Manufactured Home Classified as Real Estate (continued)

·   a certification signed and dated by a technically qualified and properly identified individual (such as builder, architect, engineer, etc.) which states, “I certify that the construction exhibits for (identification of the property by house type, lot, block, subdivision name, etc.) meet all local code requirements and are in substantial conformity with VA Minimum Property Requirements, including the energy conservation standards of the 1992 Council of American Building Officials’ Model Energy Code and the requirement for lead-free water piping.”  VA will accept HUD 92541, Builder’s Certification of Plans, Specifications and Site, in lieu of this certification.

Note:  In most cases for HUD Form 92541 to be acceptable, it must have the identifying information at the top completed, as well as Items 2 and 4 or Items 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 and 13.

Reference: See Section 12.02 for specific Minimum Property Requirement-related information that could impact what is required in the construction exhibits.

Geological or Soil Instability

In areas that have a history of geological or soil instability, the builder must submit either

·   a certification that to the best of the builder’s knowledge and belief, any geological or soil-related hazard has been compensated for in the engineering design of the improvements and no portion of the construction will rest on fill, or

·   evidence from a qualified geologist or engineer that the subject site either does not present unusual geological soils-related hazards or such hazards have been compensated for in the engineering design of the improvements. 

Qualified geologists are State licensed or are a member of a national or State organization which requires responsibility, experience, education and demonstrated ability in the field of engineering geology.