MICHIGAN — If you’re planning a do-it-yourself fireworks display to celebrate the 4th of July this year, knowing Michigan’s law on consumer fireworks is Step. 1.

Fireworks laws have been greatly deregulated since the turn of the century. Some types of fireworks are legal everywhere, except in Massachusetts, where it’s illegal to buy or sell consumer fireworks, or bring them in from states where they are legal. Many states allow the setting off of fireworks in the days before and after major holidays.

Michigan is among them.

The Michigan Fireworks Safety Act of 2011 allows the sale and use of consumer-grade fireworks in Michigan. The law was amended in 2018 to give local government entities, including villages, townships, and cities, the right to restrict the days and times residents can use consumer fireworks through the usage of a local ordinance.

State law requires the usage of fireworks to be allowed after 11 a.m. on these days:

• Dec. 31 until 1:00 a.m. on Jan. 1
• The Saturday and Sunday before Memorial Day, until 11:45 p.m.
• June 29 to July 4, until 11:45 p.m.
• July 5, if it falls on a Friday or Saturday, until 11:45 p.m.
• The Saturday and Sunday before Labor Day, until 11:45 p.m.

Michigan law requires that consumer-grade fireworks only be ignited from personal property. It is illegal to ignite fireworks on public property (including streets and sidewalks), school property, church property, or another person’s property without their express permission.

It is also illegal to set off fireworks while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs.

When fire-related incidents involve consumer, low impact, or illegal fireworks resulting in property damage, injury or death of another person, individuals are subject to a misdemeanor or felony punishable by imprisonment of not more than five years and fines of up to $10,000 or both.

The strictest fireworks laws are in California, according to a map and list of state fireworks laws curated by Reader’s Digest. The law allows a limited window for fireworks use, from noon on June 28 through noon July 6, and restricts their use to people 16 and older.

Legal fireworks are ground and handheld sparkling devices, cylindrical and cone fountains, wheel and ground spinners, illuminating torches, and certain flitter sparklers. Prohibited fireworks are firecrackers, Roman candles, chasers, wire and wooden stick sparklers, and skyrockets.

Source: https://patch.com/michigan/across-mi/4th-july-2023-fireworks-laws-what-s-legal-mi