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Or. Rev. Stat. § 480.120 (2026)

Sale, possession and use of fireworks prohibited; exceptions; enforcement

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      480.120 Sale, possession and use of fireworks prohibited; exceptions; enforcement. (1) No person shall sell, keep or offer for sale, expose for sale, possess, use, explode or have exploded any fireworks within Oregon, except as follows:

      (a) Sales by manufacturers and wholesalers to customers residing outside this state in accordance with ORS 480.156;

      (b) Sales to persons or organizations having obtained a permit from the State Fire Marshal for supervised public display;

      (c) Sales to railroads, boats, motor vehicle or other transportation agencies, to be used for signal, warning or illumination purposes in connection with such business;

      (d) Sale or use of blank cartridges for licensed shows or theaters or for signal or ceremonial purposes in athletics or sports;

      (e) Experimental purposes by a manufacturer of explosives at such places where such experiments are normally conducted;

      (f) Sale of blank cartridges for use by the militia or any organization of war veterans or other organization authorized by law to parade in public a color guard armed with firearms;

      (g) Sale of shells, cartridges, gunpowder or explosives for use in legally permitted firearms;

      (h) Sales of items described in ORS 480.127 to persons who possess the retail sales permit required by ORS 480.127 by a person who holds a manufacturer or wholesaler license issued pursuant to ORS 480.111 to 480.165; or

      (i) Sales of items described in ORS 480.127 to individual members of the general public for personal use by taking direct delivery of those items at the time of sale from the holder of a retail sale permit issued pursuant to ORS 480.127.

      (2) Law enforcement officers of the state, county or municipality shall enforce the provisions of ORS 480.111 to 480.165. [Amended by 1983 c.788 §1; 1985 c.789 §1]

 

      480.122 [1961 c.293 §2; 1987 c.158 §106; repealed by 2015 c.57 §3]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1983–2004 · leading case: State v. Knox, 894 P.2d 1185 (Or. Ct. App. 1995).
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State v. Knox, 894 P.2d 1185 (Or. Ct. App. 1995). “110; ORS 480.120; ORS 480.990. Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence.”
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Garrett, 91 P.3d 830 (Or. Ct. App. 2004). “ORS 480.120. A “firework,” however, does not include a “cylindrical fountain,” which is a tube of not more than three-quarters of an inch in diameter that contains not more than a specified amount of combustible material and is designed to produce a shower of colored sparks when…”
Cascade Fireworks, Inc. v. State, 738 P.2d 1013 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “ORS 480.120 prohibits sales within Oregon except under limited circumstances.”
Ashmore v. Cleanweld Prods., Inc., 672 P.2d 1230 (Or. Ct. App. 1983). “See ORS 480.120 and 480.240. That policy is best effectuated, however, through penal laws.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 480.120(1)(a) — 1 case
Cascade Fireworks, Inc. v. State, 738 P.2d 1013 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). “ORS 480.120 prohibits sales within Oregon except under limited circumstances.”
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