Consumer fireworks are legal in Forsyth County under Georgia's 2015 law (O.C.G.A. §25-10-1). Residents may use them daily from 10 A.M. to 11:59 P.M., with extended hours on New Year's and Independence Day, subject to the county noise ordinance.
Georgia legalized consumer fireworks in 2015 (HB 110), so Forsyth County cannot ban the state-allowed days. Fireworks may be used any day between 10:00 A.M. and 11:59 P.M., extended to 1:00 A.M. on January 1 and lasting until 11:59 P.M. on July 3, July 4, the last Saturday and Sunday in May, the first Monday in September, and December 31. Use outside those windows must meet the county noise ordinance. State law bars discharge within 100 yards of a hospital, nursing home, gas station, or electric plant. The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office fields complaints.
Discharging fireworks outside legal hours, in a park without a permit, or within 100 yards of a restricted facility is a misdemeanor enforced by the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, with fines and possible confiscation.
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