Bartow County, GA Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

The requirement sits inside Bartow County Code § 18-121, the minimum health and safety standards every pre-owned manufactured home must meet before the building official will sign off on a certificate of completion under § 18-120. Subsection (10) requires one operable battery-powered smoke detector in each bedroom and a second unit in the hall outside the bedrooms, mounted within ten feet of any bedroom door, installed per the manufacturer's instructions. The same inspection covers interior and exterior condition, sanitary fixtures, heating and electrical systems, hot water, egress windows, and a minimum 1,200 square feet of heated space with a 5:12 roof pitch, so the smoke detector check is one line item in a broader relocation inspection administered by Bartow County Building Inspections.

An applicant first obtains a permit under § 18-120, arranges the post-installation inspection, and the building official issues the certificate of completion once § 18-121's standards, including the smoke detector rule, are satisfied. 00. This provision governs pre-owned manufactured homes relocated into or within unincorporated Bartow County; it does not set a smoke detector standard for site-built houses, which instead follow the International Residential Code adopted countywide under § 18-31.