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Delaware Consumer Fireworks (2026)

Restricted: Delaware bans most consumer fireworks — anything aerial or explosive is illegal.

RestrictedVerified Jul 27, 2026

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Delaware bans most consumer fireworks — anything aerial or explosive is illegal. Only ground-based, non-aerial sparkling devices, wire or stick sparklers (100 g or less), snakes, smoke devices and trick noisemakers are allowed, and only on four days a year: July 4, the third day of Diwali, December 31 and January 1. Sales are limited to buyers 18 and older during the 30 days before and including each day of allowed use (16 Del. C. § 6901).

Official source: delcode.delaware.gov →

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Consumer Fireworks in states bordering Delaware

The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.

MarylandConditional
In Maryland, only gold-labeled sparklers, novelty items (party poppers, snap pops, snakes) and non-aerial, non-explosive ground-based sparkling devices are legal statewide; aerial and explosive fireworks — firecrackers, Roman candles, bottle rockets, mortars — are banned. …
Verified Jul 27, 2026 · Source: firemarshal.maryland.gov · Full Maryland rule →
New JerseyConditional
In New Jersey, only ground-based sparkling devices and novelties are legal (since the 2017 law change); all aerial and explosive consumer fireworks remain banned statewide.
Verified May 31, 2026 · Source: nj.gov · Full New Jersey rule →
PennsylvaniaPermitted
Consumer fireworks, including aerials, are legal in Pennsylvania for anyone 18 or older — not only Pennsylvania residents — and may be bought from a Pennsylvania-licensed permanent structure and used (Act 74 of 2022). …
Verified Jul 30, 2026 · Source: pa.gov · Full Pennsylvania rule →

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