1 rule for unincorporated Dukes County, Massachusetts.
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Massachusetts is the only U.S. state with a complete ban on consumer fireworks. Under MGL Chapter 148, Section 39, no person may sell, possess, or use any fireworks in Dukes County, including sparklers, firecrackers, Roman candles, bottle rockets, and party poppers. Only licensed pyrotechnicians with a State Fire Marshal permit and local fire-chief approval may conduct public displays such as the Edgartown July 4 and Oak Bluffs August fireworks shows. Dukes County beach regulations separately prohibit fireworks on Joseph Sylvia State Beach, Norton Point Beach, and Eastville Point Beach.
M.G.L. Chapter 148, Section 39
Section 39. No person shall sell, or keep or offer for sale, or have in his possession, or under his control, or use, or explode, or cause to explode, any combustible or explosive composition or substance, or any combination of such compositions or substances, or any other article, which was prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration...
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