§ 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