---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch70"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 70"
heading: "Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch70"
sections_count: 26
---

# Chapter 70 — Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§5401. Findings and purposes](/usc/42/5401.md)
- [§5402. Definitions](/usc/42/5402.md)
- [§5403. Construction and safety standards](/usc/42/5403.md)
- [§5404. Manufactured home installation](/usc/42/5404.md)
- [§5405. Judicial review of orders establishing standards; petition; additional evidence before Secretary; certified copy of transcript](/usc/42/5405.md)
- [§5406. Submission of cost or other information by manufacturer](/usc/42/5406.md)
- [§5407. Research, testing, development, and training by Secretary](/usc/42/5407.md)
- [§5408. Cooperation by Secretary with public and private agencies](/usc/42/5408.md)
- [§5409. Prohibited acts; exemptions](/usc/42/5409.md)
- [§5410. Civil and criminal penalties](/usc/42/5410.md)
- [§5411. Injunctive relief](/usc/42/5411.md)
- [§5412. Noncompliance with standards or defective nature of manufactured home; administrative or judicial determination; repurchase by manufacturer or repair by distributor or retailer; reimbursement of expenses, etc., by manufacturer; injunctive relief against manufacturer for failure to comply; jurisdiction and venue; damages; period of limitation](/usc/42/5412.md)
- [§5413. Inspections and investigations for promulgation or enforcement of standards or execution of other duties](/usc/42/5413.md)
- [§5414. Notification and correction of defects by manufacturer](/usc/42/5414.md)
- [§5415. Certification by manufacturer of conformity of manufactured home with standards; form and placement of certification](/usc/42/5415.md)
- [§5416. Consumer’s manual; contents](/usc/42/5416.md)
- [§5417. Effect upon antitrust laws](/usc/42/5417.md)
- [§5418. Use of services, research and testing facilities of public agencies and independent laboratories](/usc/42/5418.md)
- [§5419. Authority to collect fee](/usc/42/5419.md)
- [§5420. Failure to report violations; penalties](/usc/42/5420.md)
- [§5421. Prohibition on waiver of rights](/usc/42/5421.md)
- [§5422. State enforcement](/usc/42/5422.md)
- [§5423. Grants to States](/usc/42/5423.md)
- [§5424. Rules and regulations](/usc/42/5424.md)
- [§5425. Repealed.](/usc/42/5425.md)
- [§5426. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/5426.md)