Wis. Stat. §167.10 requires a user's permit for nearly all consumer fireworks (firecrackers, bottle rockets, Roman candles, mortars, aerial repeaters). Permits are issued by the mayor, village president, or town chairperson — or designee — where use will occur. Sparklers on a wire or wood stick not exceeding 36 inches, snakes, smoke devices, caps, model rocket engines, and certain DOT 1.4 cones/fountains are exempt.
Under Wis. Stat. §167.10(1), 'fireworks' means anything manufactured for exploding, emitting sparks, or combustion that has no other common use, but excludes: sparklers on a wire or wood stick not exceeding 36 inches, toy snakes without mercury, smoke devices with less than 1/4 grain of explosive mixture, caps with less than 1/4 grain per cap, model rocket engines, and certain DOT Division 1.4 fountains and cones. §167.10(3) requires a user's permit for all non-exempt fireworks, issued by the mayor of a city, village president, or town chair (or designee) where use will occur. Winnebago County itself does not issue user's permits. In Oshkosh, Neenah, Menasha, and each town and village within the county, the local executive issues permits, and many municipalities further restrict items state law would permit.
Wis. Stat. §167.10(9) — possession or use without a permit is subject to forfeiture not to exceed $1,000 for a first offense; subsequent offenses or use causing damage may carry higher penalties.
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