Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 41 > Chapter 37 > Article 3 - Office of Manufactured Housing

• Accessory structure: means the installation, assembly, connection or construction of any one-story habitable room, storage room, patio, porch, garage, carport, awning, skirting, retaining wall, evaporative cooler, refrigeration air conditioning system, solar system or wood decking attached to a new or used manufactured home, mobile home or factory-built building. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Act: means the national manufactured housing construction and safety standards act of 1974 and title VI of the housing and community development act of 1974 (P. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Board: means the board of manufactured housing. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Broker: means any person who acts as an agent for the sale or exchange of a used manufactured home or mobile home except as exempted in section 41-4028. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Certificate: means a numbered or serialized label or seal that is issued by the director as certification of compliance with this chapter. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Closed construction: means any building, building component, assembly or system manufactured in such a manner that concealed parts or processes of manufacture cannot be inspected before installation at the building site without disassembly, damage or destruction. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Commercial: means a building with a use-occupancy classification other than single-family dwelling. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Component: means any part, material or appliance that is built-in as an integral part of the unit during the manufacturing process. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Consummation of sale: means that a purchaser has received all goods and services that the dealer or broker agreed to provide at the time the contract was entered into, the transfer of title or the filing of an affidavit of affixture, if applicable, to the sale. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dealer: means any person who sells, exchanges, buys, offers or attempts to negotiate or who acts as an agent for the sale or exchange of factory-built buildings, manufactured homes or mobile homes except as exempted in section 41-4028. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Defect: means any defect in the performance, construction, components or material of a unit that renders the unit or any part of the unit unfit for the ordinary use for which it was intended. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Department: means the Arizona department of housing. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Imminent safety hazard: means an imminent and unreasonable risk of death or severe personal injury. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Installation: means :

  (a) Connecting new or used mobile homes, manufactured homes or factory-built buildings to on-site utility terminals or repairing these utility connections. See Arizona Laws 41-4001

• Installer: means any person who engages in the business of performing installations of manufactured homes, mobile homes or factory-built buildings. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Listing agreement: means a document that contains the name and address of the seller, the year, manufacturer and serial number of the listed unit, the beginning and ending dates of the time period that the agreement is in force, the name of the lender and lien amount, if applicable, the price the seller is requesting for the unit, the commission to be paid to the licensee and the signatures of the sellers and the licensee who obtains the listing. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Local enforcement agency: means a zoning or building department of a city, town or county or its agents. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Manufactured home: means a structure built in accordance with the act. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Manufacturer: means any person that is engaged in manufacturing, assembling or reconstructing any unit regulated by this chapter. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Mobile home: means a structure built before June 15, 1976, on a permanent chassis, capable of being transported in one or more sections and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as a dwelling when connected to on-site utilities. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Office: means the office of manufactured housing within the department. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Open construction: means any building, building component, assembly or system manufactured in such a manner that all portions can be readily inspected at the building site without disassembly, damage or destruction. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Purchaser: means a person purchasing a unit in good faith from a licensed dealer or broker for purposes other than resale. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Reconstruction: means construction work performed for the purpose of restoration or modification of a unit by changing or adding structural components or electrical, plumbing or heat or air producing systems. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Recreational vehicle: means a vehicular type unit that is:

  (a) A portable camping trailer mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial sidewalls that fold for towing by another vehicle and unfold for camping. See Arizona Laws 41-4001

• Residential: means a building with a use-occupancy classification of a single-family dwelling or as governed by the international residential code. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Salesperson: means any person who, for a salary, commission or compensation of any kind, is employed by or acts on behalf of any dealer or broker of manufactured homes, mobile homes or factory-built buildings to sell, exchange, buy, offer or attempt to negotiate or act as an agent for the sale or exchange of an interest in a manufactured home, mobile home or factory-built building. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Seller: means a natural person who enters into a listing agreement with a licensed dealer or broker for the purpose of resale. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Site development: means the development of an area for the installation of the unit's or units' locations, parking, surface drainage, driveways, on-site utility terminals and property lines at a proposed construction site or area. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Statutory agent: means a person who is on file with the corporation commission as the statutory agent. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Title transfer: means a true copy of the application for title transfer that is stamped or validated by the appropriate government agency. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• Unit: means a manufactured home, mobile home, factory-built building or accessory structures. See Arizona Laws 41-4001
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Workmanship: means a minimum standard of construction or installation reflecting a journeyman quality of the work of the various trades. See Arizona Laws 41-4001