Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 480.156 (2026)

Sale of fireworks to out-of-state resident without valid license or permit prohibited; seller to ascertain license or permit requirements of other states; seller’s records

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480.156 Sale of fireworks to out-of-state resident without valid license or permit prohibited; seller to ascertain license or permit requirements of other states; seller’s records. (1) It is unlawful for any person to sell fireworks at wholesale to any out-of-state resident who does not possess and present to the seller for inspection at the time of sale a valid license or permit issued in the name of such out-of-state resident, if such license or permit is required to purchase, possess, transport, store, distribute, sell or otherwise deal with or use fireworks by the laws of such other state.

(2) The burden of ascertaining whether the laws of such other state require a license or permit and whether the purchaser possesses such a valid license or permit shall be entirely on the seller. Each seller shall record, in a manner prescribed by the State Fire Marshal, each sale described in this section. The record shall include the identification of type and quantity of fireworks sold, name of purchaser, state of destination, state issuing license or permit and number or other identifying description and date of issue of license or permit. [1985 c.789 §9; 2013 c.24 §8]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1987–1990 · leading case: Cascade Fireworks, Inc. v. State, 738 P.2d 1013 (Or. Ct. App. 1987).

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Cascade Fireworks, Inc. v. State, 738 P.2d 1013 (Or. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 6× “Sales to customers residing outside the state may be made in accordance with ORS 480.156, which prohibits sales to any out-of-state resident who does not “(1) * * * possess and present to the seller for inspection at the time of sale a valid license or permit issued in the name…”

State v. Anderson, 792 P.2d 451 (Or. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “ORS 480.156; OAR 837-12-127. 1 The trial court granted defendant’s motion to suppress sales records seized by a deputy state fire marshal from a fireworks stand managed by defendant.”

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