24 CFR § 3282.251 - Scope and purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s3282.251"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 3282.251 - Scope and purpose."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "3282.251"
section_name: "Scope and purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "3282"
part_name: "MANUFACTURED HOME PROCEDURAL AND ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 2697, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 5403, and 5424."
regulatory_source: "41 FR 19852, May 13, 1976, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3282"
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# 3282.251 Scope and purpose.

(a) This subpart sets out the responsibilities which shall be met by distributors and retailers with respect to manufactured homes manufactured after the effective date of the standards for sale to purchasers in the United States. It prohibits the sale, lease, or offer for sale or lease of manufactured homes known by the distributor or retailer not to be in conformance with the standards, and it includes responsibilities for maintaining certain records and assisting in the gathering of certain information.

(b) The purpose of this subpart is to inform distributors and retailers when they may sell manufactured homes, when they are prohibited from selling manufactured homes, and what they may do in order to prepare a manufactured home for sale if it is not in conformance with the standards.

(c) For purposes of this part, any manufacturer or distributor who sells, leases, or offers for sale or lease a manufactured home to a purchaser shall be a retailer for purposes of that transaction.