Oklahoma: Are fireworks legal?
Oklahoma allows consumer fireworks, including aerial ones, and a 2026 law permits year-round sales and makes bottle rockets legal.
State law says consumer fireworks may be stored, sold and used, subject to conditions such as no sales to children under 12 without an adult and no use within 500 feet of churches, hospitals and schools. Senate Bill 1948, the Rocket's Red Glare Act (2026), ended the old June 15 to July 6 and December 15 to January 2 retail windows and repealed the 1981 ban on bottle rockets and stick rockets. Counties may not ban private, noncommercial use on private property unless a county burn ban or red flag fire conditions apply. Cities and towns keep full power to restrict or ban fireworks.
Conditions
- No sales to children under 12 unless accompanied by an adult
- No use within 500 feet of a church, hospital, asylum, public school, fireworks sales or storage site, or unharvested flammable crop
- Must notify the local fire department before lighting under the county-protected conditions
- City and town ordinances may restrict or ban
What the law says
Section 1623. A. Consumer fireworks may be legally stored, transported, sold, and used in this state with the exceptions and conditions specified under the provisions of Section 1621 et seq. of this title and consistent with Section 22-110 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma Statutes. ... H. No county shall prohibit a private outdoor consumer fireworks for a noncommercial purpose, provided that: 1. Such display is located on private property; 2. No county burn ban is in effect as provided for in Section 16-26 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and 3. There are no red flag fire warnings in effect
Sources
- Enrolled SB 1948 (2026), amending 68 O.S. §§ 1623, 1624 Official · oklegislature.gov
- Oklahoma State Fire Marshal press release, June 3, 2026 Official · oklahoma.gov
- Enrolled SB 635 (2019), prior text of 68 O.S. § 1623 Official · oklegislature.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Oklahoma State Fire Marshal
- Phone
- 405-522-5005
- Website
- oklahoma.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arkansas Aerial fireworks allowedArkansas allows Class C consumer fireworks, including Roman candles, sky rockets, aerial shells and firecrackers, during two state-set seasons.
- Colorado Sparklers and ground fireworks onlyColorado allows fountains, sparklers, wheels and similar 'permissible fireworks,' but bans aerial devices and firecrackers.
- 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.
- New Mexico Aerial fireworks allowedNew Mexico lets the public buy and use consumer fireworks, including aerial items and firecrackers, though cities and counties may ban those two groups.
- Texas Aerial fireworks allowedTexas allows the public to buy consumer (1.4G) fireworks, including aerial items, from licensed retailers during set sale periods.