2002 Minnesota Statutes

     624.20 Fireworks. 

    Subdivision 1.  (a) As used in sections 624.20 to 624.25, 
 the term "fireworks" means any substance or combination of 
 substances or article prepared for the purpose of producing a 
 visible or an audible effect by combustion, explosion, 
 deflagration, or detonation, and includes blank cartridges, toy 
 cannons, and toy canes in which explosives are used, the type of 
 balloons which require fire underneath to propel them, 
 firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, daygo bombs, 
 sparklers other than those specified in paragraph (c), or other 
 fireworks of like construction, and any fireworks containing any 
 explosive or inflammable compound, or any tablets or other 
 device containing any explosive substance and commonly used as 
 fireworks.  

    (b) The term "fireworks" shall not include toy pistols, toy 
 guns, in which paper caps containing 25/100 grains or less of 
 explosive compound are used and toy pistol caps which contain 
 less than 20/100 grains of explosive mixture. 

    (c) The term also does not include wire or wood sparklers 
 of not more than 100 grams of mixture per item, other sparkling 
 items which are nonexplosive and nonaerial and contain 75 grams 
 or less of chemical mixture per tube or a total of 200 grams or 
 less for multiple tubes, snakes and glow worms, smoke devices, 
 or trick noisemakers which include paper streamers, party 
 poppers, string poppers, snappers, and drop pops, each 
 consisting of not more than twenty-five hundredths grains of 
 explosive mixture.  The use of items listed in this paragraph is 
 not permitted on public property.  This paragraph does not 
 authorize the purchase of items listed in it by persons younger 
 than 18 years of age.  The age of a purchaser of items listed in 
 this paragraph must be verified by photographic identification. 

    Subd. 2.  As used in sections 624.20 to 624.25, the term 
 "explosive fireworks" means any fireworks that contain 
 pyrotechnic or flash powder, gunpowder, black powder, or any 
 other explosive compound constructed to produce detonation or 
 deflagration. 

    HIST: 1941 c 125 s 1; 1988 c 584 s 2; 2002 c 350 s 1