The drowning of a popular TikTok influencer's 3-year-old at her Chandler home has brought attention to laws regarding pool safety .

Emilie Kiser's son Trigg died May 18 after being hospitalized for six days following a rescue from a home swimming pool near Chandler Heights and Cooper roads, according to authorities. Emilie Kiser has a TikTok account with more than 3 million followers.

Arizona law calls for 5-foot fencing, walling or another barrier at least 20 inches from the water's edge for homes where there are children under 6 years of age living.

If the home itself is considered part of the barrier that stops outsiders from getting into an in-ground pool, Arizona law requires the homeowner to take an extra precaution to protect people in the home, like children, from the water.

In cases like this, a homeowner has three options: install a 4-foot fence between the residence and the pool, use a motorized pool safety cover that requires a key to operate or ensure steps are taken to secure openings that offer access to the pool area, such as self-latching devices on doors and screwed-in-place wire mesh screens on windows.

Under state law, violators are "guilty of a petty offense," but no fine is imposed if the homeowner, within 45 days of receiving a citation, complies with the law and attends an "approved swimming pool safety course."

Records from the Maricopa County Assessor's Office show Emilie Kiser and her husband, Brady, purchased their home on April 1, 2024. The 3,784-square-foot house was built in 2000, according to these records.

A satellite image taken Sept. 25, 2023, available on Google Earth, showed a fence around the backyard where the pool was found.

Arizona law allows cities to have stricter pool fence requirements, and Chandler's city regulations require fencing around a pool to be 6 to 7 feet high.