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The 2025 Florida Statutes
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F.S. 791.01791.01 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Distributor” means any person engaged in the business of selling sparklers to a wholesaler. (2) “Division” means the Division of the State Fire Marshal of the Department of Financial Services. (3) “Explosive compound” means any chemical compound, mixture, or device the primary or common purpose of which is to function by the substantially instantaneous release of gas and heat. (4)(a) “Fireworks” means and includes any combustible or explosive composition or substance or combination of substances or, except as hereinafter provided, any article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation. The term includes blank cartridges and toy cannons in which explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel them, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, and any fireworks containing any explosives or flammable compound or any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance. (b) “Fireworks” does not include sparklers approved by the division pursuant to s. 791.013; toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or less of explosive compound are used, providing they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion; and toy pistol paper caps which contain less than twenty hundredths grains of explosive mixture, the sale and use of which shall be permitted at all times. (c) “Fireworks” also does not include the following novelties and trick noisemakers:1. A snake or glow worm, which is a pressed pellet of not more than 10 grams of pyrotechnic composition that produces a large, snakelike ash which expands in length as the pellet burns and that does not contain mercuric thiocyanate. 2. A smoke device, which is a tube or sphere containing not more than 10 grams of pyrotechnic composition that, upon burning, produces white or colored smoke as the primary effect. 3. A trick noisemaker, which is a device that produces a small report intended to surprise the user and which includes:a. A party popper, which is a small plastic or paper device containing not more than 16 milligrams of explosive composition that is friction sensitive, which is ignited by pulling a string protruding from the device, and which expels a paper streamer and produces a small report. b. A booby trap, which is a small tube with a string protruding from both ends containing not more than 16 milligrams of explosive compound, which is ignited by pulling the ends of the string, and which produces a small report. c. A snapper, which is a small, paper-wrapped device containing not more than four milligrams of explosive composition coated on small bits of sand, and which, when dropped, explodes, producing a small report. A snapper may not contain more than 250 milligrams of total sand and explosive composition. d. A trick match, which is a kitchen or book match which is coated with not more than 16 milligrams of explosive or pyrotechnic composition and which, upon ignition, produces a small report or shower of sparks. e. A cigarette load, which is a small wooden peg that has been coated with not more than 16 milligrams of explosive composition and which produces, upon ignition of a cigarette containing one of the pegs, a small report. f. An auto burglar alarm, which is a tube which contains not more than 10 grams of pyrotechnic composition that produces a loud whistle or smoke when ignited and which is ignited by use of a squib. A small quantity of explosive, not exceeding 50 milligrams, may also be used to produce a small report. The sale and use of items listed in this paragraph are permitted at all times. (5) “Manufacturer” means any person engaged in the manufacture or construction of sparklers in this state. (6) “Retailer” means any person who, at a fixed place of business, is engaged in selling sparklers to consumers at retail. (7) “Seasonal retailer” means any person engaged in the business of selling sparklers at retail in this state from June 20 through July 5 and from December 10 through January 2 of each year. (8) “Sparkler” means a device which emits showers of sparks upon burning, does not contain any explosive compounds, does not detonate or explode, is handheld or ground based, cannot propel itself through the air, and contains not more than 100 grams of the chemical compound which produces sparks upon burning. Any sparkler that is not approved by the division is classified as fireworks. (9) “Wholesaler” means any person engaged in the business of selling sparklers to a retailer. History.—s. 1, ch. 20445, 1941; s. 1, ch. 57-338; s. 1, ch. 84-201; s. 1, ch. 87-118; s. 36, ch. 89-233; s. 1906, ch. 2003-261; s. 9, ch. 2024-139.
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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:
Cases Citing Statute 791.01
Total Results: 13
962 So. 2d 310, 2007 WL 2002611
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 12, 2007 | Docket: 2518611
Cited 36 times | Published
detonators.
If necessary see exceptions set out in § 791.01 and Chapter 552, Fla.Stat.
A "dangerous weapon"
894 So. 2d 1011, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 184, 30 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 205
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 14, 2005 | Docket: 1768416
Cited 22 times | Published
This relatively short chapter begins with section 791.001, Florida Statutes *1016 (2003), entitled "Application
3 So. 3d 309, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1002, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 2431, 2008 WL 5333392
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 23, 2008 | Docket: 1653271
Cited 13 times | Published
responsibility ordinance is in direct conflict with section 791.001, Florida Statutes, which provides that chapter
292 So. 2d 379, 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 7740
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 1974 | Docket: 454898
Cited 7 times | Published
authorized to sell sparklers by the provisions of § 791.01, Fla. Stat., F.S.A., and that the City, by ordinance
292 So. 2d 378
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 1974 | Docket: 305281
Cited 4 times | Published
ordinance banning the sale of "sparklers". Section 791.01, Fla. Stat.,[1] F.S.A., defining fireworks
652 So. 2d 473, 1995 WL 123620
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 24, 1995 | Docket: 431004
Cited 2 times | Published
others with explosives were "fireworks" under section 791.01(4). As such, he contended that they were not
966 So. 2d 423, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 13431, 2007 WL 2456201
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 31, 2007 | Docket: 1679447
Cited 1 times | Published
with the enforcement of the laws of the state.
§ 791.001, Fla. Stat. (2006).
The outdoor display of fireworks
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 13, 2017 | Docket: 6240834
Published
ammunition and
(b) live “ammunition” as defined in section 791.001(19), Florida Statutes (2014).
The trial court
201 So. 3d 779, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 14507
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 28, 2016 | Docket: 60257072
Published
Brevard, the Florida Supreme Court construed section 791.001, Florida Statutes, a statute which concerns
850 So. 2d 1272, 28 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 572, 2003 Fla. LEXIS 1146, 2003 WL 21511321
Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 3, 2003 | Docket: 64824176
Published
detonators.
If necessary see exceptions set out in § 791.01 and Chapter 552, Fla.Stat.
A “dangerous weapon”
723 So. 2d 353, 1998 Fla. App. LEXIS 16053, 1998 WL 889495
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 23, 1998 | Docket: 64785100
Published
fireworks within the definition contained in section 791.01(4)(a), Florida Statutes (1997) the trial court
358 So. 2d 53, 1978 Fla. App. LEXIS 15375
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 12, 1978 | Docket: 64564226
Published
excludes “fireworks,” which are defined in Section 791.01, Florida Statutes (1975), as:
[A]ny combustible
110 So. 2d 18, 1959 Fla. App. LEXIS 3127
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 1959 | Docket: 60192096
Published
Florida, at its regular session in 1957, amended § 791.01 to specifically exclude sparklers from the definition
