24 CFR § 3280.108 - Interior passage.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s3280.108"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 3280.108 - Interior passage."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "3280.108"
section_name: "Interior passage."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "3280"
part_name: "MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2697, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 5403, and 5424."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 58752, Dec. 18, 1975, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 20679, Apr. 6, 1979."
cfr_part: "3280"
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# 3280.108 Interior passage.
(a) Interior doors having passage hardware without a privacy lock, or with a privacy lock not engaged, shall open from either side by a single movement of the hardware mechanism in any direction.
(b) Each manufactured home interior door, when provided with a privacy lock, shall have a privacy lock that has an emergency release on the outside to permit entry when the lock has been locked by a locking knob, lever, button, or other locking device on the inside.
(c) All interior swinging doors must have a minimum clear opening of 27 inches except doors to toilet compartments in single-section homes (see § 3280.111(b)), and doors to closets and pantries.
[40 FR 58752, Dec. 18, 1975, as amended at 86 FR 2517, Jan. 12, 2021]