Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, § 26F (2026)
Residential buildings or structures; equipping with smoke detectors upon sale or transfer
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Section 26F. All buildings or structures occupied in whole or in part for residential purposes and not regulated by sections twenty-six A, twenty-six B or twenty-six C shall, upon the sale or transfer of such building or structure, be equipped by the seller with approved smoke detectors as provided in section twenty-six E.
The head of the fire department shall enforce the provisions of this section. The provisions of section thirty shall not apply to this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1997–2015 · leading case: 1010 Mem'l Drive Tenants Corp. v. Fire Chief of Cambridge, 677 N.E.2d 219 (Mass. 1997).
1010 Mem'l Drive Tenants Corp. v. Fire Chief of Cambridge, 677 N.E.2d 219 (Mass. 1997). “G. L. c. 148, § 26F. The dissent argues in a footnote, post at 667 n.”
Commonwealth v. Zhan Tang Huang, 87 Mass. App. Ct. 65 (Mass. App. Ct. 2015). “08(l)(a) (1998) (requiring that automatic smoke detector be maintained in reliable condition, and requiring tests and inspections); (4) 527 Code Mass.”
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