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On July 4, Georgia residents can shoot off fireworks until 11:59 PM unless a city or county has adopted a noise ordinance that address fireworks.

Fireworks are allowed statewide until 1 AM on New Year’s Day, and until 11:59 p.m. the Saturday and Sunday before Memorial Day, July 3, July 4, Labor Day and New Year’s Eve.

  • For roughly the past decade, Georgia has allowed the sale of sparklers, small fountains and other non-explosive fireworks. But, in 2016, a state law allowed bottle rockets, firecrackers, Roman candles and other fireworks are available for sale in the state.
  • A person must be 18 years old or or older in order to purchase fireworks in Georgia. No one under 16 may hold or use fireworks, according to the law. Individuals aged 16 to 17 years may be in possession of fireworks only when serving as an assistant to a licensed distributor or certain not-for-profit organizations, and they cannot at any time transport fireworks on interstate highways.
  • Fireworks may not be fired on roads or highways, or within 100 yards of a hospital, nursing home or prison.
  • They may not be used in a park, historic site, recreational area or other property owned by the city or county unless special permission has been granted.
  • Fireworks can’t legally be set off by anyone under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
  • They can’t be fired indoors, or within 100 yards of a nuclear power facility, gas station, electric plant, water treatment plant, waste-water treatment plant, any public or private substation.

These fireworks are legal to purchase and use across Georgia, according to a state website:

  • Bottle Rockets
  • Sky Rockets
  • Roman Candles
  • Firecrackers
  • Sparklers
  • Smoke and Punk
  • Fountains
  • Missiles
  • Novelties
  • Crackle and Strobe
  • Parachutes
  • Wheels and Spinners
  • Sky Flyers
  • Display Shells
  • Aerial Items (Cakes)