St. Louis City bans all consumer fireworks year-round under home-rule authority (RSMo 71.012). Possession, sale, and discharge are prohibited even on July 4th. Professional displays require Fire Department permits.
Under its home-rule charter authority (MO Const. Art. VI, Section 19 and RSMo 71.012), the City of St. Louis prohibits consumer fireworks entirely within its boundaries. This includes firecrackers, bottle rockets, Roman candles, mortars, aerial shells, and any 1.4G consumer fireworks legal under state law. Only sparklers and certain novelties may be exempt, but most are also restricted. The St. Louis Fire Department and Metropolitan Police Department enforce the ban, with enforcement sweeps intensifying around July 4th and New Year's Eve. Permitted public displays (e.g., Fair Saint Louis) require a state Display Operator license and a City fire permit. Purchase fireworks outside city limits and the ban still applies once you bring them into St. Louis.
Possession or discharge: up to $500 fine and/or up to 90 days in the City Workhouse. Fireworks may be confiscated on the spot.
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