35-18-102. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Defect" means any insufficiency in the performance, construction, components or material of a mobile home that renders the home or any of its parts not fit for the ordinary use for which it was intended or for human habitation;

(ii) "Defect which constitutes an imminent safety hazard" means any defect which presents an imminent and unreasonable risk of death or severe personal injury under the National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 and standards and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto;

(iii) "Delivery date" means the date on which a mobile home is physically delivered to the site chosen by the mobile home owner;

(iv) "Mobile home" means a transportable structure which exceeds either eight (8) body feet in width or thirty-two (32) body feet in length, built on a chassis and designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to required utilities, for human occupancy as a residence, or as a temporary or permanent office. The term may include one (1) or more components which can be retracted for towing and subsequently expanded for additional capacity, or two (2) or more units separately towable but designed to be joined into one (1) single unit, as well as a transportable structure designed as a single unit. For purposes of this act only, the term includes the plumbing, heating and electrical systems and all appliances, equipment, furniture and other personal property contained in or affixed to a mobile home on the delivery date;

(v) "Mobile home dealer" or "dealer" means a person who, for anything of value, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or attempts to negotiate a sale or exchange of an interest in mobile homes, or who is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling mobile homes, whether or not the mobile homes are owned by him, excluding:

(A) A receiver, trustee, administrator, executor, guardian or other person appointed by or acting under the judgment or order of any court;

(B) Any public officer while performing his official duty;

(C) Any employee of a person enumerated in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph;

(D) Any finance agency as defined in W.S. 34.1-2-104; and

(E) A person transferring a mobile home registered in his own name and used for his personal, family or household purposes, if the transfer is an occasional sale and is not part of the business of the transferor.

(vi) "Mobile home manufacturer" or "manufacturer" means any person in or out of this state who manufactures or assembles mobile homes for sale in this state;

(vii) "Mobile home owner" or "owner" means any person who purchases or leases a mobile home primarily for personal, family or household purposes, or for business purposes;

(viii) "Mobile home salesperson" or "salesperson" means any person who is employed by a mobile home manufacturer or dealer to sell or lease mobile homes;

(ix) "New mobile home" means a mobile home which has never been occupied, used or sold for personal or business use;

(x) "Gives notice" means as defined in W.S. 34.1-1-201(a)(xxvi);

(xi) "Notification" means as defined in W.S. 34.1-1-201(a)(xxvii);

(xii) "Person" means as defined in W.S. 34.1-1-201(a)(xxx);

(xiii) "Used mobile home" means a mobile home which has previously been occupied, used or sold for personal or business use;

(xiv) "This act" means W.S. 35-18-101 through 35-18-110.