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Conditional
Florida statewide rule

Fireworks may be used statewide in Florida on three designated holidays only — January 1, July 4 and December 31 (Fla. Stat. § 791.08, created 2020). On other days chapter 791 makes it unlawful to sell at retail, use or explode fireworks except under its narrow exemptions, such as permitted public displays and the agricultural and fish-hatchery bird-scaring exemption (§ 791.07). Local governments may still regulate fireworks use, and a recorded HOA declaration may restrict it — though an HOA board may not adopt rules abrogating holiday use.

§ flsenate.gov
Verified Oct 28, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“This chapter does not prohibit the use of fireworks solely and exclusively during a designated holiday. History. — s. 1, ch. 2020-11.”

Read on Oct 28, 2026 from flsenate.gov.

Checked once · Oct 28, 2026

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Permitted

On Florida's three designated holidays — January 1, July 4 and December 31 — chapter 791 does not prohibit using fireworks, a term that includes firecrackers, skyrockets and Roman candles (Fla. Stat. §§ 791.01, 791.08). Division-approved sparklers are not "fireworks" under the chapter, and snakes, smoke devices, party poppers and the other listed novelties may be sold and used at all times. A sparkler the State Fire Marshal has not approved counts as fireworks.

§ flsenate.govVerified Oct 28, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
““Fireworks” does not include sparklers approved by the division pursuant to s. 791.013 ... Any sparkler that is not approved by the division is classified as fireworks.”

Read on Oct 28, 2026 from flsenate.gov.

Checked once · Oct 28, 2026

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Conditional

In Florida, fireworks may be used only on January 1, July 4 and December 31 (Fla. Stat. § 791.08); the statute sets no hours of use. The holiday exemption covers use, not sale. Local governments may still regulate fireworks use, and HOA boards cannot adopt rules abrogating use on the three holidays.

§ flsenate.govVerified Oct 28, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
““designated holiday” means: (a) New Year’s Day, January 1; (b) Independence Day, July 4; or (c) New Year’s Eve, December 31. [ch. 791 All: 0 hits "June 28", 0 "December 29", 0 "hour"]”

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Info

In Florida you must be 18 or older to buy consumer fireworks; the year-round "sparkler"/novelty items have no purchase-age limit in statute, though retailers commonly sell them only to people 18 and older. Licensed retailers and seasonal stands sell them.

§ flsenate.govVerified May 31, 2026Reviewed

Conditional

Florida law makes it unlawful to sell fireworks at retail except as chapter 791 provides (Fla. Stat. § 791.02(1)); the holiday exemption in § 791.08 covers use, not sale. Division-approved sparklers are sold by retailers and by seasonal retailers (the statute's seasonal window is June 20–July 5 and December 10–January 2), and the listed novelties may be sold at all times. Buying fireworks does not make use outside January 1, July 4 and December 31 legal.

§ flsenate.govVerified Oct 28, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
““Seasonal retailer” means any person engaged in the business of selling sparklers at retail in this state from June 20 through July 5 and from December 10 through January 2 of each year.”

Read on Oct 28, 2026 from flsenate.gov.

Checked once · Oct 28, 2026

Permitted

Florida law has no consumer permit for using fireworks on the three designated holidays (Fla. Stat. § 791.08). Outside those days, the permits in chapter 791 are for supervised public displays, granted by the county or municipality on a written application at least 15 days ahead (§ 791.02); otherwise selling, using or exploding fireworks is unlawful except under the chapter's exemptions.

§ flsenate.govVerified Oct 28, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“it is unlawful for any person, firm, copartnership, or corporation to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any fireworks”

Read on Oct 28, 2026 from flsenate.gov.

Checked once · Oct 28, 2026

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