Arizona is restrictive: only ground-based "permissible consumer fireworks" are legal, and Pinal County limits their use in unincorporated areas to narrow holiday windows (roughly July 3-4 and New Year's). Aerial firecrackers, bottle rockets, and sky rockets are illegal statewide.
A.R.S. 36-1601 defines permissible consumer fireworks as ground and handheld sparkling devices, fountains, wheels, ground spinners, and sparklers; it excludes anything designed to rise into the air and explode (firecrackers, bottle rockets, sky rockets, roman candles). A.R.S. 36-1606 lets a county prohibit use in unincorporated areas outside statutory windows. Pinal County Code (Title 6) restricts consumer-firework use to specific days and hours around Independence Day and New Year's; all other days and all aerial fireworks are prohibited. Check your city if you are inside Casa Grande, Maricopa, Apache Junction, or Florence.
Illegal or out-of-window fireworks may be confiscated and the user cited for a misdemeanor; local fire restrictions can ban all use during high fire danger.
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