ORS 480.120: Sale, possession and use of fireworks prohibited; exceptions; enforcement.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) No person shall sell, keep or offer for sale, expose for sale, possess, use, explode or have exploded any fireworks within Oregon, except as follows: (a) Sales by manufacturers and wholesalers to customers residing outside this state in accordance with ORS 480.156; (b) Sales to persons or organizations having obtained a permit from the State Fire Marshal for supervised public display; (c) Sales to railroads, boats, motor vehicle or other transportation agencies, to be used for signal, warning or illumination purposes in connection with such business; (d) Sale or use of blank cartridges for licensed shows or theaters or for signal or ceremonial purposes in athletics or sports; (e) Experimental purposes by a manufacturer of explosives at such places where such experiments are normally conducted; (f) Sale of blank cartridges for use by the militia or any organization of war veterans or other organization authorized by law to parade in public a color guard armed with firearms; (g) Sale of shells, cartridges, gunpowder or explosives for use in legally permitted firearms; (h) Sales of items described in ORS 480.127 to persons who possess the retail sales permit required by ORS 480.127 by a person who holds a manufacturer or wholesaler license issued pursuant to ORS 480.111 to 480.165; or (i) Sales of items described in ORS 480.127 to individual members of the general public for personal use by taking direct delivery of those items at the time of sale from the holder of a retail sale permit issued pursuant to ORS 480.127. (2) Law enforcement officers of the state, county or municipality shall enforce the provisions of ORS 480.111 to 480.165. [Amended by 1983 c.788 §1; 1985 c.789 §1]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 837-012-0305: Purpose and Scope—Pest Control Fireworks in Oregon — implements
- OAR 837-012-0310: Pest Control Fireworks Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0315: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0320: Storage of Pest Control Fireworks — implements
- OAR 837-012-0325: Permits-Denial, Suspension, Revocation — implements
- OAR 837-012-0330: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0500: Purpose and Scope—Wholesale Sales and Storage of Fireworks in Oregon — implements
- OAR 837-012-0505: Effective Dates — implements
- OAR 837-012-0510: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0515: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0520: Wholesale Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0535: Denial, Suspension and/or Revocation of Wholesale Permit — implements
- OAR 837-012-0540: Wholesale Sites Located in Oregon — implements
- OAR 837-012-0545: Sales and Records — General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0550: Sales to Out-of-State Residents by In-State Wholesalers — implements
- OAR 837-012-0555: Prohibited Acts and Limitations — implements
- OAR 837-012-0560: Civil and Criminal Enforcement Actions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0565: Transportation — implements
- OAR 837-012-0570: Hazardous Materials Reporting for Wholesalers with Oregon Storage Sites — implements
- OAR 837-012-0610: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0615: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0625: Retail Permit Fees — implements
- OAR 837-012-0630: Issuance of Retail Permits — implements
- OAR 837-012-0635: Purchase of Retail Fireworks by Retail Permit Holder — implements
- OAR 837-012-0645: Sales and Storage of Retail Fireworks — implements
- OAR 837-012-0700: Purpose and Scope—Display of Fireworks in Oregon — implements
- OAR 837-012-0710: Effective Dates — implements
- OAR 837-012-0720: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0730: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0740: Display Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0750: Display Permit Application Fees — implements
- OAR 837-012-0760: Issuance of Display Permits — implements
- OAR 837-012-0770: Operator Certificate Applications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0780: Operator and Assistant Qualifications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0790: Issuance of Operator Certificate — implements
- OAR 837-012-0800: Renewal of Operator Certificate — implements
- OAR 837-012-0810: Training Course Instructor — implements
- OAR 837-012-0820: Pyrotechnician Training Course Requirements — implements
- OAR 837-012-0830: Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Display Permit or General or Limited Operator Certificate — implements
- OAR 837-012-0835: Purchase, Transportation and Storage of Display Fireworks — implements
- OAR 837-012-0840: Selection of Display Site and Set Up — implements
- OAR 837-012-0850: Construction of Fireworks Aerial Shells — implements
- OAR 837-012-0855: Barge Requirements — implements
- OAR 837-012-0860: Operation of Fireworks Display — implements
- OAR 837-012-0865: Operations for Barge Displays — implements
- OAR 837-012-0870: Loading and Firing of Shells — implements
- OAR 837-012-0875: Mortar Racks for Barge Displays — implements
- OAR 837-012-0880: Ground Display Fireworks — implements
- OAR 837-012-0890: Site Clean-Up — implements
- OAR 837-012-0900: Transportation and Storage — implements
- OAR 837-012-0910: Prohibited Acts and Limitations — implements
- OAR 837-012-0920: Records Keeping — implements
- OAR 837-012-0940: Civil and Criminal Enforcement Actions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0950: Insurance Requirements — implements
- OAR 837-012-0960: Fire Protection — implements
- OAR 837-012-0970: Reports for General Displays — implements
- OAR 837-012-1000: Authority and Application—Fireworks Citations and Civil Penalty Assessments — implements
- OAR 837-012-1010: Purpose and Scope — implements
- OAR 837-012-1020: Effective Dates — implements
- OAR 837-012-1030: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-1040: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-1050: Violation Types, Instances, and Penalty Assessments — implements
- OAR 837-012-1060: Issuance of Civil Penalty Citation and Forwarding to the Office of State Fire Marshal — implements
- OAR 837-012-1070: Hearings — implements
- OAR 837-012-1080: Informal Conference — implements
- OAR 837-012-1090: Formal Hearing — implements
- OAR 837-012-1100: Penalty Adjustments — implements
- OAR 837-012-1110: Judicial Review — implements
- OAR 837-012-1120: Payment of Civil Penalty — implements
- OAR 837-012-1130: Type I Violations — implements
- OAR 837-012-1140: Type II Violations — implements
- OAR 837-012-1150: Type III Violations — implements
- OAR 837-012-1160: Type IV Violations — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 480.156 — resolved
- ORS 480.127 — resolved
- ORS 480.111 — resolved
- 480.165 — resolved
Cited by
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors480.html