Laurens County, SC Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Sec. 28-2(a)(7) of the Laurens County Code lists possessing any firearm, airgun, explosive or firework as an unlawful act on property owned, operated or controlled by the county department of parks, recreation and tourism, unless the person is duly authorized park personnel, a law enforcement officer, or using an area the department has specifically designated for firearms, airguns, fireworks or explosives. The section carves out one exception even for unauthorized visitors: items secured in a closed glove compartment or trunk are not counted as unlawfully possessed.

The ban sits alongside subsection (5), which separately bars building a fire anywhere except a place the park designates, so a visitor cannot bring fireworks to set off near an unauthorized campfire either. Sec. 28-2(b) requires the county to post the full unlawful-acts list, including the fireworks and explosives ban, in a conspicuous place at each covered park or facility. Sec. 28-2(c) makes any violation, including possessing fireworks without authorization, a misdemeanor, with the fine or jail time set within the penalty jurisdiction of magistrate's court.

Because the ban is written for park and recreation property specifically, it does not reach private property or the rest of the unincorporated county; Chapter 38 Zoning, which might otherwise address fireworks sales or use county-wide, is an unadopted nine-line placeholder in this code.