1 county-level rule, plus city-specific rules for 4 cities in Snohomish County, Washington.
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Fireworks in unincorporated Snohomish County are governed by the State Fireworks Law (Chapter 70.77 RCW) plus county discharge restrictions enforced by the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office. In legal areas of unincorporated Snohomish County, consumer fireworks may be discharged only on July 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. - all other dates and times of year are prohibited. Fireworks discharge has been banned year-round in the unincorporated Southwest Urban Growth Area since 2020-2021, and a 2024 county ordinance extends a sales ban to that area effective summer 2025. Most incorporated cities (Everett, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Marysville, Mill Creek, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, Bothell, Brier, Arlington, Gold Bar, Index, Woodway) ban fireworks year-round.
RCW 70.77.395 - Dates and times consumer fireworks may be sold or discharged
Consumer fireworks may be sold from twelve o'clock noon to eleven o'clock p.m. on the twenty-eighth of June; from nine o'clock a.m. to eleven o'clock p.m. on each day from the twenty-ninth of June through the fourth of July; and from nine o'clock a.m. to nine o'clock p.m. on the fifth of July. Consumer fireworks may be discharged on July 4th between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and twelve o'c...
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