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Washington statewide rule

Washington allows state-legal consumer fireworks only on set dates and hours (RCW 70.77.395), but cities and counties may limit or prohibit their sale, purchase, possession and use, so check the local rule before buying or lighting them. Possessing fireworks in violation of the chapter is a misdemeanor, or a gross misdemeanor at 1 pound or more (RCW 70.77.485).

§ app.leg.wa.gov
Verified Oct 27, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“It is unlawful to possess any class or kind of fireworks in violation of this chapter.”

Read on Oct 27, 2026 from app.leg.wa.gov.

Checked once · Oct 27, 2026

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Washington's consumer fireworks are CPSC-compliant devices, including ground devices with 50 mg or less and aerial devices with 130 mg or less of explosive material (RCW 70.77.136). Sky rockets, missile-type rockets, firecrackers, salutes and chasers may not be sold to the public as consumer fireworks (RCW 70.77.401), and local ordinances can ban all fireworks.

§ app.leg.wa.govVerified Oct 27, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“No fireworks may be sold or offered for sale to the public as consumer fireworks which are classified as sky rockets, or missile-type rockets, firecrackers, salutes, or chasers”

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Washington state law allows discharge from noon to 11 p.m. on June 28, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. June 29 to July 3, 9 a.m. to midnight on July 4, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on July 5, and from 6 p.m. on December 31 to 1 a.m. on January 1 (RCW 70.77.395). Cities and counties may limit or ban fireworks, and a stricter local ordinance takes effect no sooner than 1 year after it is adopted (RCW 70.77.250).

§ app.leg.wa.govVerified Oct 27, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and eleven o'clock p.m. on July 5th, and from six o'clock p.m. on December 31st until one o'clock a.m. on January 1st of the subsequent year”

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In Washington no licensee may sell fireworks to anyone under 16 (RCW 70.77.515). Consumer fireworks may be sold only at the fixed place of business of a retailer holding a state license and local permit, and a city or county may limit or prohibit their sale, possession or use.

§ app.leg.wa.govVerified Oct 27, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“No licensee may sell any fireworks to any person under the age of sixteen.”

Read on Oct 27, 2026 from app.leg.wa.gov.

Checked once · Oct 27, 2026

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In Washington consumer fireworks may be sold only at a licensed and permitted retailer's fixed place of business (RCW 70.77.515), from June 28 to July 5 and December 27 to 31 within set hours (RCW 70.77.395). Cities and counties may restrict or ban sales and use, so verify the local rule before buying.

§ app.leg.wa.govVerified Oct 27, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“from twelve o'clock noon to eleven o'clock p.m. on each day from the twenty-seventh of December through the thirty-first of December of each year”

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In Washington no license or permit is needed to possess or use consumer fireworks lawfully bought at retail (RCW 70.77.255), within the state's July and New Year's windows. Retailers need both a state license and a local permit, and cities and counties may ban consumer fireworks entirely, so check the local rule.

§ app.leg.wa.govVerified Oct 27, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“No license or permit is required for the possession or use of consumer fireworks lawfully purchased at retail.”

Read on Oct 27, 2026 from app.leg.wa.gov.

Checked once · Oct 27, 2026

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