Permitted
Georgia permits full 1.4G consumer fireworks (aerials, firecrackers, Roman candles, etc.), but use is banned indoors and within the right-of-way of any public road, street, highway, or railroad.
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Permitted
Georgia statewide rule
Consumer fireworks are legal to buy and use statewide in Georgia (legal since July 1, 2015), but only within set hours. Use is allowed any day from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and until 11:59 p.m. where no local noise ordinance prohibits it; on January 1, July 3, July 4 and December 31 use is allowed until 11:59 p.m., and until 1:00 a.m. on January 1 (O.C.G.A. § 25-10-2). A county or city may also ban use within 200 yards of a facility housing equines (HB 614, eff. July 1, 2025), and causing injury or property damage with fireworks is a separate offense (SB 417, 2024).
§ oci.georgia.gov
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Conditional
In Georgia, consumer fireworks may be used on any day between 10:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m., but a county or city noise ordinance can cut that window short (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 120-3-22-.13). On January 1, the last Saturday and Sunday in May, July 3, July 4, the first Monday in September and December 31, local noise ordinances do not apply — and on January 1 use is also allowed from midnight to 1:00 a.m. Use is unlawful indoors or within the right of way of a public road, street, highway or railroad.
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In Georgia you must be 18 or older to buy consumer fireworks, and selling to anyone under 18 is unlawful. Licensed distributors (stores, stands and tents) sell them.
Permitted
In Georgia you can buy the full consumer fireworks line year-round, at licensed retailers and seasonal stands.
Conditional
Georgia requires no state permit to buy or set off consumer fireworks, but a county or city may require its own special use permit (fee up to $100) for everyday use and for any use in its parks (O.C.G.A. 25-10-2(b)(3)(B)(i), (C)(v), (D)). Consumer fireworks may be used any day from 10 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., subject to local noise ordinances, and from midnight to 1 a.m. on January 1; never indoors, on a road or railroad right of way, within 100 yards of a power plant, water or sewage plant, gas station with large fuel storage, substation, jail, airport, hospital or nursing home, or while impaired. You must be 18 to buy them, in person with ID. When the drought index reaches 700 in a county, the Governor may ban their use there.
“provided, however, that a county or municipal corporation may additionally require the issuance of a special use permit pursuant to subparagraph (D) of this paragraph for use or ignition”
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