Section 125.02. Tie-in sales; separate or discriminatory charges.

  No operator shall:

(1)  Require, as a condition to the rental of any site, the purchase of a manufactured home from the operator or any dealer, manufacturer, or agent named by the operator.

(2)  Represent to any person that the purchase of a manufactured home from the operator or any dealer, manufacturer, or agent named by the operator will give the purchaser an advantage over others in the rental or continued occupancy of a site.

(3)  Discriminate or threaten to discriminate in rental charges or in any other respect against a tenant for failure of the tenant to purchase a manufactured home from the operator or any dealer, manufacturer, or agent named by the operator.

(4)  Solicit or receive any payment or other thing of value from any seller of a manufactured home for agreeing to rent a site to the purchaser of such manufactured home.

(5)  Solicit or receive any payment or other thing of value from any person upon the representation or understanding that such consideration will give that person an advantage over others in the rental or continued occupancy of a site.

(6)  Use a manufactured home site to display a manufactured home offered for sale, or rent a site to a manufactured home dealer for purposes other than accommodation of a manufactured home occupied as a residence, if the use or rental of the site results in there being no site in the manufactured home community available to a prospective tenant who does not purchase a manufactured home from the operator or renting dealer.

History: Cr. Register, May, 1976, No. 245 , eff. 6-1-76; renum. from Ag 125.02 and cr. (6), Register, February, 1987, No. 374 , eff. 3-1-87; CR 13-027 : am. (1) to (4), (6) Register December 2013 No. 696 , eff. 1-1-14.