Pennsylvania's Act 43 of 2017 legalized consumer 1.4G fireworks for adults 18 and older. You cannot discharge within 150 feet of an occupied structure, and Poconos townships may restrict the hours.
Under Pennsylvania's fireworks law (Act 43 of 2017, 72 P.S. §9401 et seq.), anyone 18 or older may buy and use consumer-grade 1.4G fireworks — Roman candles, fountains, firecrackers, aerials — year-round, with a 12% state fireworks tax. They cannot be set off within 150 feet of an occupied structure, on someone else's property without permission, or while impaired. Monroe County townships cannot ban the products but may restrict when they are used; state law lets them bar discharge between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m., with a 1 a.m. cutoff around July 4th and New Year's. In the wooded POA developments, association rules and dry-season fire risk make aerials a frequent flashpoint with neighbors.
Discharging within 150 feet of a structure or outside permitted hours is a summary offense, with fines that commonly run $100 or more plus confiscation; injury or fire brings heavier charges.
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