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

The State Fire Marshal shall seize as contraband any fireworks other than the permitted "Class C Consumer Fireworks" and related items defined in Section 8-17-217 or "special fireworks" for public displays as provided in Section 8-17-216, which are sold, displayed, used, or possessed in violation of this article. The State Fire Marshal may destroy any illegal fireworks so seized.

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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.