Iowa Code r. 701-105.1 - Definitions

1. "Mobile home" means any vehicle without motive power used or so manufactured or constructed as to permit its being used as a conveyance upon the public streets and highways and so designed, constructed, or reconstructed as will permit the vehicle to be used as a place for human habitation by one or more persons; but shall also include any such vehicle with motive power not registered as a motor vehicle in Iowa. A "mobile home" is not built to a mandatory building code, contains no state or federal seals, and was built before June 15, 1976.

2. "Manufactured home" is a factory-built structure built under authority of 42 U.S.C. § 5403, is required by federal law to display a seal from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and was constructed on or after June 15, 1976.

3. "Modular home" means a factory-built structure which is manufactured to be used as a place of human habitation, is constructed to comply with the state of Iowa building code for modular factory-built structures, and must display the seal issued by the state building code commissioner.

4. "Mobile home park" means any land upon which three or more mobile or manufactured homes, or a combination of such homes, are placed on developed spaces and operated as a for-profit enterprise with water, sewer or septic, and electrical services available. It does not include homes where the owner of the land is providing temporary housing for the owner's employees or students.

5. "Manufactured home community" means any site, lot, field, or tract of land under common ownership upon which ten or more occupied manufactured homes are harbored, either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the equipment of the community. The term shall not be construed to include homes, buildings, or other structures temporarily maintained by any individual, educational institution, or company on their own premises and used exclusively to house their own labor or students. A "manufactured home community" means the same as a "land-leased community" defined in Iowa Code sections 335.30A and 414.28A.

Wherever used in this chapter, "home" means a mobile home, a manufactured home, or a modular home unless specific reference is made to a particular type of home.

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 435.1 as amended by 2001 Iowa Acts, House File 656.

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Iowa Code r. 701-105.1

Editorial change: IAC Supplement 11/2/22