• Arizona law has specific requirements for mobile home dealers.Camping a€" Mobilhome image by albillottet from Fotolia.com
  
  According to the Arizona Administrative Code, the Arizona Legislature empowered the Arizona Board of Manufactured Housing to oversee and regulate the retail sales of mobile homes in Arizona. This delegation of authority is encompassed in Chapter 34 (Board of Manufactured Housing) of Title 4 (Professions and Occupations) of the Code.
  
  

Licensing

• The Board of Manufactured Housing offers three different levels of licensing for potential mobile home dealers. The first class is the D-8 (Retailer of Manufactured Homes or Mobile Homes). The D-8 class is authorized to buy, sell, and/or exchange new and/or used mobile homes. The second class is the D-8B (Broker of Manufactured Homes or Mobile Homes). The D-8B class is authorized to act as an agent in the sale and/or exchange of mobile homes. The third is D-12 (Master Retailer). The D-12 class is authorized to perform the work of both of the other classes.
  
  To secure a license, applicants are required to deposit the amount of $25,000 with the Deputy Director of the Office of Administration in the form of either a commercial surety bond, cash, certified check, cashier's check, or bank money order.
  
  Once a dealer of mobile homes receives a license, the dealer is allowed to advertise the business using only the name as it is printed on the license.
  
  

Fees

• In addition to the monitoring and inspection fees that are established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the mobile home dealer is also required to pay the Board of Manufactured Housing fees that are designed to cover inspection and technical service and administrative functions.
  
  

Installation

• Although mobile home dealers are not necessarily required by law to assist their customers in obtaining the necessary permits that are required by law, it is considered by the Board of Manufactured Housing to be a good practice to, in the very least, inform those customers of the requirement of certain permits.
  
  An six-month installation permit is required to install a mobile home, whether it is done by the customer or by a contractor. Once the mobile home is installed, the customer must then obtain a certificate of occupancy before moving into the mobile home.