Consumer and display fireworks are illegal to possess, sell, or discharge in Des Plaines under the Illinois Pyrotechnic Use Act (425 ILCS 35). Only state-exempted novelties such as sparklers, snakes, and smoke devices may be used; aerial and explosive consumer fireworks are banned without a state display permit.
Illinois does not allow consumer fireworks. The Pyrotechnic Use Act, 425 ILCS 35/2, makes it unlawful to knowingly possess, offer for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any display fireworks, flame effects, or consumer fireworks except under a permitted, supervised display. Consumer fireworks are defined in 425 ILCS 35/1 as devices meeting U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission rules (16 C.F.R. Parts 1500 and 1507); the statute expressly excludes sparklers, snake or glow worm pellets, smoke devices, and trick noisemakers ('party poppers,' 'snappers,' etc.), whose sale and use are permitted at all times. The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal administers and enforces the Act. Because Des Plaines is bound by this statewide prohibition, residents may use only those exempt novelty items; bottle rockets, Roman candles, firecrackers, and aerial shells remain illegal even if bought legally out of state.
A violation of the Pyrotechnic Use Act is generally a misdemeanor; possession or use of illegal consumer/display fireworks is prosecutable under 425 ILCS 35 and local ordinance, with seizure of the fireworks. Public fireworks shows require a state display permit and a licensed pyrotechnic operator.
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