Consumer fireworks are legal in Okaloosa County only on July 4, December 31, and January 1 under Fla. Stat. §791.08. The county can set hours and locations the rest of the year but cannot ban them on those three days.
Florida's 2020 fireworks law (HB 1059, Fla. Stat. §791.08) lets residents use consumer fireworks on three designated holidays: New Year's Day, July 4, and New Year's Eve. On any other day, only sparklers and approved novelties are legal at retail. Okaloosa County and its cities cannot prohibit holiday fireworks but may restrict discharge hours, distance from beach dunes, and use near Eglin Air Force Base. Professional Gulf-front displays in Destin and Fort Walton Beach require a fire-marshal permit. During a drought burn ban, discharge near dry pine flatwoods is strongly discouraged.
Setting off consumer fireworks outside the three legal holidays is a second-degree misdemeanor: up to 60 days jail and a $500 fine. Careless use causing injury or fire escalates to felony charges.
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