Local innholder license (MGL c.140 s.2) + annual Certificate of Inspection for R-1 hotels/motels (780 CMR 110.7, Table 110) + automatic smoke/heat detection in hotels (MGL c.148 s.26C). Enforced by City/town licensing authorities (innholder license); local building official (Certificate of Inspection); head of the local fire department (s.26C). Reported, in verification; the state record was last reviewed 2026-11-12.
Hotels, lodging houses and apartment buildings of six or more units need automatic smoke or heat detectors under MGL c.148 s.26C; the local fire chief enforces and the original phase-in deadlines have expired. 780 CMR 10th-edition Table 110 caps the R-1 hotel/motel Certificate of Inspection at one year. Innholder licenses are issued by local licensing authorities (c.140 s.2).
Source: primary document
Statewide layer. County and city amendments sit on top; confirm the local office for the address.
In force; no pending statewide lodging rule confirmed on the primary pages (hotel training/signage bill status could not be confirmed on the primary page)
Local innholder license (MGL c.140 s.2) + annual Certificate of Inspection for R-1 hotels/motels (780 CMR 110.7, Table 110) + automatic smoke/heat detection in hotels (MGL c.148 s.26C). Hotels, lodging houses and apartment buildings of six or more units need automatic smoke or heat detectors under MGL c.148 s.26C; the local fire chief enforces and the original phase-in deadlines have expired. 780 CMR 10th-edition Table 110 caps the R-1 hotel/motel Certificate of Inspection at one year. Innholder licenses are issued by local licensing authorities (c.140 s.2).
City/town licensing authorities (innholder license); local building official (Certificate of Inspection); head of the local fire department (s.26C).
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