Lubbock County cannot adopt a building code for unincorporated areas, so smoke-alarm requirements come from state law and city codes. Texas Property Code 92.251-92.260 requires landlords to install and maintain smoke alarms in rental units. The City of Lubbock enforces the International Residential/Fire Code for new construction.
Texas counties generally cannot enforce a residential building code in unincorporated areas, so there is no county smoke-detector ordinance. Statewide, Property Code Subchapter F (92.251-92.260) requires a landlord to install a smoke alarm in each rental dwelling and to inspect and repair it at the start of a tenancy; a tenant may not disconnect or remove it. New homes are covered where a city or its ETJ enforces the International Residential Code, which requires interconnected alarms in each sleeping room, outside each sleeping area, and on every level. Within the City of Lubbock, the adopted fire and residential codes (city code art. 10.03) apply. Owner-occupied rural homes are encouraged but not mandated to install alarms.
A landlord who fails to install or repair a required smoke alarm faces tenant remedies under Property Code 92.260, including court orders, damages, and a civil penalty plus one month's rent.
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