Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 766.0021
Smoke Detector for Hearing-impaired Persons

(a)

A purchaser under a written contract for the sale of a one-family or two-family dwelling may require the seller to install smoke detectors for hearing-impaired persons if:

(1)

the purchaser or a member of the purchaser’s family who will reside in the dwelling is a hearing-impaired person;

(2)

the purchaser provides written evidence of the hearing impairment signed by a licensed physician; and

(3)

not later than the 10th day after the effective date of the contract, the purchaser requests in writing that the seller install smoke detectors for hearing-impaired persons and specifies the locations in the dwelling where the smoke detectors are to be installed.

(b)

If the seller is required to install smoke detectors for hearing-impaired persons under Subsection (a), the seller and purchaser may agree:

(1)

which party will bear the cost of installing the smoke detectors; and

(2)

which brand of smoke detectors to install.

(c)

The seller must install the smoke detectors not later than the closing date of the sale of the dwelling.

(d)

A purchaser may terminate the contract to purchase the dwelling if the seller fails to install smoke detectors for hearing-impaired persons as required by this section.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1051 (H.B. 2118), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2007.

Source: Section 766.0021 — Smoke Detector for Hearing-impaired Persons, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­766.­htm#766.­0021 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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