Davis County and its cities enforce the statewide-adopted International Residential Code, which requires working smoke alarms in every sleeping room, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of a home. Rentals must have operable detectors under Utah's Fit Premises Act. New and remodeled homes need interconnected, hard-wired alarms.
Utah adopts the International Residential and Fire Codes statewide (Utah Code Title 15A), and Davis County plus its cities enforce them through building and fire inspections. Smoke alarms are required in each bedroom, immediately outside each sleeping area, and on every story including basements. In new construction and substantial remodels, alarms must be hard-wired with battery backup and interconnected so all sound together. For rentals, Utah's Fit Premises Act obligates landlords to provide working smoke detectors, while day-to-day battery upkeep typically falls to tenants. Carbon-monoxide alarms are required near sleeping areas where fuel-burning appliances or attached garages exist.
Missing or non-working alarms can fail building/fire inspection and, in rentals, breach the landlord's Fit Premises duty, exposing owners to liability.
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