If you have your home listed for sale or are thinking of selling, you need to be aware of a new law that will go into effect on July 1, 2009.

Colorado law HB-1091, requires all existing single-family and multi-family housing units offered for sale, transfer or rent, including all new residential construction to have carbon monoxide detectors.

Carbon Monoxide Alarms must be:

• Installed in all homes with a fuel-fired heater or appliance, a fireplace, or an attached garage;
• Installed within 15 feet of the entrance to each room lawfully used for sleeping.

A Carbon Monoxide Alarm:

• Detects Carbon Monoxide and produces a distinct, audible alarm;
• Conforms to standards recognized by independent product-safety testing laboratories;
• Is battery powered, plugs into a home’s electrical outlet and has a battery backup, or is connected
• to an electrical system via an electrical panel;
• May be combined with a smoke detecting device if the combined device has signals that clearly
• differentiate between the two hazards.

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