Nebraska: Are fireworks legal?
Nebraska allows 1.4G consumer fireworks, including aerial items, but bans wire sparklers and limits retail sales to dates around July 4 and New Year's.
Nebraska law says 1.4G fireworks count as consumer fireworks, the only kind a private person may have or set off. Unusually, wire sparklers are excluded, which makes them illegal. Retail sales are allowed only from June 24 to July 5 and from December 28 to January 1, by licensed sellers. Only licensed distributors and jobbers may bring fireworks into the state. Retail sales are banned outside incorporated cities and villages, which may regulate fireworks. That aerial items are legal is inferred from the 1.4G definition, which state law doesn't spell out item by item.
Conditions
- Retail sales only June 24 to July 5 and December 28 to January 1
- Wire sparklers are not legal consumer fireworks
- Only licensed distributors or jobbers may bring fireworks into the state
What the law says
1.4G explosives shall be considered consumer fireworks. ... Consumer fireworks does not include: (i) Wire sparklers; ... it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, bring into this state, or discharge any fireworks other than consumer fireworks.
Sources
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1241 (definitions) Official · nebraskalegislature.gov
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1244 (unlawful acts) Official · nebraskalegislature.gov
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1249 (sale dates) Official · nebraskalegislature.gov
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1248 (importation) Official · nebraskalegislature.gov
- Nebraska State Fire Marshal: Retail Stands Official · sfm.nebraska.gov
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1249 Official · nebraskalegislature.gov
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-227 Official · nebraskalegislature.gov
- Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-556 Official · nebraskalegislature.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Nebraska State Fire Marshal
- Phone
- 402-471-2027
- Website
- sfm.nebraska.gov
How bordering states compare
- Colorado Sparklers and ground fireworks onlyColorado allows fountains, sparklers, wheels and similar 'permissible fireworks,' but bans aerial devices and firecrackers.
- Iowa Aerial fireworks allowedIowa allows adults 18 and older to buy and use consumer fireworks, including aerial ones, during set summer and winter periods.
- Kansas Aerial fireworks allowedKansas allows consumer fireworks, including aerial items, but bans bottle rockets statewide; cities and counties set use times and can ban fireworks.
- Missouri Aerial fireworks allowedMissouri allows consumer fireworks, including aerial devices, with seasonal sales around July 4 and New Year's.
- South Dakota Aerial fireworks allowedSouth Dakota allows the full range of consumer fireworks, but only during set summer and New Year's periods.
- Wyoming Aerial fireworks allowedWyoming allows federally approved consumer fireworks, including aerial ones, unless a county or city bans them.