1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, any repair to a manufactured home, including, without limitation, any repair which may affect the structural, electrical, plumbing, drainage, roofing, mechanical or solid fuel burning systems of the home, or requires a permit before the repair may be performed, may be performed legally only by a person who is qualified by licensure pursuant to chapter 489 of NRS to perform such a repair, and:

(a) A person shall not perform the repair unless the person has such qualifications; and

(b) A tenant or a landlord, or his or her agent or employee, shall not employ a third party to perform the repair if he or she knows or, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances, reasonably should know that the third party does not have such qualifications.

2. The Administrator shall adopt regulations to specify the repairs that a person without an applicable license may make to a manufactured home in accordance with the provisions of this section and chapter 489 of NRS.

3. A person may perform any repair described in this section without obtaining a license pursuant to chapter 489 of NRS if:

(a) The repair does not affect the fuel systems or structural systems of the manufactured home; and

(b) The person performing the repair is appropriately licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS.

4. A person may perform any repair described in this section without obtaining a license pursuant to chapter 489 or 624 of NRS if:

(a) The repair does not affect the fuel systems or structural systems of the manufactured home;

(b) The repair does not require a permit before the repair may be performed; and

(c) The value of the repair is less than $1,000 and the provisions of chapter 624 of NRS do not require the person to be licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS to perform the repair.

5. Any complaint concerning any repair performed pursuant to this section by a person licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS:

(a) May be filed with the Division; and

(b) If the Division issues a final order finding that an act or omission occurred which is a ground for disciplinary action pursuant to NRS 489.416, the Division shall forward the final order and any related findings and conclusions to the State Contractors’ Board for consideration of further disciplinary action pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 2326; A 2007, 2325; 2019, 1611)