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Does a smoke detector have to be &Hard wired& to the homes main electrical?

We wanted to rent out a space on the second floor of our home, but realized the contractor did not put smoke detectors in the soon-to-be apartment. Can we simply use one of those battery-powered ones or is this not legal?

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