Utah Fireworks

Utah permits consumer 1.4G "common state approved" fireworks — fountains, ground spinners, sparklers, and aerial cakes and multi-shot devices of up to 500 grams. Prohibited "dangerous" fireworks: firecrackers, cherry bombs and M-80s, bottle rockets, Roman candles, skyrockets and missile rockets, single-shot or reloadable aerial shells, mines, and cakes over 500 grams (Utah Code 53-7-202(6), 53-7-222, 53-7-226).

In Utah, you may discharge consumer fireworks only July 2 to 5 and July 22 to 25, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (to midnight on July 4 and July 24); from 11 a.m. on December 31 to 1 a.m. on January 1; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on January 1; and from 11 a.m. on Chinese New Year's Eve to 1 a.m. the next day (Utah Code 53-7-225(3)). Discharge outside those times, or in an area a city or the state forester has closed for wildfire hazard, is an infraction with a fine of up to $1,000 (53-7-225(4)).

Utah has no statewide minimum-age statute in its fireworks act, though retailers and localities may limit sales to adults. Licensed retailers sell them seasonally, typically in late June and December. Aerials that are legal in Utah may still be banned in restricted areas, regardless of where they were bought.

In Utah, no personal permit is needed to set off consumer fireworks, but use is limited to the statutory dates and hours and is prohibited in hazardous wildfire areas that a city or the state forester closes (Utah Code 53-7-225(3)-(5)). A local government may require a permit to sell or store them (53-7-226(5)).