Rancho Cucamonga, CA Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Required locations
- Every bedroom, outside sleep area, every story
- New construction
- Hardwired, interconnected, battery backup
- Existing homes
- 10-year sealed battery alarms per SB 745
- Carbon monoxide
- Required per H and S Code 17926
- Real estate transfer
- Compliance certificate required at sale
Summary
All Rancho Cucamonga residences must have working smoke alarms in each bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on every level. Sales and rentals require compliant sealed 10-year battery or hardwired alarms.
13113.7. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, smoke alarms, approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13114 at the time of installation, shall be installed, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions in each dwelling intended for human occupancy.
(2) For all dwelling units intended for human occupancy for which a building permit is issued on or after January 1, 2014, for alterations, repairs, or additions exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), the permit issuer shall not sign off on the completion of work until the permittee demonstrates that all smoke alarms required for the dwelling unit are devices approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 13114.
(3) However, if any local rule, regulation, or ordinance, adopted prior to January 1, 1987, requires installation in a dwelling unit intended for human occupancy of smoke alarms which receive their power from the electrical system of the building and requires compliance with the local rule, regulation, or ordinance at a date subsequent to the dates specified in this section, the compliance date specified in the rule, regulation, or ordinance shall, but only with respect to the dwelling units specified in this section, take precedence over the date specified in this section.
(4) Unless prohibited by local rules, regulations, or ordinances, a battery-operated smoke alarm, which otherwise met the standards adopted pursuant to Section 13114 for smoke alarms at the time of installation, satisfies the requirements of this section.
(e) A violation of this section is an infraction punishable by a maximum fine of two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense.
Full Breakdown
7 requiring smoke alarms in every dwelling unit. Detectors must be installed inside each bedroom, in the hallway or area immediately outside each sleeping room, and on every story of the residence including basements. New construction and additions requiring permits must install hardwired alarms with battery backup that are interconnected so that all units sound together. Existing homes built before 2014 may use battery-only alarms, but any replacement alarm must be a 10-year sealed lithium battery model per SB 745. Carbon monoxide alarms are separately required under Health and Safety Code 17926 in any home with fuel-burning appliances or an attached garage.
Landlords in Rancho Cucamonga must test and document working alarms at each tenant turnover, and Civil Code 1954 allows 24-hour notice to enter for alarm inspections. Real estate transactions require a Smoke Alarm and Water Heater Strapping Certificate as part of the standard CAR disclosure package. The Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District offers free smoke alarm installations for qualifying seniors and low-income residents through its Safe Kids outreach program.
Frequently Asked Questions
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