Code of Alabama
Article 8 - Fireworks.
Section 8-17-218 - Sale, Use, etc., of Special Class B Commercial Type Ground Salutes.

All items of fireworks which exceed the two grain limit of D.O.T. Class C consumer fireworks as to explosive composition, such items being commonly referred to as "illegal ground salutes" designed to produce an audible effect, are expressly prohibited from shipment into, manufacture, possession, sale, and use within the State of Alabama for any purpose. This section shall not affect display fireworks authorized by this article.

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Title 8 - Commercial Law and Consumer Protection.

Chapter 17 - Regulation of Certain Goods and Products.

Article 8 - Fireworks.

Section 8-17-210 - Definitions.

Section 8-17-211 - Permit for Manufacture, Sale, etc., of Fireworks or Pyrotechnics for Use Before a Proximate Audience; Record of Sales; Enforcement.

Section 8-17-212 - Assignment and Utilization of Permit Numbers.

Section 8-17-213 - Requirement That Consignee Produce Permit, etc., Prior to Delivery, Sale, etc., of Fireworks; Requirement That Purchaser of Fireworks Obtain Proof That Seller Possesses Permit; Keeping of Records by Permit Holders.

Section 8-17-214 - Revocation of Permit for Reasons of Purchasing, Receiving, etc., Illegal Fireworks; Notice of Revocation; Refusal to Issue New Permit to Holder Whose Permit Is Cancelled or Revoked.

Section 8-17-215 - Effect of Article on State, County, and Municipal License Requirements; Requirement of Proof of Current and Valid Sales Tax Number.

Section 8-17-216 - Permits for Sale, Use, etc., of Special Fireworks for Public Displays.

Section 8-17-216.1 - Use of Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate Audience.

Section 8-17-217 - Permissible Items of Fireworks.

Section 8-17-218 - Sale, Use, etc., of Special Class B Commercial Type Ground Salutes.

Section 8-17-219 - Conformance of Permissible Items to Nomenclature of Section 8-17-217; Identification Marks on Items.

Section 8-17-220 - Authorization for Retail Sales of Permissible Items of Fireworks; Items for Which Special Fireworks Permit at No Time Required.

Section 8-17-221 - Requirements as to Storage, Display, etc., of Fireworks; Retail Sales of Fireworks From Tents, Motor Vehicles, etc.; Inspection by State Fire Marshal, etc., of Premises Where Fireworks Are to Be Stored or Sold.

Section 8-17-222 - Sale, etc., of Fireworks to Persons Under 16 or Intoxicated or Irresponsible Persons; Display of Identification by Persons Purchasing Fireworks; Acts Constituting Unlawful Explosion or Ignition of Fireworks.

Section 8-17-223 - Applicability of Article.

Section 8-17-224 - Penalty.

Section 8-17-225 - Authority of State Fire Marshal to Seize and Destroy Illegal Fireworks.

Section 8-17-226 - Effect of Article on Validity of City Ordinances.