New Jersey bans aerial and explosive fireworks statewide. Only hand-held or ground-based sparklers, snakes, glow worms, smoke devices and trick noisemakers are legal, and only for people 16 or older. Firecrackers, skyrockets and Roman candles remain illegal countywide.
Fireworks are governed by New Jersey state law (N.J.S.A. 21:3-2), not by Burlington County. A 2017 amendment (P.L. 2017, c.92) legalized 'sparkling devices and novelties' for anyone 16 or older: hand-held or ground-based sparklers, snakes and glow worms, smoke devices, and trick noisemakers such as party poppers, snappers and drop pops. Everything else, including firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles and aerial 'bombs,' remains unlawful to sell, possess or use. The statute bars municipalities from further regulating the newly legal sparkling devices, so the rule is uniform across Mount Holly, Evesham, Willingboro and every Burlington County town.
Possessing or using illegal fireworks is a disorderly-persons offense under N.J.S.A. 21:3-2, carrying fines and possible confiscation; local police enforce.
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