Washoe County follows Nevada state law. NRS 477.140 requires hotels/motels with at least six guest rooms and apartment buildings with at least three units to equip each sleeping room and dwelling unit with an approved smoke detector.
The county does not set a separate smoke-detector rule; it enforces Nevada statute and the adopted building/fire codes. Under NRS 477.140, owners of hotels or motels with six or more guest rooms, and apartment buildings with three or more dwelling units, must equip each sleeping room and each unit with a smoke detector whose placement is approved by the authority. New residential construction must install interconnected smoke alarms per the adopted International Residential/Fire Code, generally inside each bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level. Carbon monoxide alarms are required near sleeping areas where fuel-burning appliances or an attached garage are present.
Non-compliance is enforced through the State Fire Marshal and local building/fire code officials; landlords who fail to provide working detectors face code-enforcement action and habitability claims.
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