Utah: Are fireworks legal?
Utah allows aerial cakes up to 500 grams and other common consumer fireworks, but bans firecrackers, bottle rockets, Roman candles and aerial shells.
Utah bans a list of 'dangerous' 1.4G items for private use: firecrackers, skyrockets, missiles, bottle rockets, Roman candles, single-shot or reloadable aerial shells, and cakes over 500 grams. Other consumer fireworks, including multi-tube aerial cakes of 500 grams or less, are legal. Use is allowed only July 2-5 and July 22-25 (11 a.m. to 11 p.m., until midnight on July 4 and 24), New Year's Eve, January 1 and Chinese New Year's eve. Cities may ban use in mapped hazardous areas, and the state forester may close lands.
Conditions
- No firecrackers, bottle rockets, Roman candles, skyrockets, aerial shells or cakes over 500 grams
- Use only July 2-5, July 22-25, New Year's Eve and Day, and Chinese New Year's eve, at set hours
- Sales only June 24 to July 25, December 29-31, and around Chinese New Year
- No use in mapped hazardous areas closed by cities or the state forester
What the law says
Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a division 1.4G dangerous explosive may not be possessed, discharged, sold, or offered for retail sale. ... "Division 1.4G dangerous explosive" means a division 1.4G explosive that is: (i) a firecracker, cannon cracker, ground salute, M-80, cherry bomb, or other similar explosive; (ii) (A) a skyrocket; (B) a missile type rocket; (C) a single shot or reloadable aerial shell; or (D) a rocket similar to an item described in Subsection (6)(a)(ii)(A), (B), or (C), including an aerial salute, a flash shell, a comet, a mine, or a cake containing more than 500 grams of pyrotechnic composition; or (iii) (A) a bottle rocket; (B) a roman candle; (C) a rocket mounted on a wire or stick; or (D) a device containing a rocket described in this Subsection (6)(a)(iii).
Sources
- Utah Code 53-7-222 Official · le.utah.gov
- Utah Code 53-7-202 Official · le.utah.gov
- Utah Code 53-7-225 (effective 5/7/2025) Official · le.utah.gov
- Utah H.B. 333 (2024), enrolled Official · le.utah.gov
- Utah S.B. 103 (2025), introduced Official · le.utah.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Utah State Fire Marshal's Office, Department of Public Safety
- Phone
- 801-256-2390
- Website
- firemarshal.utah.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arizona Sparklers and ground fireworks onlyArizona allows sparklers, fountains and other ground devices, but bans aerial and exploding fireworks such as firecrackers, bottle rockets and Roman candles.
- Colorado Sparklers and ground fireworks onlyColorado allows fountains, sparklers, wheels and similar 'permissible fireworks,' but bans aerial devices and firecrackers.
- Idaho Sparklers and ground fireworks onlyIdaho allows only nonaerial fireworks such as fountains, sparklers and ground spinners; aerial fireworks and firecrackers require a local event permit.
- Nevada UnclearNevada has no statewide list of allowed consumer fireworks, so counties and cities decide and rules vary widely.
- 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.
- Wyoming Aerial fireworks allowedWyoming allows federally approved consumer fireworks, including aerial ones, unless a county or city bans them.