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<section article="grp" article_name="Real Property" number="8A-101" title_number="8A" title_name="Mobile Home Parks" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Gratuity” includes donation, bonus, fee, or gift.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Mobile home” means a structure:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Transportable in one or more sections;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>8 or more body feet in width and 30 or more body feet in length;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Built on a permanent chassis; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Mobile home” includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Park” means any property leased or held out for lease to two or more residents or prospective residents.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Park fee” means any fee, charge, or assessment charged for the use of the park or for services rendered.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Park owner” means any person who has interest in the park and includes any person acting as the agent of a park owner as to the managerial or operations acts taken as the agent of the owner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Premises” means any:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Lot, plot, site, or parcel in the park; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Building, structure, or mobile home in the park.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Rent” means any money or other consideration given for the right of use, possession, and occupancy of the premises.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Rental agreement” means any written understanding between a resident and park owner whereby the resident is entitled to place his mobile home on a site in the park for payment of consideration to the park owner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Resident” means a mobile home owner who leases or rents a site for residential use and resides in a mobile home park.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Resident” includes a person who maintains a permanent residence with the mobile home owner, and who obtains title to the mobile home after the death of the owner under the terms of a will or by operation of law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Rule” means any rule established by the owner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Security deposit” means any payment of money, including payment of last month’s rent in advance of the time it is due, given to a park owner by a resident in order to protect the park owner against nonpayment of rent or damage to the leased premises.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Utility service” means any service available to the premises from a private or public central source. Such services may include sewer, water, electricity, telephone, gas, oil, and cable television.</text>
  </level>
</section>
