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...As used in this chapter: (A) "Industrialized unit" has the same meaning as in division (C)(3) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. (B) "Installation" means any of the following: (1) The temporary or permanent construction of stabilization, support, and anchoring systems for manufactured housing; (2) The placement and erection of a manufactured housing unit or components of a unit on a structural support sy...

...to, or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the use, reference, or designation shall be deemed to refer to "the department of commerce." Whenever the term "executive director of the manufactured homes commission" is used, referred to, or designated in any statute, rule, contract, grant, or other document, the use, reference, or designation shall be deemed to mean the director of commer...

...s under which a licensee may enter into contracts to fulfill the licensee's responsibilities; (9) Govern the investigation of complaints concerning any complaints involving the conduct of any licensed manufactured housing installer or person installing manufactured housing without a license; (10) Establish a dispute resolution program for the timely resolution of warranty issues involving new manufactured homes, ...

...ode. (B) The division may enter into a contract with the Ohio manufactured homes association or another entity to administer the dispute resolution program created pursuant to section 4781.04 of the Revised Code. The contract shall specify the terms for the administration of the program. (C)(1) The division may enter into a contract with any private third party, municipal corporation, township, county, state agency...

...(A) Pursuant to rules the division of industrial compliance adopts, the division may certify municipal, township, and county building departments and the personnel of those departments, or any private third party, to exercise the division's enforcement authority, accept and approve plans and specifications for foundations, support systems and installations, and inspect manufactured housing foundations, support system...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance shall issue a manufactured housing installer license to any applicant who is at least eighteen years of age and meets all of the following requirements: (1) Submits an application to the division on a form the division prescribes; (2) Completes all training requirements the division prescribes; (3) Meets the experience requirements the division prescribes by rule; (4)...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance may, except as provided in division (B) of this section, deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the license of any manufactured home installer for any of the following reasons: (1) Failure to satisfy the requirements of section 4781.08 or 4781.10 of the Revised Code; (2) Violation of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to it; (3) Making a material misstatement ...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance may establish programs and requirements for continuing education for manufactured housing installers. The division shall not require licensees to complete more than eight credit hours of continuing education during each license period. If the division establishes a program of continuing education, it shall require that only courses that the division preapproves be accepted fo...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall install manufactured housing unless that person is licensed as a manufactured housing installer pursuant to this chapter or unless a licensed manufactured housing installer is present during the installation and supervises the person who is not licensed. (2) A licensed manufactured housing installer who supervises the work of an unlicensed pe...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance may apply to an appropriate court to enjoin any violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it. The court shall grant any appropriate relief, including an injunction, restraining order, or any combination thereof, upon a showing that a person has violated or is about to violate this chapter or a rule adopted pursuant to it. (B) The prosecuting attorney of a co...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance, pursuant to section 4781.04 of the Revised Code, may investigate any person who allegedly has committed a violation. If, after an investigation the division determines that reasonable evidence exists that a person has committed a violation, within seven days after that determination, the division shall serve a written notice to that person in the same manner as prescribed in...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance has exclusive authority to regulate manufactured home installers, the installation of manufactured housing, and manufactured housing foundations and support systems in this state. It is the intent of the general assembly to preempt municipal corporations and other political subdivisions from regulating and licensing manufactured housing installers and regulating and inspectin...

...The remedies provided in this chapter are in addition to remedies otherwise available for the same conduct under state or local law.

...y a default in the terms of a mortgage contract. (2) When a partnership licensed under this chapter is dissolved by death, the surviving partners may operate under the manufactured housing dealer license for a period of sixty days, and the heirs or representatives of deceased persons and receivers or trustees in bankruptcy appointed by any competent authority may operate under the license of the person succeed...

...(A) Each person applying for a manufactured housing dealer's license or manufactured housing broker's license shall complete and deliver to the department of commerce, division of real estate, before the first day of April, a separate application for license for each county in which the business of selling or brokering manufactured or mobile homes is to be conducted. The application shall be in the form prescribed by...

...ntered into or is about to enter into a contract or agreement with a manufacturer or distributor of manufactured homes that is contrary to the requirements of this chapter. (6) The applicant is insolvent. (7) The applicant is of insufficient responsibility to ensure the prompt payment of any final judgments that might reasonably be entered against the applicant because of the transaction of business as a manufact...

...(A) At the time the division of real estate grants the application of any person for a license as a manufactured housing dealer, manufactured housing broker, or manufactured housing salesperson, the division shall issue to the person a license that includes the name and business and mailing address of the person licensed. If a manufactured housing dealer or manufactured housing broker has more than one place of busin...

...The applications for licenses submitted under section 4781.17 of the Revised Code are not part of the public records but are confidential information for the use of the division of real estate. No person shall divulge any information contained in such applications and acquired by the person in the person's capacity as an official or employee of the division of real estate, except in a report to the division, or when ...

...(A) The division of real estate may make rules governing actions relative to the suspension and revocation of manufactured housing dealers', manufactured housing brokers', and manufactured housing salespersons' licenses, and may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the conduct of any licensee under this chapter. The division shall suspend, revoke, or refus...

...No manufactured housing dealer licensed under this chapter shall do any of the following: (A) Directly or indirectly, solicit the sale of a manufactured home or mobile home through an interested person other than a salesperson licensed in the employ of a licensed dealer; (B) Pay any commission or compensation in any form to any person in connection with the sale of a manufactured home or mobile home unless the pers...

...(A) Each licensed manufactured housing dealer and manufactured housing broker shall notify the division of real estate of any change in status as a manufactured housing dealer or manufactured housing broker during the period for which the dealer or broker is licensed, if the change of status concerns either of the following: (1) Personnel of owners, partners, officers, or directors; (2) Location of an office or pri...

...ile home shall be preceded by a written contract that shall contain all of the agreements of the parties and shall be signed by the buyer and the seller. The seller, upon execution of the contract and before the delivery of the manufactured or mobile home, shall deliver to the buyer a copy of the contract that shall clearly describe all of the following: (1) The home sold to the buyer, including, where applica...

...The division of real estate shall adopt rules for the regulation of manufactured housing brokers in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The rules shall require that a manufactured housing broker maintain a bond of a surety company authorized to transact business in this state in an amount determined by the division of real estate. The rules also shall require each person licensed as a manufactured housi...

...of industrial compliance may enter into contracts for the purpose of fulfilling the division of industrial compliance's annual inspection responsibilities for manufactured home parks under this chapter. Boards of health of city or general health districts shall have the right of first refusal for those contracts.

...(A)(1) On or after the first day of December, but before the first day of January of the next year, every person who intends to operate a manufactured home park shall procure a license to operate the park for the next year from the division of industrial compliance. If the applicable license fee prescribed under section 4781.28 of the Revised Code is not received by the division by the close of business on the last d...