Assembly Bill No. 352–Assemblymen Ohrenschall, Claborn and Buckley

 

March 17, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to sale of older mobile home. (BDR 43‑970)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to mobile homes; revising provisions relating to the sale of an older mobile home; requiring a disclosure by the owner that the older mobile home does not meet certain standards required by statute or ordinance at the time of sale; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. Chapter 489 of NRS is hereby amended by adding

1-2  thereto a new section to read as follows:

1-3  A contract for the sale of a mobile home in a mobile home park

1-4  must state:

1-5  1.  That the lot on which it is located is not included in the

1-6  purchase.

1-7  2.  In conspicuous type, that the buyer should obtain legal

1-8  advice, and where that advice is available in the community

1-9  without charge, if it is so available.

1-10      3.  The dates of last maintenance and of any required

1-11  maintenance or cleaning of major equipment, including the

1-12  furnace, chimney and water heater.

1-13      4.  If the owner of the park is the seller and the mobile home

1-14  was constructed before 1975, a disclosure before the contract is

1-15  signed of any known elements in the construction or connection of

2-1  the mobile home to utilities that do not meet the standards

2-2  required by statute or ordinance at the time of sale. If such a seller

2-3  discloses that the mobile home does not comply with the safety

2-4  standards set forth in NRS 461A.120, the seller shall disclose

2-5  specifically the manner in which the mobile home does not comply

2-6  with the standards.

2-7  Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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