Temecula, CA Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)
Key Facts
- Bedroom Detector
- Required in every bedroom, outside each sleep area, every story (H&S §13113.7)
- Battery Replacement
- Battery-only replacements must be 10-year sealed lithium (SB 745)
- New Construction
- New construction: hardwired with battery backup, interconnected
- Disclosure
- Sellers disclose compliance per Civil Code §1102.6
- Replacement Cycle
- Replace all alarms every 10 years; CO alarms required separately
Summary
California Health & Safety Code §13113.7 and §13114 require working smoke alarms in every dwelling unit, installed in each sleeping area, outside each bedroom, and on every story. Alarms in homes built or substantially remodeled after 2014 must be hardwired with battery backup. As of July 2014, all replacement battery-only alarms must be 10-year sealed lithium models per SB 745.
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) requires every single-family dwelling and rental unit in Temecula to have working smoke alarms: (1) in each bedroom; (2) in the hallway or common area outside each separate sleeping area; (3) on every story including basements. 6). Landlords must maintain alarms in rental units; tenants must notify landlords of malfunctions. Since July 1, 2014, SB 745 requires that all newly purchased battery-only alarms be sealed 10-year lithium models that cannot be disabled by removing the battery. New construction and significant renovations (over $1,000 in permitted work to a sleeping area) must use hardwired alarms with battery backup, interconnected so one trigger sounds all (per California Building Code R314).
Temecula building permits will not pass final inspection without compliant alarms. Combined smoke/carbon monoxide alarms are recommended (CO alarms required separately under SB 183 in homes with attached garages or fuel-burning appliances). Replace alarms every 10 years from manufacture date stamped on the unit. Free battery and basic alarm installs may be available through Riverside County Fire community risk reduction programs.
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