who manufactures manufactured homes,or modular units, including persons who engage in importing manufacturedhomes, or modular units for resale;

(8) "Modular unit", a transportable building unit designed to be usedby itself or to be incorporated with similar units at a point-of-use into amodular structure to be used for residential, commercial, educational orindustrial purposes. This definition shall not apply to structures undersix hundred fifty square feet used temporarily and exclusively forconstruction site office purposes;

(9) "New", being sold or offered for sale to the first purchaser forpurposes other than resale;

(10) "Person", an individual, partnership, corporation or other legalentity;

(11) "Premises", a lot, plot, or parcel of land including thebuildings, structures, and manufactured homes thereon;

(12) "Recreational park trailer", a recreational park trailer asdefined in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A119.5 Standardon Recreational Park Trailers. A recreational park trailer is not arecreational vehicle;

(13) "Recreational vehicle", a recreational vehicle as defined in theAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI) A119.2 Standard onRecreational Vehicles;

(14) "Seal", a device, label or insignia issued by the public servicecommission, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or its agent,to be displayed on the exterior of the manufactured home, or modular unitto evidence compliance with the code;

(15) "Setup", the operations performed at the occupancy site whichrenders a manufactured home or modular unit fit for habitation, whichoperations include, but are not limited to, moving, blocking, leveling,supporting, and assembling multiple or expandable units.

(L. 1973 H.B. 98 §§ 2, 3, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1393, A.L. 1978 S.B. 739, A.L. 1982 S.B. 648, A.L. 1984 S.B. 666 merged with H.B. 1477, A.L. 1994 S.B. 589, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788)