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2013 Maryland Code
PUBLIC SAFETY
§ 9-108 - Smoke detection installation order


MD Pub Safety Code § 9-108 (2013) What's This?

§9-108.

(a) If after investigating a fire in a one, two, or three family residential dwelling the State Fire Marshal or local investigating authority finds the absence of required smoke detectors, the State Fire Marshal or local investigating authority shall issue to the occupant a smoke detection installation order.

(b) A person may not fail to comply with a smoke detection installation order within 15 days of reoccupancy.

(c) (1) A person who violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50.

(2) The penalty provision of § 9-109 of this subtitle does not apply to this section.

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