Under Florida law, consumer fireworks are legal statewide on New Year's Day, July 4, and New Year's Eve. Santa Rosa County cannot ban them on those three days. On all other days, only sparklers and novelties are permitted.
Florida Statute 791.08 (2020) lets residents use consumer fireworks solely on three designated holidays: January 1, July 4, and December 31. On those days the county and cities cannot prohibit use. Outside those dates, only state-approved sparklers, fountains, and novelties are legal without an agricultural exemption. The statute still allows local regulation of the manner and location of use (nuisance, discharge near structures, county burn-ban interaction). During a county burn ban, fireworks caution still applies. Homeowners associations may not bar holiday use. Milton, Gulf Breeze, and Jay follow the same statewide holiday rule.
Illegal fireworks use outside the three holidays can be charged as a first-degree misdemeanor under Chapter 791, up to $1,000 fine and one year, plus nuisance enforcement.
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