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Tennessee Allowed Firework Types (2026)
Permitted: Tennessee allows full consumer 1.4G fireworks where they are not locally banned — including aerials, firecrackers, Roman candles, fountains and sparklers — if State Fire Marshal–approved.
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Allowed Firework Types in states bordering Tennessee
The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.
- AlabamaPermitted
Alabama permits the full 1.4G consumer line, including aerials and firecrackers — bottle rockets and sky rockets, Roman candles, aerial devices, fountains, sparklers, and novelties. Illegal ground salutes and Class B remain banned.
Verified May 31, 2026 · Source: firemarshal.alabama.gov · Full Alabama rule →
- ArkansasPermitted
Arkansas permits the full 1.4G consumer line, including aerials and firecrackers — bottle rockets, Roman candles, firecrackers, fountains, sparklers, and novelties (Ark. Code 20-22-701 et seq.).
Verified May 31, 2026 · Source: dps.arkansas.gov · Full Arkansas rule →
- GeorgiaPermitted
Georgia permits full 1.4G consumer fireworks (aerials, firecrackers, Roman candles, etc.), but use is banned indoors and within the right-of-way of any public road, street, highway, or railroad.
Verified Jul 30, 2026 · Source: rules.sos.ga.gov · Full Georgia rule →
- KentuckyPermitted
Kentucky permits the full consumer-grade line: aerials (sky rockets, bottle rockets, Roman candles, aerial spinners, mines and shells) and firecrackers, plus ground and handheld devices, and novelties (KRS 227.702).
Verified May 31, 2026 · Source: apps.legislature.ky.gov · Full Kentucky rule →
- MississippiConditional
In Mississippi only "common fireworks" are legal: Miss. Code § 45-13-1 still uses the older Interstate Commerce Commission "Class C common fireworks" label and requires any item designed to produce an audible effect to contain an explosive composition not exceeding two (2) grains — "safe and sane" items such as cone fountains, small Chinese crackers, and small non-explosive Roman candles and rockets. …
Verified Jul 30, 2026 · Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us · Full Mississippi rule →
- MissouriPermitted
Missouri allows the full consumer line: aerials (shells, Roman candles, rockets), firecrackers, and ground, handheld and novelty items meeting the APA 87-1A standard. Prohibited: cherry bombs, M-80s, M-100s, M-1000s and other oversized salutes (RSMo 320.136).
Verified May 31, 2026 · Source: revisor.mo.gov · Full Missouri rule →
- North CarolinaRestricted
In North Carolina only "sparkling devices" and "novelties" — ground and handheld sparklers, fountains, snaps, party poppers, snakes, glow worms, smoke devices — that do not rise, fire projectiles, or explode are legal. Firecrackers and any aerial device are prohibited.
Verified May 31, 2026 · Source: ncleg.gov · Full North Carolina rule →
- VirginiaRestricted
Virginia permits sparklers, fountains, Pharaoh's serpents, pinwheels/whirligigs, and caps statewide. Prohibited: firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles and any device that explodes, rises, or fires a projectile.
Verified May 31, 2026 · Source: law.lis.virginia.gov · Full Virginia rule →
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