Modular Housing Labels

[AlanJeffers]

Is a silver colored HUD tag equivalent to a red HUD tag?

 

[Rich Heyn]

Not all HUD labels are red. I've seen them in blue and white as well as red. Sometimes the paint fades and all you can see is a faint outline of the lettering on the silver tag.

What is the wording on the label?

 

[Jo Ann Meyer Stratton]

It is the wording on the HUD label that is important--not the color. All HUD labels leaving the factory are red--however as they age the color fades from bright red to orange to pink to none at all depending on how exposed they are to the elements. I have seen those on older double sectionals where the one under the porch roof, behind the dog house is still bright red but the one completely exposed to the elements has all the paint gone. And then there are those where the home owner paints over the label when they repaint the home. Those you have to scrape the paint off of the number so you can read it. Thats when a car key or credit card comes in handy.

 

[Rich Heyn]

All HUD labels leaving the factory are red

Jo Ann,
At one time, that's what I thought as well. I even published it in the student handbook for the MH seminar. However, I found out I was originally misinformed and that there is no legal requirement for the tag to be red. A guy in Casper showed me an image of a blue label when I was teaching there. I also have an image of a white label with red letters that I shot on a dealer's lot in Bakersfield.

Rich

 

[Jo Ann Meyer Stratton]

You are right Rich, I had forgotten about the few oddities out there. I should have worded my sentence: "Most HUD labels leaving the factory are typically red--" 3280.11 just describes the shape, size, material of the label, wording and doesn't have a word about color.

 

[CANative]

I've seen white labels but no blue labels. Red is the worst color to use for things outdoors because red is very sensitive to UV.

 

[Restrain]

Labels? Labels?! We don' need no steeenkin' labels!

Thanks for the link.

 

[Peter LeQuire]

The modular label I've seen have been affixed inside the house, in a closet.

 

[Jo Ann Meyer Stratton]

Modular labels can be affixed anywhere on the exterior or interior or even in the attic fastened to a rafter depending on the requirements of that specific local or state entity.

Manufactured HUD labels can be in two locations. If the siding on the rear of the home as it is towed down the road was installed in the factory it will be at the lower left hand side about a foot above the bottom of the side and about a half foot in from the left hand side of the section. If the side on the rear of the home as it is towed down the road is installed on the site after the sections are joined, it will be at the lower left of the long side of the right hand section and at the lower right of the long side of the left hand section (same distance from the bottom and left/right hand sides.

 

[Liz South]

New info from HUD 1/15/2007

Just received the e-mail from Jerry Mayer which included the following:


Notice on Manufactured Housing HUD tags:

Missing HUD Labels (Tags) Label Verification: HUD has posted new guidance on missing labels for manufactured homes. Effective January 15, 2007, label verifications can be requested through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by contacting HUD's FOIA office at (202) 708-3475, ext. 7647 or by visiting HUD's FOIA website at: http://www.HUD.gov/offices/ogc/foia/foia.cfm The processing time is expected to be 3-5 weeks and costs about $37.00. For more information, please visit: http://www.HUD.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/mhs/mhslabels.cfm


Liz S.