URGENT - New Law for CO Detectors

In case you have not heard, the governor just signed legistlation that significantly impacts owner/landlord/property manager liability when it comes to CO detectors.

The legislation is posted in its entireity on the Echo Summit website at:
http://www.echo-summit.com/mgmt_owners_forms.html

A few things of SIGNIFICANT note:

• Read this section carefully: 38-45-104. Carbon monoxide alarms in rental properties.
• Battery-powered detectors have tpo be installed using NATIONAL FIRE
  ASSOCIATION'S STANDARD 720. You have to purchase the report for ~$40. We did, and it is EXTENSIVE.
• There are very well defined responsibilites for both the landlord and the renter. Understand these and make sure your renter understands them too.
• Anybody installing these things has to be certified to do so...

Our conclusion is this: have only a professional HVAC company install these. It will cost more, but the liability has now become extreme as the legal pendulum has swung to the conservative side.