General

General These Rules and Regulations for Factory-Built Homes are promulgated by the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Mississippi acting through the Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal and the Factory-Built Home Division in accordance with the Uniform Standards Code for Factory- Built Homes Law and the Mississippi Administrative Procedures Act, Miss. Code Ann. § 25- 43-1, et seq., as amended, and shall become effective after adopted and promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Mississippi Administrative Procedures. This Regulation is being filed as a regulation pursuant to the provisions of House Bill 1435, 2008 Regular Legislative Session as codified in Miss. Code Ann. § 75-49-11 (Supp. 2015); and upon agreement between the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office, Factory-Built Home Division (Division) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which requires the Division to conduct installation inspections of Factory-Built homes from and after July 1, 2009. The purpose of these Rules and Regulations is to prevent the loss of life and property from fire and related hazards, and to restrict health hazards in Factory-Built homes by providing standards for construction, heating systems, and by requiring compliance with such standards during construction, marketing, transport, installation, anchoring and tie down for Factory-Built homes in the State of Mississippi.