{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-766.0021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 766.0021","heading":"SMOKE DETECTOR FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED PERSONS.","body":"(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:\n(1) the purchaser or a member of the purchaser's family who will reside in the dwelling is a hearing-impaired person;\n(2) the purchaser provides written evidence of the hearing impairment signed by a licensed physician; and\n(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.\n(b) If the seller is required to install smoke detectors for hearing-impaired persons under Subsection (a), the seller and purchaser may agree:\n(1) which party will bear the cost of installing the smoke detectors; and\n(2) which brand of smoke detectors to install.\n(c) The seller must install the smoke detectors not later than the closing date of the sale of the dwelling.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1051 (H.B. 2118), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE A. PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 766. FIRE SAFETY IN RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS","SUBCHAPTER A. SMOKE DETECTORS AND FIRE SAFETY INFORMATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.766.htm#766.0021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"dbcf12fbef6a32b6bcf10491fa13a72913aef1ca4bb224f4a1b84ff507c5726c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-766.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-766.0025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}