Data plate
A paper compliance certificate inside the home, usually in a kitchen cabinet, closet or electrical panel area. It lists the manufacturer, model, serial number, build date and the wind, roof-load and thermal ratings.
Also called: Compliance certificate
The data plate (also called the compliance certificate) is a sheet of paper, about the size of a standard letter page, fixed inside every home built to the HUD Code. It is the home's birth certificate: it records who built it, when, and what conditions it was engineered to handle.
You will usually find it in a kitchen cabinet, a bedroom closet, or near the electrical panel. It lists the manufacturer, model, serial number, date of manufacture, and the home's wind zone, roof load zone and thermal zone ratings. It also lists the HUD label numbers for each section of the home.
Insurance carriers rely on this document. The year built, manufacturer and wind zone printed on it feed directly into eligibility and pricing, so having a photo of it on hand makes getting an accurate quote much faster. If yours is missing or unreadable, the HUD label numbers on the outside of the home can be used to trace the same information.
Common questions
Where is the data plate on my manufactured home?
Most often inside a kitchen cabinet, a bedroom closet, or beside the electrical panel. It is a paper label, not a metal tag.
What if my data plate is missing?
Look for the metal HUD labels on the outside of each section. The label numbers can be used to request a label verification letter from IBTS, HUD's records contractor, and the manufacturer or your state's manufactured housing agency can also often supply a copy of the records.
What information is on the data plate?
HUD requires the name and address of the plant that built the home, the serial number, model designation and date of manufacture, the HUD label number for each section, the factory-installed appliances, the wind zone and roof load zone maps, and the name of the DAPIA that approved the design. It must be near the main electrical panel or in another readily accessible and visible spot, and some manufacturers leave a note at the panel saying where it is when it sits elsewhere.
Related terms
- HUD label
- Wind zone
- Roof load zone
- Thermal zone
- Serial number
- Trade name
- Model designation
- IBTS label verification letter
More in Standards & documents
- HUD Code
- State Administrative Agency (SAA)
- State modular label
- International Residential Code (IRC)
- Title (certificate of title)
- Model Installation Standards
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