{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-227.555","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 227.555","heading":"Smoke-detector and egress requirements for manufactured or mobile","body":"homes  -- Notices  of  requirements  and  penalty  -- Limitation on\nenforceability -- Relationship to local ordinances -- Specific penalty.\n(1) Every manufactured or mobile home as defined in KRS 227.550 shall have:\n(a) At least one (1) working smoke detector located inside the home near the\nbedroom  areas on each floor level; and\n(b) At least two (2) operable means  of egress, if the home  was originally\nequipped with at least two (2) means.\n(2) The  department, through the promulgation of administrative regulations in\naccordance with KRS Chapter 13A, shall design and cause to be placed:\n(a) At each vehicle entrance to a manufactured home park or community as\ndefined in KRS  219.320, a notice stating the requirements set out in\nsubsection (1) of this section, the penalty for noncompliance set out in\nsubsection (5) of this section, and  any other information it deems\nnecessary to effect the purposes of this section; and\n(b) In each county clerk's office, a notice stating the requirements set out in\nsubsection (1) of this section, the penalty for noncompliance set out in\nsubsection (5) of this section, and  any other information it deems\nnecessary to effect the purposes of this section.\n(3) No  public servant with the authority to issue a  citation shall enter a\nmanufactured or mobile home solely for the purpose of determining whether or\nnot the manufactured or mobile home is in compliance with this section.\n(4) No  ordinance contrary to subsections (1) and (3) of this section may  be\nenacted by any unit of local government, and the provisions of subsections (1)\nand (3) shall supersede any local ordinance to the contrary. The provisions of\nthis subsection shall not apply to any city which has adopted or may in the\nfuture adopt the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act under KRS\nChapter 383.\n(5) The  owners of manufactured homes  and mobile homes  located within a\nmanufactured home  park or community which do not comply with subsection\n(1) of this section shall be responsible for the correction of any violation.\n(6) Any  person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a\nviolation.","path":["KRS Chapter 227"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=46966","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:44Z","sha256":"5577b817a5b1d7e5518f34723abdc0d6fe9256bb43a2d3d32fa43a635eee7002","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-227.550","next":"us-ky/krs-227.560"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}