ORS 480.150: Permits for fireworks sales or displays; rules; security.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The State Fire Marshal may adopt reasonable rules for granting permits for supervised public displays or sales of fireworks by municipalities, fair associations, amusement parks, and other persons, organizations or groups of individuals. The governing body of any municipality, or of any county, may require liability insurance, or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution as defined in ORS 706.008 or other form of indemnity deemed adequate by the municipality, or the county, from any person, in a sum not less than $500, conditioned for payment of all damages which may be caused either to a person or property by reason of the authorized display or sale and arising from any acts of any person or agents, employees or subcontractors of the person. At the time a permit is revoked, the State Fire Marshal or approving authority may include in the revocation order a provision prohibiting the holder of the revoked permit from applying for or obtaining another such permit, for a period not to exceed three years from the revocation date, if the State Fire Marshal or approving authority finds that the circumstances of the permit holder’s failure to comply with applicable sale or display statutes and regulations presented a significant fire hazard or other public safety danger. (2) The State Fire Marshal or the approving authority of any governmental subdivision may revoke permits for display or sale of fireworks when in the opinion of the State Fire Marshal or the approving authority the sale or display of fireworks is not in compliance with applicable statutes and regulations governing such sale or displays. (3) Permit fees required by ORS 480.130 shall not be refunded in the event such permits are revoked. [Amended by 1967 c.417 §25; 1983 c.788 §4; 1985 c.789 §3; 1991 c.331 §72; 1997 c.631 §483; 2013 c.24 §5]
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 837-012-0710: Effective Dates — authority
- OAR 837-012-0720: Definitions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0720: Definitions — authority
- OAR 837-012-0730: General — implements
- OAR 837-012-0730: General — authority
- OAR 837-012-0740: Display Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0740: Display Permit Applications — authority
- OAR 837-012-0750: Display Permit Application Fees — implements
- OAR 837-012-0750: Display Permit Application Fees — authority
- OAR 837-012-0760: Issuance of Display Permits — implements
- OAR 837-012-0760: Issuance of Display Permits — authority
- OAR 837-012-0770: Operator Certificate Applications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0770: Operator Certificate Applications — authority
- OAR 837-012-0780: Operator and Assistant Qualifications — implements
- OAR 837-012-0780: Operator and Assistant Qualifications — authority
- OAR 837-012-0790: Issuance of Operator Certificate — implements
- OAR 837-012-0790: Issuance of Operator Certificate — authority
- OAR 837-012-0800: Renewal of Operator Certificate — implements
- OAR 837-012-0800: Renewal of Operator Certificate — authority
- OAR 837-012-0810: Training Course Instructor — implements
- OAR 837-012-0810: Training Course Instructor — authority
- OAR 837-012-0820: Pyrotechnician Training Course Requirements — implements
- OAR 837-012-0820: Pyrotechnician Training Course Requirements — authority
- OAR 837-012-0830: Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Display Permit or General or Limited Operator Certificate — implements
- OAR 837-012-0830: Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Display Permit or General or Limited Operator Certificate — authority
- 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 837-012-0840: Selection of Display Site and Set Up — authority
- OAR 837-012-0850: Construction of Fireworks Aerial Shells — implements
- OAR 837-012-0850: Construction of Fireworks Aerial Shells — authority
- OAR 837-012-0855: Barge Requirements — implements
- OAR 837-012-0860: Operation of Fireworks Display — implements
- OAR 837-012-0860: Operation of Fireworks Display — authority
- OAR 837-012-0865: Operations for Barge Displays — implements
- OAR 837-012-0870: Loading and Firing of Shells — implements
- OAR 837-012-0870: Loading and Firing of Shells — authority
- OAR 837-012-0875: Mortar Racks for Barge Displays — implements
- OAR 837-012-0880: Ground Display Fireworks — implements
- OAR 837-012-0880: Ground Display Fireworks — authority
- OAR 837-012-0890: Site Clean-Up — implements
- OAR 837-012-0890: Site Clean-Up — authority
- OAR 837-012-0900: Transportation and Storage — implements
- OAR 837-012-0900: Transportation and Storage — authority
- OAR 837-012-0910: Prohibited Acts and Limitations — implements
- OAR 837-012-0910: Prohibited Acts and Limitations — authority
- OAR 837-012-0920: Records Keeping — implements
- OAR 837-012-0920: Records Keeping — authority
- OAR 837-012-0940: Civil and Criminal Enforcement Actions — implements
- OAR 837-012-0940: Civil and Criminal Enforcement Actions — authority
- OAR 837-012-0950: Insurance Requirements — implements
- OAR 837-012-0950: Insurance Requirements — authority
- OAR 837-012-0960: Fire Protection — implements
- OAR 837-012-0960: Fire Protection — authority
- OAR 837-012-0970: Reports for General Displays — implements
- OAR 837-012-0970: Reports for General Displays — authority
- 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 706.008 — resolved
- ORS 480.130 — resolved
Cited by
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors480.html