1 rule for unincorporated Cape May County, New Jersey.
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New Jersey law (NJSA 21:3-1 et seq.) bans virtually all fireworks. A 2017 amendment legalized only hand-held and ground-based sparkling devices, novelties, snakes, glow worms, smoke devices, and party poppers for buyers age 16 or older. Aerial fireworks, firecrackers, Roman candles, bottle rockets, and skyrockets remain illegal statewide. Cape May County beach towns add separate ordinance bans on all fires and fireworks.
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