Nevada Code § 489.021

Legislative findings and declaration
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1. The Legislature finds that the
construction, assembly and use of manufactured homes, mobile homes,
manufactured buildings, commercial coaches and factory-built housing and their
systems, components and appliances, and the alteration, transportation and
installation of manufactured homes, mobile homes, manufactured buildings,
commercial coaches and factory-built housing, like other products having
concealed vital parts, may present hazards to the health, life and safety of persons
and the safety of property unless they are properly manufactured, altered,
transported and installed.
2. In the sale of manufactured homes,
mobile homes, manufactured buildings, commercial coaches and factory-built
housing, there is also the possibility of unascertained defects in them even
though they are inspected by purchasers.
3. It is the policy and purpose of this
State to protect the public against these hazards and to prohibit the
manufacture, sale, distribution, alteration, transportation and installation in
this State of manufactured homes, mobile homes, manufactured buildings,
commercial coaches and factory-built housing which are not constructed in a
manner which provides reasonable safety and protection to owners and users.
4. The Legislature further intends to
provide a procedure to ensure that this State assumes the fullest
responsibility for the administration and enforcement of federal safety and
construction standards for manufactured homes in Nevada in accordance with the
National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42
U.S.C. 5401 et seq.

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