Dodge County, WI Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Section 9.01 of the Dodge County Code lists dozens of Wisconsin Statutes, each carrying a county section number with the prefix "9," that the County Board adopts by reference as offenses against the peace and good order of the county. One entry is "9.167.10, Regulation of fireworks," meaning § 167.10, Wis. Stats., is treated as county law within the unincorporated area. Section 9.01 caps the consequence for any of these adopted offenses: the penalty for commission shall be limited to a forfeiture imposed under § 30.04 of the code, not the criminal or civil penalty the state statute itself provides.

The county's schedule of cash deposits, at § 30.04(4)(b), lists a $200.00 base deposit for a 9.167.10 violation. Adding the standard statutory add-ons, a $25.00 court cost, a $52.00 penalty surcharge computed at 26 percent, a $10.00 jail surcharge, $13.00 for the crime lab and drug fund, $68.00 in court support fees, and $21.50 for justice information, brings the total cash deposit to $389.50. Because this is an adoption-by-reference, Dodge County's own text does not restate what conduct § 167.10 restricts; it only supplies the local forfeiture mechanism and dollar figure.

This framework, like the rest of Chapter 9, reaches only the unincorporated area of Dodge County; incorporated cities and villages, including Beaver Dam, Mayville, Horicon, Fox Lake, and the Dodge County portions of Watertown, Waupun, and Hartford, enforce fireworks matters under their own municipal ordinances rather than this county schedule.