Passaic, NJ Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

1 requires the owner of every one-family dwelling, and every two-family dwelling where the owner occupies one unit, to equip each dwelling unit with at least one electric or battery-operated smoke detector placed to give maximum protection to each sleeping area; the device must carry an approved rating organization's seal and meet applicable state, federal and industry design standards, and an electric unit needs a permit from the Electrical Subcode Official before installation. Responsibility is split: under subsection B, the tenant must monitor the unit and replace batteries as needed, but must tell the landlord about any malfunction, and the landlord must then supply a replacement.

Owners had to bring covered units into compliance by January 1, 1986, and subsection C bars selling the dwelling, changing its occupancy, or making a structural change or repair worth more than $500 to it, and bars issuing any certificate of occupancy for it, until the smoke detector requirement is met. 1D requires the owner and seller to certify in writing to the Director of Housing Inspections that the property fully complies, and a knowingly false certification is itself a separate Code violation. 3, with a 24-hour repair window for a single-station unit and 72 hours for a wired multi-station system.