Billings, MT Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)
Key Facts
- Personal/consumer fireworks
- Banned citywide
- Exception
- Permitted supervised display only
- Display permit lead time
- 14 days minimum
- Max fine
- $500 plus up to 6 months jail
- Enforcement
- Fire dept. or police may seize stock
Summary
Billings bans possessing, selling, or setting off fireworks citywide except at a fire marshal-permitted supervised public display.
Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall possess, store, offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, use or explode any fireworks in the City of Billings.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 66 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
City Code Sec. 14-401 makes it unlawful to possess, store, offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, use, or explode fireworks anywhere in Billings. The only exception is a supervised public display run under a fireworks permit issued by the Billings fire marshal (Sec. 14-402), which requires an application filed at least 14 days out, a general liability insurance policy naming the city as coinsured, and compliance with NFPA 1123/1126 display standards. There is no personal-use or backyard exception: consumer fireworks of any kind are prohibited outside a permitted display.
Violations & Fines
Misdemeanor under Sec. 1-110: fine up to $500, up to 6 months jail, or both, with each day a separate offense; fire department or police may also seize all fireworks in violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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