Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development last revised: Nov 13, 2024
§ 232.591 - Smoke detectors.

After October 30, 1992, each occupied room must include at least one battery-operated or hard-wired smoke detector in proper working condition. If the room is occupied by hearing-impaired persons, the smoke detector must have an alarm system designed for hearing-impaired persons, unless the smoke alarm is connected to a central alarm system that is monitored on a 24-hour basis, or otherwise meets industry standards.

[57 FR 33850, July 30, 1992]
source: 36 FR 24618, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 24 CFR 232.591