Code of Alabama
Article 8 - Fireworks.
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.

It shall be unlawful to offer for sale or to sell any fireworks to children under the age of 16 years unless accompanied by an adult or to any intoxicated or irresponsible person. Any person purchasing fireworks shall be required to show a valid driver's license or state approved identification card. It shall be unlawful to explode or ignite fireworks within 600 feet of any church, hospital, asylum, public school, any enclosed building, or within 200 feet of where fireworks are stored, sold, or offered for sale. No person shall ignite or discharge any permissible articles of fireworks within or throw the same from a motor vehicle while within nor shall any person place or throw any ignited article of fireworks into or at such a motor vehicle, or at or near any person or group of people.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

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.