Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4781 - Manufactured Homes

• Section 4781.01 - Manufactured Homes Definitions.
  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)...
• Section 4781.02 - Manufactured Homes Commission.
  (A) There is hereby created the manufactured homes commission which consists of nine members, with three members appointed by the governor, three members appointed...
• Section 4781.03 - Meetings - Organization - Voting.
  (A) No member of the manufactured homes commission may participate in any vote regarding a contract or license the commission awards if the member...
• Section 4781.04 - Adoption Of Rules.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to do all of the following: (1) Establish...
• Section 4781.05 - Powers Of Executive Director.
  The executive director of the manufactured homes commission shall do all of the following: (A) With commission approval, secure and manage office space, supplies,...
• Section 4781.06 - Delegation Of Powers - Contracts.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission may delegate to the executive director any of its duties set forth in division (B) of section 4781.04 of...
• Section 4781.07 - Certification Of Local Authorities To Exercise Commission Authority.
  (A) Pursuant to rules the manufactured homes commission adopts, the commission may certify municipal, township, and county building departments and the personnel of those...
• Section 4781.08 - Manufactured Housing Installer's License.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission shall issue a manufactured housing installer's license to any applicant who is at least eighteen years of age and...
• Section 4781.09 - Suspending, Revoking, Or Refusing To Renew The License.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of any manufactured home installer for any of the...
• Section 4781.10 - Programs And Requirements For Continuing Education.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission may establish programs and requirements for continuing education for manufactured housing installers. The commission shall not require licensees to...
• Section 4781.11 - License Required For Installation.
  (A) (1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall install manufactured housing unless that person is licensed as a...
• Section 4781.12 - Injunctions.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission may apply to an appropriate court to enjoin any violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to...
• Section 4781.121 - Investigation Of Violations; Hearings; Penalties.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission, pursuant to section 4781.04 of the Revised Code, may investigate any person who allegedly has committed a violation. If,...
• Section 4781.13 - Deposit Of Receipts.
  The manufactured homes commission, shall deposit all receipts, from any source, in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licensing and regulatory...
• Section 4781.14 - Exclusivity Of Authority.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission, has exclusive authority to regulate manufactured home installers, the installation of manufactured housing, and manufactured housing foundations and support...
• Section 4781.15 - Remedies Not Exclusive.
  The remedies provided in this chapter are in addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under state or local law. Amended by...
• Section 4781.16 - Display, Sale, Purchase, Or Brokerage Of Manufactured Or Mobile Homes.
  (A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, no person shall do any of the following: (1) Engage in the business of...
• Section 4781.17 - Manufactured Housing Dealer's Or Broker's Licenses.
  (A) Each person applying for a manufactured housing dealer's license or manufactured housing broker's license shall complete and deliver to the manufactured homes commission,...
• Section 4781.18 - Cause For License Denial.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission shall deny the application of any person for a license as a manufactured housing dealer or manufactured housing broker...
• Section 4781.19 - Issuance And Replacement Of Licenses.
  (A) At the time the manufactured homes commission grants the application of any person for a license as a manufactured housing dealer, manufactured housing...
• Section 4781.20 - Confidentiality Of License Applications.
  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...
• Section 4781.21 - License Suspension Of Revocation.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission may make rules governing its actions relative to the suspension and revocation of manufactured housing dealers', manufactured housing brokers',...
• Section 4781.22 - Prohibited Actions.
  No manufactured housing dealer licensed under this chapter shall do any of the following: (A) Directly or indirectly, solicit the sale of a manufactured...
• Section 4781.23 - Notification Requirements.
  (A) Each licensed manufactured housing dealer and manufactured housing broker shall notify the manufactured homes commission of any change in status as a manufactured...
• Section 4781.24 - Manufactured Or Mobile Home - Sales Contracts.
  (A) Every retail sale of a manufactured home or mobile home shall be preceded by a written contract that shall contain all of the...
• Section 4781.25 - Rules And Regulations For Manufactured Housing Brokers.
  The manufactured homes commission shall adopt rules for the regulation of manufactured housing brokers in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The...
• Section 4781.26 - Rules Of Uniforma Application For Manufactured Home Parks; Contracts For Inspections.
  (A) The manufactured homes commission, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and has the exclusive power to adopt, rules of...
• Section 4781.27 - License To Operate Park.
  (A) (1) On or after the first day of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, every person who...
• Section 4781.28 - Fees.
  The manufactured homes commission may charge a fee for an annual license to operate a manufactured home park. The fee for a license shall...
• Section 4781.29 - License - Refusal To Grant, Suspension, Revocation.
  The manufactured homes commission may refuse to grant, may suspend, or may revoke any license granted to any person for failure to comply with...
• Section 4781.30 - Rights Of Operators.
  (A) Upon a license being issued under sections 4781.27 to 4781.29 of the Revised Code, any operator shall have the right to rent or...
• Section 4781.301 - Fees In Lieu Of License And Inspection Fees.
  Fees authorized or charged under sections 4781.31, 4781.32 , and 4781.28 of the Revised Code are in lieu of all license and inspection fees...
• Section 4781.31 - Submitting Development Plans To Commission.
  (A) No person shall cause development to occur within any portion of a manufactured home park until the plans for the development have been...
• Section 4781.32 - Permit For Developing In Flood Plain.
  (A) No person shall cause development to occur or cause the replacement of a mobile or manufactured home within any portion of a manufactured...
• Section 4781.33 - Notice Of Flood Event Affecting Manufactured Home Park.
  When a flood event affects a manufactured home park, the operator of the manufactured home park, in accordance with rules adopted under section 4781.26...
• Section 4781.34 - Owner To Repair Home Substantially Damaged.
  (A) If a mobile or manufactured home that is located in a flood plain is substantially damaged, the owner of the home shall make...
• Section 4781.35 - Prosecuting Violations.
  (A) No person shall violate sections 4781.26 to 4781.35 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted thereunder. (B) The prosecuting attorney of the...
• Section 4781.36 - Whistleblower Protection.
  (A) Subject to section 4781.37 of the Revised Code, a park operator shall not retaliate against a resident by increasing the resident's rent, decreasing...
• Section 4781.37 - Action For Possession Of The Premises.
  (A) Notwithstanding section 4781.36 of the Revised Code, a park operator may bring an action under Chapter 1923. of the Revised Code for possession...
• Section 4781.38 - Obligations Of Park Operator.
  (A) A park operator who is a party to a rental agreement shall: (1) Comply with the requirements of all applicable building, housing, health,...
• Section 4781.39 - Obligations Of Resident.
  (A) A resident who is a party to a rental agreement shall: (1) Keep that part of the premises that the resident occupies and...
• Section 4781.40 - Rental Agreement.
  (A) (1) The park operator shall offer each home owner a written rental agreement for a manufactured home park lot for a term of...
• Section 4781.41 - Effect Of Operator's Noncompliance With Rental Agreement Or Statutes.
  (A) If a park operator fails to fulfill any obligation imposed upon the park operator by section 4781.38 of the Revised Code or by...
• Section 4781.42 - Rent Deposits.
  (A) Whenever a resident deposits rent with the clerk of a court as provided in section 4781.41 of the Revised Code, the clerk shall...
• Section 4781.43 - Applying For Release Of Rent.
  (A) A park operator who receives notice that rent due the park operator has been deposited with a clerk of court pursuant to section...
• Section 4781.44 - Partial Release Of Rent Before Trial.
  (A) If a park operator brings an action for the release of rent deposited with a clerk of court, the court may, during the...
• Section 4781.45 - Notification Of Violation Of Rules To Resident.
  If a resident commits a material violation of the rules of the manufactured home park, of the manufactured homes commission, or of applicable state...
• Section 4781.46 - Recovering Damages.
  In any action under sections 4781.36 to 4781.52 of the Revised Code, any party may recover damages for the breach of contract or the...
• Section 4781.47 - Rental Agreement Terms.
  (A) No provision of sections 4781.36 to 4781.52 of the Revised Code may be modified or waived by any oral or written agreement except...
• Section 4781.48 - Unconscionability.
  (A) If the court as a matter of law finds a rental agreement, or any clause of it, to have been unconscionable at the...
• Section 4781.49 - Limitating Operator's Right To Recover Possession Of Premises.
  (A) No park operator of residential premises shall initiate any act, including termination of utilities or services, exclusion from the premises, or threat of...
• Section 4781.50 - Security Deposit.
  (A) Any security deposit in excess of fifty dollars or one month's periodic rent, whichever is greater, shall bear interest on the excess at...
• Section 4781.51 - Information To Be Contained In Rental Agreement.
  (A) Every written rental agreement for residential premises shall contain the name and address of the owner of the residential premises and the name...
• Section 4781.52 - Conflicting Ordinances Preempted.
  No municipal corporation may adopt or continue in existence any ordinance and no township may adopt or continue in existence any resolution that is...
• Section 4781.54 - Manufactured Homes Commission Regulatory Fund.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the manufactured homes commission regulatory fund. The fund shall consist of fees collected under section 4781.121...
• Section 4781.55 - Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions For Human Trafficking.
  The manufactured homes commission shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code. Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.169, HB 247, §1, eff. 3/22/2013.
• Section 4781.99 - Penalties.
  (A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4781.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and shall...

Last modified: October 10, 2016