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Vt. Dept. of Housing & Cmty. Dev., Housing Division Rules, Part I (Mobile Home Parks)

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Vt. Dept. of Housing & Cmty. Dev., Housing Division Rules, Part I (Mobile Home Parks)
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Vermont (state)
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11.5 Commission prohibited. No park owner shall charge or collect a commission on
the sale of a mobile home in the mobile home park, except pursuant to a written
agreement with the mobile home owner for representation in the sale of the mobile home.

12. EVICTION OF MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENT.

12.1 Grounds. A leaseholder may only be evicted by order of court for nonpayment
of rent, substantial violation of the lease terms, violation of the leaseholder’s obligations
as set forth at 10 V.S.A. § 6261, abandonment of the mobile home, or in the event the
mobile home park is closed in whole or in part. No leaseholder may be evicted for a
substantial violation of the lease terms unless the eviction proceeding is commenced
within 60 days of the last alleged violation, or in the case of criminal activity within 60
days after the leaseholder was arraigned on the charges. No leaseholder may be evicted
for violation of a lease term that is not enforced against others in the mobile home park.
Evictions of subletting mobile home residents shall be pursuant to 9 V.S.A. § 4467.

12.2 Notice.

12.2.1 Nonpayment of Rent or Substantial Violation. The park owner shall
provide notice to the leaseholder by certified or registered mail before bringing
any eviction proceedings. The notice shall provide the grounds for eviction and
the fact that eviction proceedings for unpaid rent may be avoided by paying
overdue rent within 20 days of the mailing of the notice. No notice shall be
required if the nonpayment of rent or a substantial violation is the second such

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 occurrence within 6 months, and proper notice was provided with respect to the
first nonpayment or substantial violation during the period.