Kane County follows Illinois' statewide Smoke Detector Act (425 ILCS 60), which requires smoke alarms in every dwelling. Since January 1, 2023, replacement alarms in older homes must be 10-year sealed-battery units. The county sets no separate residential smoke-detector rule.
Smoke detectors are governed statewide by the Illinois Smoke Detector Act (425 ILCS 60), which requires an approved smoke detector on every story of a dwelling and near sleeping areas. A 2017 amendment (effective January 1, 2023) requires that when a battery-only alarm is replaced in a home built before the state's hard-wired-alarm requirement, it be replaced with a self-contained alarm featuring a non-removable 10-year sealed battery. Enforcement and inspection generally occur through the local fire protection district or municipal building department. Kane County itself does not publish a separate residential smoke-detector ordinance for unincorporated areas; the state Act controls.
Violations of the Smoke Detector Act are a petty offense under state law; local fire districts enforce at inspection or complaint.
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