(A) Pursuant to the provisions of Idaho Code § 63-304, the Board of County Commissioners authorizes state-certified building inspectors and/or state-licensed mobile home installers/service company representatives to assist with applications made to the County Assessor’s office for persons wishing to convert manufactured homes or mobile homes to real estate.
(1) Any person or entity desiring to have a mobile home or manufactured home converted to real estate shall be responsible to contact his or her choice of an authorized inspector to make an inspection of the installed unit to determine whether the provisions of Idaho Code Title 44, Chapter 22, have been complied with, and whether the provisions which allow manufactured housing or mobile homes to become real estate under the Idaho Code have been complied with.
(2) If the authorized inspector is satisfied that all of the provisions applying to installed mobile homes have been met, said inspector shall complete a form furnished to him or her by the County Recorder’s office; in which form the inspector will certify that the unit is in compliance with the provisions of state law and can, thereafter, be considered as real estate by the County Assessor and County Recorder. The applicant shall have the responsibility of paying all costs of the inspector’s services and have the additional affirmative duty of delivering the completed form to the County Assessor’s office, along with any other forms required by Idaho Code § 63-304.
(3) If, however, the inspector is not willing to certify that all requirements of law have been met, said inspector shall notify the applicant that the property is non-qualifying.
(B) If, at the time a mobile home is being installed, one of the approved inspectors and/or installer service company representatives certifies, in writing, that the installation complies with all provisions of state law allowing the unit to become real estate, the property owner may then file the application with the County Assessor’s office, and may proceed thereafter to complete the process contemplated by this section.
(C) Approved inspectors shall be authorized by this section to assess and collect their inspection costs, if any, in advance of performing inspections, if they choose that option.
(Ord. 53, passed 2-22-2006)