Conversion Vans not allowed at some RV Parks?

Jarlaxle wrote:

JaxDad wrote:
I suspect that most people posting here are unaware that in every jurisdictions I've ever looked at, the RVIA or CSA Z-240 endorsement is required by law in order to stay in a campground in an RV.

In this litigious society we live in I doubt ANY park owner will knowingly 'look the other way' on a legally required safety issue. Sure you might get past a few parks management but the registration form always asks for the make of the RV so 'none' might stick out.

Can you actually cite the law in question? From ANY state?

I've already cited several, it just seems nobody wants to read what's posted, they need to be spoon fed, but just as an example, bear in mind we're talking about National Standards which each State has adopted.

(SIC)

California Health and Safety Code, division 13, Part 2, Chapter 4 -Standards sets out;

"18027.3. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(1) The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) have adopted standards for the design and safety of recreational vehicles,......

(2) The ANSI A119.2 and A119.5 standards and the NFPA 1192 standards are designed to protect the health and safety of persons using recreational vehicles and park trailers.

(3) Compliance with those standards as required by this section may be enforced by any law enforcement authority having appropriate jurisdiction, pursuant to Section 18020.5, which makes it a crime to violate any provision of this part.

(h) It is unlawful for any person to do either of the following:

(1) Remove, or cause to be removed, a label, an insignia, or an insignia of approval affixed pursuant to this section.

(2) Alter or convert, or cause to be altered or converted, any recreational vehicle in a manner that is inconsistent with ANSI Standard No. A119.2 or A119.5 or the NFPA 1192 Standard on Recreational Vehicles when the recreational vehicle is used, occupied, sold, or offered for sale within this state."


So there you are, it is a crime in California to use or occupy an RV which does not meet NFPA 1192 standards, and bear a seal which substantiates its compliance and just as with any other illegal action, condoning, aiding, assisting or abetting such illegal activity is an illegal act unto itself.

Not nearly the same level of course, but legally no different than serving alcohol to an already drunk person, or giving a firearm to someone you know intends to use it to commit a crime.

Legally speaking, knowingly renting a campsite with electrical service to someone in an illegal RV and a fire resulting would likely mean the person renting was at least partly culpable.


Pages back this was mentioned, but it was apparently overlooked by most, an RV going down the road is a vehicle, possibly a motor vehicle (motorhome), but as soon as you park it off a public roadway, it become a 'habitable structure' with plumbing, gas and electrical systems that mean it MUST meet 'life safety standards' no different than a sticks & bricks does.