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Public Display Fireworks Operator Guidelines
<br />June 2011 Page 19
<br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 624.20-624.25 RELATING TO FIREWORKS
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<br />624.20 Fireworks.
<br />Subdivision 1. (a) As used in sections 624.20 to 624.25, the term "fireworks" means any substance or
<br />combination of substances or article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by
<br />combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation, and includes blank cartridges, toy cannons, and toy
<br />canes in which explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel them,
<br />firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, daygo bombs, sparklers other than those specified in
<br />paragraph (c), or other fireworks of like construction, and any fireworks containing any explosive or
<br />inflammable compound, or any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance and commonly
<br />used as fireworks.
<br />(b) The term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy guns, in which paper caps containing 25/100
<br />grains or less of explosive compound are used and toy pistol caps which contain less than 20/100 grains of
<br />explosive mixture.
<br />(c) The term also does not include wire or wood sparklers of not more than 100 grams of mixture per item,
<br />other sparkling items which are nonexplosive and nonaerial and contain 75 grams or less of chemical
<br />mixture per tube or a total of 500 grams or less for multiple tubes, snakes and glow worms, smoke devices,
<br />or trick noisemakers which include paper streamers, party poppers, string poppers, snappers, and drop pops,
<br />each consisting of not more than twenty-five hundredths grains of explosive mixture. The use of items listed
<br />in this paragraph is not permitted on public property. This paragraph does not authorize the purchase of
<br />items listed in it by persons younger than 18 years of age. The age of a purchaser of items listed in this
<br />paragraph must be verified by photographic identification.
<br />(d) A local unit of government may impose an annual license fee for the retail sale of items authorized under
<br />paragraph (c). The annual license fee of each retail seller that is in the business of selling only the items
<br />authorized under paragraph (c) may not exceed $350, and the annual license of each other retail seller may
<br />not exceed $100. A local unit of government may not:
<br />(1) impose any fee or charge, other than the fee authorized by this paragraph, on the retail sale of items
<br />authorized under paragraph (c);
<br />(2) prohibit or restrict the display of items for permanent or temporary retail sale authorized under paragraph
<br />(c) that comply with National Fire Protection Association Standard 1124 (2003 edition); or
<br />(3) impose on a retail seller any financial guarantee requirements, including bonding or insurance
<br />provisions, containing restrictions or conditions not imposed on the same basis on all other business
<br />licensees.
<br />Subd. 2. As used in sections 624.20 to 624.25, the term "explosive fireworks" means any fireworks that
<br />contain pyrotechnic or flash powder, gunpowder, black powder, or any other explosive compound
<br />constructed to produce detonation or deflagration.
<br />HIST: 1941 c 125 s 1; 1988 c 584 s 2; 2002 c 350 s 1; 2003 c 128 art 15 s 6
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<br />624.21 Sale, possession, and use of fireworks prohibited.
<br />Except as otherwise provided in sections 624.20 to 624.25, it shall be unlawful for any person to offer for
<br />sale, expose for sale, sell at retail or wholesale, possess, advertise, use, or explode any fireworks. This
<br />section shall not be construed to prohibit the possession, use, or explosion of fireworks by an engineer
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