Consumer fireworks are legal in Mobile County. Alabama law permits Class C consumer fireworks statewide, and unincorporated county residents may buy and shoot them. Buyers must be 16 or older and show valid identification.
Under Ala. Code § 8-17-217, Class C consumer fireworks are lawful to possess, sell, and use across Alabama, including aerial devices, audible ground devices, sparkling devices, and novelties that meet federal safety standards. The county cannot ban them in unincorporated areas. Section 8-17-222 sets the guardrails: it is unlawful to sell fireworks to anyone under 16 unless accompanied by an adult, buyers must show a driver's license or state ID, and no one may ignite fireworks within 600 feet of a church, hospital, school, or any enclosed building, or within 200 feet of where fireworks are stored or sold.
Selling to a minor, shooting fireworks near a church, hospital, school, or building, or throwing them from a vehicle violates Ala. Code § 8-17-222 and is a misdemeanor. City discharge bans carry separate municipal fines.
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