Nueces County has no residential building code for unincorporated areas, so smoke-alarm rules come from the state and from cities. Corpus Christi enforces the International Residential/Fire Code, which requires working smoke alarms in every bedroom and on each level.
Texas counties generally cannot adopt or enforce a residential building code in unincorporated areas, so there is no county smoke-detector ordinance. Smoke-alarm duties come from the adopted building/fire codes inside cities and from Texas Property Code §92.251-.262 for rental housing statewide, which requires landlords to install and maintain smoke detectors. Corpus Christi enforces the International Residential Code and International Fire Code, requiring smoke alarms in each sleeping room, outside each sleeping area, and on every story, with interconnection in new construction. Homeowners in unincorporated areas should follow the same recognized standard voluntarily.
No county penalty. Landlord failures are enforced under Texas Property Code (tenant remedies); city code violations carry municipal fines.
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