A law has now been changed in Louisiana after local media stories highlighted problems with generators and carbon monoxide after Hurricane Ida.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed the law Tuesday, requiring carbon monoxide detectors in all one or two family homes sold or leased. It also requires any home that has a generator installed to be outfitted with a carbon monoxide detector.
Right now, installers rely on instruction manuals from the generator manufacturers to determine the safest place to put a unit. In some parishes, but not all, permits are required for generator placement meaning the parish would also have to determine where the generator goes. But there’s no universal state law detailing how far generators need to be from a home or a neighboring house.
The responsibility to install a carbon monoxide detector will be on the seller, at the time of sale.
A landlord will be responsible for installing one in a property up for lease.
